In a wild week of NFL action we saw one of the more unbelievable sequences in league history. With the Ravens down 17-16 to the lowly, but scrappy, Lions, Lamar Jackson and the offense faced a 4th and 19 from their own 16 with 26 seconds left. On that play, Jackson threaded the needle on a 36 yard completion to Sammy Watkins, to bring them just to the other side of midfield. Following a spike to stop the clock, it appears that the Ravens were at least two seconds late in snapping the ball on 2nd and 10 but were not penalized. After that unsuccessful play, the Ravens send out of one the best and most accurate kickers of all time, Justin Tucker to attempt a 66 yard field goal. Earlier that same day, Cardinals K Matt Prater attempted a 68 yard field goal that was about 2-3 yards short… and returned for an almost as improbable 109 yard return by Jaguars return man Jamal Agnew (I think PxP man Gus Johnson had a heart attack somewhere in that return).
On this kick though, Tucker lined up, did a crow hop, then booted a near perfect kick that hit the crossbar and bounced over for the longest kick in NFL history, breaking the previous record of 64 by… Matt Prater, and breaking the hearts of Lions fans in the process.
This kick somewhat overshadowed another big development in the league: the Chiefs are now a sub-.500 team for the first time in the Patrick Mahomes era, after losing 30-24 to a very tough Chargers team. This game featured a Mahomes INT with under 2 minutes left and a game winning drive by the Chargers and their QB Justin Herbert. It’s too soon to say the balance of power is shifting in the AFC West, but with the Raiders and Broncos undefeated, and the Chargers at 2-1, this division will be competing with the NFC West for best division in the league.
Meanwhile the race is on in the opposite direction in the AFC South, NFC East, and NFC North to determine the worst team: the AFC South has taken the lead with two winless teams (Indianapolis and Jacksonville), a horrible 1-2 Houston Texans and the (admittedly good) Tennessee Titans.
APY POOL STANDINGS
In Week 3, Salvo was the top scorer with 17 points. Salvo’s lack of faith in the Giants paid off as a confidence pick on the Falcons helped propel him to the top score of the week. Salvo is now in second place with 43 points.
At the top of the leaderboard though is Gary with 45 points. Gary maintains the two point lead he had this week with a 14 point effort. Jerome sits in third place at 42 points, while Sam, Paul, and Will are all tied in fourth place with 41 points.
| Name | Total | W3 |
| Gary | 45 | 14 |
| Salvo | 43 | 17 |
| Jerome | 42 | 15 |
| Sam | 41 | 16 |
| Paul | 41 | 13 |
| Will | 41 | 12 |
| Baldip | 40 | 12 |
| Justin | 39 | 15 |
| Jason H | 39 | 14 |
| Adam | 39 | 14 |
| Ronda | 39 | 14 |
| Donna P | 39 | 14 |
| Alessandro | 39 | 14 |
| Farhan | 39 | 11 |
| Neil | 38 | 15 |
| Keville | 38 | 14 |
| Lourdes | 38 | 14 |
| Donna K | 38 | 13 |
| CSA Red Bulls | 37 | 14 |
| Darryl | 37 | 14 |
| Team Bracken | 37 | 12 |
| Jason G | 37 | 11 |
| Courtney | 36 | 16 |
| Darren | 36 | 15 |
| Denzil | 36 | 13 |
| Jason R | 36 | 13 |
| Joe L | 36 | 13 |
| Molly | 36 | 12 |
| Joe S | 35 | 15 |
| Marcus | 35 | 13 |
| Tom | 35 | 12 |
| Predictor | 34 | 14 |
| Terry | 34 | 13 |
| Jay P | 34 | 12 |
| Marcel & Aiden | 33 | 13 |
| Quinn | 33 | 12 |
| Steve | 32 | 12 |
| Nigel | 32 | 10 |
| Matt | 31 | 11 |
| Mark | 31 | 10 |
| David | 30 | 7 |
| Des | 29 | 3 |
| Dwayne | 20 | 0 |
| Ruby | 19 | 1 |
| Average | 36.28 | 12.58 |
WEEK 4 SCHEDULE
Week 4 features a number of games with intrigue, the most intriguing of which of course being the primetime game between the Jaguars and Bengals. OK, OK, I suppose the return of Tom Brady to Foxborough will also be a big game. To add to it, Brady is just 68 yards from breaking the all-time yards record presently held by Drew Brees.
SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles will host two big games this weekend as well, with the battle of NFC West unbeatens on Sunday – Cardinals at Rams – and an AFC West showdown between the 3-0 Raiders and 2-1 Chargers.