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2025 NFL Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Week 3
Welcome to the 2025 NFL Season Weekly Discussion Thread! 🏈
Share your thoughts on Week 3 — wins, losses, fantasy fumbles, predictions, or anything else football-related.
| Matchup | Winner | Final Score |
|---|---|---|
| Dolphins vs. Bills | Bills | 31 – 21 |
| Falcons vs. Panthers | Panthers | 30 – 0 |
| Texans vs. Jaguars | Jaguars | 17 – 10 |
| Colts vs. Titans | Colts | 41 – 20 |
| Rams vs. Eagles | Eagles | 33 – 26 |
| Raiders vs. Commanders | Commanders | 41 – 24 |
| Jets vs. Buccaneers | Buccaneers | 29 – 27 |
| Steelers vs. Patriots | Steelers | 21 – 14 |
| Broncos vs. Chargers | Chargers | 23 – 20 |
| Saints vs. Seahawks | Seahawks | 44 – 13 |
| Cardinals vs. 49ers | 49ers | 16 – 15 |
| Cowboys vs. Bears | Bears | 31 – 14 |
| Chiefs vs. Giants | Chiefs | 22 – 9 |
| Packers vs. Browns | Browns | 13 – 10 |
| Bengals vs. Vikings | Vikings | 48 – 10 |
| Lions vs. Ravens | Lions | 38 – 30 |
As I mentioned in Week 1, I basically swore off my Miami Dolphins in favor of my Washington Commanders. But then I saw how close the score was against the Bills. Back when the Patriots weren't a joke, the Dolphins would occasionally win against the Pats. And it would be hilarious because the Dolphins had no business winning such a game. So my thinking was that maybe the Dolphins could serve a similar role against the Bills.
I tuned into the game and not 5 minutes in Tua threw an interception. I turned off the game, reaffirmed in my decision to ignore the Dolphins for the season. It was the most on-brand Miami Dolphins fan moment of my life.
But anyway, Commanders played well. Especially considering Jayden Daniels was out.
I'm in a weird place. I swore off the Steelers because they signed Rodgers. I'm actively boycotting American companies and products and have realized few things are more wrapped in Americana than the NFL. If I'm not going to watch "my team" then I guess it's not too much further to go to boycott the whole thing.
Sorry to go political. It's a weird thing to reconcile.
Understandable. The hardest things to boycott or take a stand against are the comfort things that have been in your life forever. That's football for me. And quite a few books, shows, movies, etc. that turned out to be created by horrible people, unfortunately.
I usually skirt things a bit by pirating them, and the NFL is no different. I guess it's bit like trying to have my cake and eat it too, so I'm not sure I'm really accomplishing anything. It is indeed a weird thing to reconcile.
That's fair. I would agree that pirating and not spending money on something gets you close enough that it works in my mind.
Football is similar. 30 years of my life has been spent as a fan. What do people even do on Sundays without football?
It’s hard to watch this season as a Steelers fan, I’m not particularly enjoying it. You aren’t missing much.
The offense feels like it’s lacking cohesion. I’m taking solace in the fact that it’s not a long term contract.
Yeah at least you know it's just another wasted season.
First of all, I commend your commitment to your values. However, should you decide that the heart wants what it wants, or get struck with a fatal dose of nihilism, then you can rest a little easier knowing the Steelers aren't all that bad. It's become twisted over time as the franchises have become insanely valuable, but the Steelers are one of only a handful of teams that aren't controlled by some gigantic evil corporate entity.
You probably already know this, but for those who somehow wandered in here and don't - the Rooney family founded the organization for a few thousand bucks and have kept it in the family ever since. Same goes for the NY Giants owners, the Mara family. And if you're reading this and thinking "Rooney? Mara? Rooney Mara? Like the actress?" Yeah. (If you're looking for a new home, you can join your sister in-law organization. You'd be getting in on the ground floor of the Dart era)
The Steelers are also responsible for the Rooney Rule! Ok, so they're not the publicly owned, non-profit Green Bay Packers. You still got a pretty woke team. A mom & pop shop that brought DEI to the league? C'mon. Some of us are stuck loving a team that is owned by The Walton family and Condoleeza fkin Rice I've tried to be a Packers fan, I really have. But the best I can do is have a soft spot in my heart for them. Until that spot metastasizes and takes over the rest, I'm stuck rooting for these evil donkeys. Be thankful for what you've got!
Can you consider billionaires mom and pop? If we are going to give the family credit for the Rooney rule, then it's even more egregious they hired a washed up QB with dangerous opinions that he can't stop talking about. But really, it's Mike Tomlin trying to do his best to destroy his reputation and the franchise.
Truly? Of course not. But relative to their competitors...kinda? I used to tell myself that about the Buss family to justify my Lakers fandom. I don't know how I'm gonna weasel my way out of it now.
I have a few Steelers fans in my life who have been saying the same thing and think it's time for both sides to part ways. It's a tough call, firing a guy who's never had a losing season. I can't believe he's been in charge longer than Bill Cower was.
(Just so we're on the same page, I was kidding about the mom & pope/woke stuff. I wish there was a special font to indicate I'm not being serious. Maybe I should throw in a meta sidebar from time to time.)
Fair and also, every sports franchise is owned by billionaires, so it would be impossible to enjoy professional sports if we tried to hold that bar.
And I know exactly what you meant. I hope you don't feel like I was giving you too hard of a time or anything.
I like Tomlin. I think he is a good coach and I'll take winning over some of the terrible franchises out there. I'm just honestly baffled by the QB decisions over the past couple seasons.
Ha! TIL. Humans sure are weird. Thanks for sharing this fact.
The concussion stuff started to sour me on football in general, then I was pretty much done after they pushed Colin Kaepernick out over the kneeling thing. I know the league is not a monolith, but eventually the system allows or encourages too many choices of money over principles.
I think we turned on the super bowl last year because my daughter wanted to watch it. I did enjoy it, but generally I don't encourage it. It helps that the montessori school crowd doesn't oullnhee the other way.
My daughter plays basketball, so watching WNBA and women's college basketball has felt like a better way to enjoy sports these days. We started calling the men's league the MNBA.
Yeah the NFL keeps making it easier and easier to find reasons to want to stop watching.
WNBA sounds like a great idea to me. Much easier to route for. We just got a WNBA team in Toronto starting next year, so I'm looking forward to getting more into women's sports. They have definitely been blowing up recently for general interest.
I've been looking over the highlights of the Lions/Ravens last night. I have a hard time staying up after halftime, especially if I am going into the office. When I left, I felt the Lions were generally playing better. Looking at the whole picture now? It was a beating. The score is closer than the rest of the stats say. The Ravens have now lost two big time games where they need to win if they want to win the Super Bowl. They will make it to the playoffs, no problem. The issue is, can they figure out how to get out of their own way and close the game off when it matters?
The Ravens are having a repeating 4th quarter issue and its getting worse and worse. They will get to the Wild Card no issue off schedule strength, but past that?
I would have called the Bills game an unexpected defeat but the Lions game was easily winnable and they collapsed in the 2nd quarter. Is John Harbaugh as good as he thinks he is?
Don't the Ravens have a habit of staring out slow? I feel like every other year they have a couple bad losses early in the season
I haven’t watched much football over the last 6 or 7 years or so (but I used to be obsessed when younger) and I guess I picked a hell of a time to start watching again as a Vikings fan. What the hell is even going on? I don’t think anybody expected that game to happen like it did.
Side note, the two blocked field goal touchdowns like five minutes apart (Eagles and Jets) were hilarious. Football is such a silly sport.
I was somewhat boycotting the NFL for various reasons (handling of CTE, players who domestically abuse, etc), but I’m at the point where like 80% of people in public on a given Sunday here are wearing purple and gold and I just want to be part of the cult again and make a pot of chili on Sundays and cheer for touchdowns.
Your resident Carolina fan here, and Sunday was a great day! And absolute beating from all three phases and then, when the Falcons could have scored, they found a way to screw it up. If they kept Koo, they would have 3-6 points and not straight goose-egged
I was very happy with the defensive growth over the last two weeks. They have transitioned to a team that can rally to the ball and secure tackles. They got 3 turnovers against a floundering Falcons offense! That's a great sign and I hope they can keep this momentum over the next few weeks.
The offense was okay, but they didn't need to do much. I was happy to see that they were focusing on establishing the run, as that was a strength last year. They didn't turn the ball over and kept grinding it out to minimize the chance of a comeback. I really appreciate keeping the starters in despite the Falcons throwing in the towel in the 4th. This team needed more reps to better gain the timing with one another, and also good practice for maintaining a lead.
Looking ahead to the Pats, I feel we have a good chance. We are evenly matched and this could go either way. I'm hoping we can move to 2-2 and have one of our better starts in recent years.
I was in a location where I barely had enough data to receive a single text, much less NFL scores on Sunday. When my friend texted me that the Panthers won 30-0, I thought it was a joke until I was able to check scores later
Giving up 31 points to the Bears lmao, I guess maybe it wasn't the smartest decision to pick a fight with your top defensive player?
Sad to see Rudi Johnson died from suicide (possible CTE- related) https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.tmz.com/2025/09/23/ex-nfl-star-rudi-johnson-dead-at-45/
He was one of my favorite running backs of that era.