With the NFL now into the third week of the 2024 season, many analysts are questioning: The place has the passing recreation gone?
Passing touchdowns are down, passing yardage is down, and that has led to some questioning if the two-high coverages which have grown in vogue are eliminating the passing recreation … and have to be eradicated themselves.
To that, we are saying: Run the soccer once more.
Placing that apart, an early scan by means of the third week of the NFL season has proven us one thing else.
Some ugly turnovers.
For instance …
Will Levis has already delivered some head-scratching turnovers this season. First was a Week 1 Choose-Six that led to his mid-play “give up cobra,” maybe the primary true meme of the 2024 NFL season. Then got here a Week 2 turnover that had everybody — together with his head coach — questioning what he was considering.
This Choose-Six he threw early Sunday to the Inexperienced Bay Packers won’t have been as unhealthy as these, but it surely was not precisely nice!
Jalen Hurts delivered a pair of turnovers for the Philadelphia Eagles of their recreation towards the New Orleans Saints, maybe the largest shock early this season. First was this finish zone interception:
Then got here this disastrous fumble, shortly after the Eagles crossed the 50-yard line and into Saints’ territory:
Sunday’s recreation between the Indianapolis Colts and the Chicago Bears featured two of the league’s youngest abilities at quarterback, Anthony Richardson and Caleb Williams.
Each of them threw some head-scratching interceptions.
First was this from Richardson, on a Third-and-goal play early within the second quarter:
However then Williams, on Chicago’s ensuing possession, did this:
The video games within the early window have but to hit halftime, however we’re already seeing some ugly soccer right here in Week 3.
And perhaps some Cowl 2 as nicely.
Updates:
And we’re again within the second half of the early-window video games, nonetheless, Richardson is selecting up proper the place he left off within the first half
That … was a missed throw that introduced out the boo birds at Lucas Oil Stadium.