The Dime Package: 10 Thoughts from Week 3 in the NFL

The Dime Package is back for Week 3 of the NFL season, offering 10 thoughts on the last slate of games before the bye weeks start rolling in.

Every week in the NFL season holds a different box of worms. Some weeks, you’re going to get what you expect. Others, nothing happens the way you wanted it to or thought it would. However, that’s the nature of the beast.

Week 3 of the 2016 season was a rollercoaster ride for quarterbacks. Trevor Siemien and Carson Wentz continued to impress while Ryan Fitzpatrick and Eli Manning had games to forget.

Knowing that, here is The Dime Package for Week 3, offering 10 thoughts on the games that were.

1. The Washington Redskins literally saved their season by beating the New York Giants. No team that has started a season 0-3 has ever made the playoffs. With the win, Washington still has hope.

2. So I guess Trevor Siemien is a starting quarterback in the NFL. I had him pegged as a handoff specialist.

3. The Arizona Cardinals got taken to the woodshed by the Buffalo Bills. Carson Palmer was awful and the defense wasn’t much better. At 1-2, the Cardinals have been an early season disappointment thus far. If the Redbirds want to live up to the hype, they need to figure out whatever is ailing them and quickly.

4. Who needs Adrian Peterson when your defense is doing their best impression of the 1985 Bears?

5. Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse for the Cleveland Browns, they made it a point to prove you wrong yesterday by losing to the Dolphins 30-24 in overtime. Is there a worse franchise in professional sports right now than the Browns? I seriously can’t think of one.

6. Ryan Fitzpatrick threw six interceptions on Sunday. Let me repeat that: Ryan Fitzpatrick threw six interceptions on Sunday. That is the worst display of quarterbacking I have ever seen. One has to wonder if Fitzpatrick will ever recover.

7. The Indianapolis Colts should be 0-3. If the San Diego Chargers could make a tackle on T.Y Hilton, they indeed would be.

8. So I guess this Carson Wentz kid is pretty good, huh? I know it’s early, but the kid has star quarterback written all over him. Eagles general manager Howie Roseman mortgaged some of the future to get Wentz and the move is paying off.

9. It’s official Los Angeles Rams fans, your team has an offense. Contrary to what some of you thought, your team is capable of scoring more than 4.5 points per game.

10. The Sunday Night game wasn’t as bad I thought it was going to be. The Chicago Bears actually hung in there despite their injury issues and inconsistent quarterback play. Sure, they made the Dallas Cowboys look like a Super Bowl contender, but John Fox’s team played hard.