Week 3 gave us plenty to talk about, and I have some thoughts.Here’s my biggest takeaway from each of Sunday’s games.Takeaway: It was a good week for Buffalo to come out flat.Buffalo's offense came out of the gate with a 36-point output against a stout Houston defense in Week 1 and then followed it up by dropping 41 on Detroit in Week 2.
But the unit struggled mightily on Sunday, turning the ball over three times on its first four possessions.After managing to get the game tied at 10 going into halftime, the Bills turned it over on their first two possessions of the second half.
Lucky for them, they were playing the awful winless Chargers, who couldn't even beat a team that turned the ball over five times.Buffalo can't play like that against good teams.Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills turned the ball over five times but still beat the Los Angeles Chargers.
(Getty Images)Takeaway: Sorry, Deshaun Watson, I wasn't really familiar with your game.Insert Shaq meme here.Yeah, so, I buried Watson after a horrendous performance in Week 1 (following a terrible preseason).
But he played pretty well against the Bucs in a Week 2 win and did enough to lead the Browns to a shocking 2-1 record.Watson's numbers don't look great (16-30, 144 yards, 2 TD), but he kept making big throws when the team needed them and added some important runs to keep the chains moving.
Watson isn't great, obviously, but he's at least playing like a serviceable NFL quarterback and that's more than I expected from him after Week 1.DESHAUN WATSON GOES FROM CLEVELAND VILLAIN TO HERO IN BROWNS UPSET WIN, AS HOME CROWD TURNS JEERS TO CHEERSTakeaway: The Jets really aren't that bad.Speaking of teams for which I didn't have high expectations, the Jets have been much better than I expected.Yes, they're 1-2.
But they should have beaten the Packers in Week 2 and they were tied with the Lions with under three minutes left.Now, great teams win those games.
The Jets aren't great.But given that the bar was ...