Special teams shine as five games settled on final play

Despite the numerous top NFL players, the more unknown kickers and backup quarterbacks dominated an unusual Sunday of week three.

Amazingly, five games were settled on the final play, four of which were field goals, including the Green Bay Packers’ huge upset win over the Cleveland Browns.

The Philadelphia Eagles’ final field goal was blocked by the Los Angeles Rams, and the team’s Super Bowl triumph kept them unbeaten.

Before the Eagles’ biggest home run since 1988, when Jalen Hurts finally found himself off the leash in the second half with his first touchdown passes of the season, the Rams dominated and led 26-7 in Philadelphia.

The Eagles’ two fourth-quarter field goal attempts, however, were prevented by special teams.

The Rams won the game on the final kick, as Jordan Davis blocked it and returned it for a touchdown 61 yards.

He weighs 336 pounds, making him the heaviest player ever, according to the NFL’s Next Gen Stats, who recorded him at 18.59 mph.

With less than four minutes left in Cleveland, Green Bay’s 10-0 lead came to an end, as a wild ending resulted in the Browns’ season opener.

Jordan Love had his first interception in ten regular-season games, but Brandon McManus had set up Brandon for a field goal to win.

The Kansas City Chiefs won their first game of the campaign against the New York Giants on Patrick Mahomes’ recent birthday, making it his 30th birthday.

In New York, it was difficult to defend against a ferocious pass rush, but Mahomes’ vintage gunslinging throws in the second half earned the Chiefs a 22-9 victory.

Tyquan Thornton, who caught a touchdown and set up the other with a brilliant deep dive grab, is now Mahomes’ top deep option.

The New York Jets had a 17-point lead in Tampa Bay by one point when Will McDonald returned a blocked field goal for a touchdown.

However, Baker Mayfield, who scored a walk-off field goal and led the Buccaneers to another late winner, is perhaps the league’s most underappreciated quarterback.

The Bucs won their first three games in the final minute of the match, moving them to 3-0 for the first time in 20 years.

The Los Angeles Chargers last started with a 3-3 lead in 23 years, and they did it with the final kick of the game against the Denver Broncos, like the Bucs.

The Indianapolis Colts are a slightly more unexpected 3-0 team, but Daniel “Indiana” Jones’ historic style shocks him even more as he is the first quarterback to pass three touchdown passes and not an intercept in his first three starts of the season.

Another game and a final-kick winner as Mac Jones led the 49ers past Arizona to demonstrate that he could still start for the NFL after Brock Purdy replaced him.

Wentz helped Minnesota to record their sixth straight win since 1998 by starting for a record sixth different team.

More to do with the Cincinnati Bengals’ incompetence and the incredible performance of Vikings cornerback Isaiah Rodgers, who returned touchdowns with fumble returns of 87 yards and a 66-yard interception return, than with their victory, which came up against them.

Aaron Rodgers passed Brett Favre for 510 regular-season touchdown passes, and the big things kept coming. With 63, 538 passing yards, he now ranks fourth in the standings.

The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the New England Patriots, who were largely responsible for the error-strewn defeat, was even more significant.

Caleb Williams is the first player to pass for 225 yards and three touchdowns in a half of a game this year, and he appears to be the Draft’s No. 1 pick.

Given the domineering nature of their 31-14 defeat, Williams gave the Chicago Bears’ head coach his first victory and asked the Dallas Cowboys for more questions.

The Houston Texans lost to the Jacksonville Jaguars for the first time in eight years when they started the season with a 0-3 start.