As Week 3 of the 2018 NFL season continues Sunday, many hope two trends in the league continue: lots of points and many close games.
Through the first two weeks of the season, there have been 174 total touchdowns scored, the most in NFL history through Week 2, and the 1,506 total points are the second most in league annals (1,556 in 2012) through the first two weeks of a season.
As for the close games, 25 of the season's 32 games (78.1 percent) through two weeks have been within one score in the fourth quarter, tied for the third most in NFL history through Week 2. Twenty one games have been decided by eight or fewer points through Week 2, also the third most in league history through the first two weeks of a season.
With that as the backdrop, below are Week 3 scores, highlights and injury updates from Sunday's action around the league.
NFL scores: Week 3
NFL Week 3: Highlights, injury updates
On 4th & 5... Josh Rosen's pass is PICKED by @chicagobears DB Bryce Callahan!
— NFL (@NFL) September 23, 2018
📺: FOX #DaBears pic.twitter.com/UYNUC5gY86
.@josh3rosen's first career pass attempt... is COMPLETE.
— NFL (@NFL) September 23, 2018
📺: FOX #BeRedSeeRed pic.twitter.com/2sI6CjjDZi
ANOTHER pick by @earl_thomas!
— NFL (@NFL) September 23, 2018
📺: FOX #Seahawks pic.twitter.com/TGPkNhwApD
.@josh3rosen entering the game now for the @AZCardinals.
— NFL (@NFL) September 23, 2018
Bears leading, 16-14. 4:31 left in the game.
📺: FOX #CHIvsAZ #BeRedSeeRed pic.twitter.com/Vrbxw3j3Wh
3-0. pic.twitter.com/tRTLMa3dEl
— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) September 23, 2018
.@Shaquemgriffin makes the STOP!!
— NFL (@NFL) September 23, 2018
📺: FOX #Seahawks pic.twitter.com/XBUGbNOG9k
Sean Lee is officially out for the rest of the day with a hamstring. #cowboyswire
— David Helman (@HelmanDC) September 23, 2018
.@52Mack_ doing what Mack does!
— Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) September 23, 2018
Forces a fumble, recovered by @Grindin_59! pic.twitter.com/iqjG2V8Adq
LOOSE FOOTBALL!
— NFL (@NFL) September 23, 2018
Ezekiel Elliott fumbles.
And the @seahawks recover.
📺: FOX pic.twitter.com/gJAUZaE0Rr
#Patriots inactives.#NEvsDET pic.twitter.com/cUm5yKk5Pb
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) September 23, 2018
.@ccarson_32 finds the end zone for a @seahawks TD!
— NFL (@NFL) September 23, 2018
📺: FOX #Seahawks pic.twitter.com/Zno2jdrLGB
What. A. PICK!
— NFL (@NFL) September 23, 2018
👏 @SherrickM
📺: FOX #DaBears pic.twitter.com/JFx7HXk4s2
Hello, @JHowardx24 .
— NFL (@NFL) September 23, 2018
Hello, END ZONE!
Touchdown, @chicagobears !
📺: FOX #DaBears pic.twitter.com/JakvNkUnX9
Touchdown No. ✌️ on the day for @robertwoods ! #LACvsLA pic.twitter.com/PrjTbQgUNL
— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) September 23, 2018
In just 35 games on our team, @chanjones55 has reached 30 sacks.
— Arizona Cardinals (@AZCardinals) September 23, 2018
No player in franchise history has reached that mark in fewer games. pic.twitter.com/kKXUKuhdCd
Again. @darealmike_dub pic.twitter.com/N7uwjcbKps
— Los Angeles Chargers (@Chargers) September 23, 2018
. @AustinEkeler doing @AustinEkeler things. pic.twitter.com/GWBK44vujK
— Los Angeles Chargers (@Chargers) September 23, 2018
Two top CBs — #Rams CB Marcus Peters and #49ers CB Richard Sherman — suffered what are believed to be calf injuries, sources say. It’s early, but neither was initially diagnosed as Achilles. Both will have tests tomorrow. Peters was declared out and Sherman left in pain in a boot
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 23, 2018
Heath taken to locker room with an ankle injury.
— Derek Eagleton (@derekeagleton) September 23, 2018
. @CooperKupp says... GET OFF ME. 😤
— NFL (@NFL) September 23, 2018
📺: CBS #LARams pic.twitter.com/I0CumChR0C
Injury Update: Marcus Peters is now downgraded to OUT.
— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) September 23, 2018
. @dangerusswilson to @jaronbrown13 ... @Seahawks TOUCHDOWN!
— NFL (@NFL) September 23, 2018
📺: FOX #Seahawks pic.twitter.com/ULqxnLvfUO
Rams’ CB Marcus Peters suffered a calf injury today and will not return, per source.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 23, 2018
🚨🚨 BLOCKED PUNT ALERT! 🚨🚨
— NFL (@NFL) September 23, 2018
📺: CBS #LARams pic.twitter.com/e1nFicARz4
One play is all that was needed.
— Arizona Cardinals (@AZCardinals) September 23, 2018
Sam finds @DavidJohnson31 . @DavidJohnson31 finds the end zone! pic.twitter.com/AMdbwsE4Lm
Philip Rivers goes DEEEEEP to @darealmike_dub for SIX!
— NFL (@NFL) September 23, 2018
📺: CBS #FightForEachOther pic.twitter.com/g1hmuYkoYK
. @DrewBrees ... FOR THE WIN! #GoSaints pic.twitter.com/cG16pAAVbC
— NFL (@NFL) September 23, 2018
Hurdle 'em, @Melvingordon25 !
— NFL (@NFL) September 23, 2018
📺: CBS #FightForEachOther pic.twitter.com/2KoF7VcP3b
First drive goes for SIX!
— Arizona Cardinals (@AZCardinals) September 23, 2018
Sam to @RickySealsJones ! #BeRedSeeRed pic.twitter.com/kSSKURlv44
SO. MUCH. SPEED.
— NFL (@NFL) September 23, 2018
And high fives! 😂
📺: CBS #FinsUp pic.twitter.com/7hlgqs9VOp
The #49ers fear a serious knee injury for QB Jimmy Garoppolo, I’m told. That’s what it appeared, as well, a non-contact knee injury that saw him carted off.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 23, 2018
#49ers injury update: Jimmy Garoppolo is carted off the field and is OUT with a knee injury. #SFvsKC
— San Francisco 49ers (@49ers) September 23, 2018
Who wants it more than Drew Brees right now?! #Saints tie it up! #NOvsATL pic.twitter.com/0N4WIz1xrY
— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) September 23, 2018
Garoppolo decked, has to leave the game before a 4+7, down two touchdowns with 5”35 to play. pic.twitter.com/RywziGF7W9
— Dieter Kurtenbach (@dkurtenbach) September 23, 2018
THE TRICKERY IS REAL 😏
— NFL (@NFL) September 23, 2018
📺: CBS #FinsUp pic.twitter.com/vcvWyzsJpY
. @CalvinRidley1 just caught his THIRD TD of the day...
— NFL (@NFL) September 23, 2018
Let's hope you started him in @nflfantasy !
📺: FOX #InBrotherhood pic.twitter.com/U6Pj5sTDxi
You're not taking this play from Efe‼️ pic.twitter.com/8LN4DqdgEd
— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) September 23, 2018
Return status changed to questionable. #CINvsCAR https://t.co/qPwQwx5X41
— Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) September 23, 2018
Saints CB Patrick Robinson on the ground with trainers in obvious pain. Cart coming out for him.
— Mike Triplett (@MikeTriplett) September 23, 2018
TE AJ Derby out w/foot injury
— Chris Perkins (@chrisperk) September 23, 2018
. @Broncos Phillip Lindsay was ejected for throwing several punches in the pile. #DENvsBLT pic.twitter.com/XLx1BM7zci
— NFL Football Operations (@NFLFootballOps) September 23, 2018
Muhammad Wilkerson looks to have suffered a serious left leg injury. Needed a cart to get to the locker room after he got leg-whipped by teammate Kentrell Brice. Wilkerson could not put any weight on that leg. https://t.co/cVPlE86zq4
— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) September 23, 2018
Injury Update: Evan Engram (knee) is OUT for the remainder of the game. #NYGvssHOU
— New York Giants (@Giants) September 23, 2018
You're not going to stop @patrickmahomes5 and the @chiefs ! 😳
— NFL (@NFL) September 23, 2018
📺: FOX #ChiefsKingdom pic.twitter.com/bXIe30xL0j
Yep. @JoshAllenQB is out here hurdling defenders 🔥
— NFL (@NFL) September 23, 2018
📺: CBS #GoBills pic.twitter.com/648TG3QxFT
Blaine Gabbert exits #TENvsJAX : https://t.co/jhPlxQpFGv pic.twitter.com/MjVCLo3VQE
— NFL (@NFL) September 23, 2018
The rookie will not be stopped! @saquon is in for the @giants TOUCHDOWN!
— NFL (@NFL) September 23, 2018
📺: FOX #GiantsPride pic.twitter.com/HF2RJv2Z8W
Welcome back, @cj_wentz !
— NFL (@NFL) September 23, 2018
📺: FOX #FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/zF6GGSF6kH
JOSH ALLEN WILL DO IT HIMSELF! 👀
— NFL (@NFL) September 23, 2018
📺: CBS #GoBills pic.twitter.com/hvyOlv1YsJ
WR Bruce Ellington (hamstring) is QUESTIONABLE to return.
— Houston Texans (@HoustonTexans) September 23, 2018
. @JordyRNelson with reservations for six! 👐🏾 #OAKvsMIA | #RaiderNation
— Yahoo Sports NFL (@YahooSportsNFL) September 23, 2018
(via @Raiders ) pic.twitter.com/CG8rvtqqUe
Today's inactives include: LeSean McCoy, Leonard Fournette, Jack Conklin, Alshon Jeffery, Darren Sproles.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 23, 2018
Today's actives include: Aaron Rodgers, Marquise Goodwin, Corey Clement.
With Leonard Fournette expected to be OUT, see where T.J. Yeldon and Corey Grant fall in our Week 3 #FantasyFootball RB rankings: https://t.co/OGDJjJQKXL
— Sporting News Fantasy (@sn_fantasy) September 23, 2018
Titans to start Blaine Gabbert in place of injured Marcus Mariota, report says https://t.co/FpIKYUUBAH pic.twitter.com/Bm2Oz1QYeQ
— Sporting News NFL (@sn_nfl) September 23, 2018
New #Patriots WR Josh Gordon (hamstring) is no sure thing to play tonight, sources say. He’ll have to test his hamstring pre-game and the team is preparing for scenarios without him on the field, as well as one with him playing. Clear they aren’t 100% counting on it.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 23, 2018
Jaguars’ RB update:
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 23, 2018
TJ Yeldon expected to play today.
Leonard Fournette not expected to play today, per league sources.
Jaguars going to play it safe with Fournette.
Big move for Big Blue: The #Giants spent the week preparing RT Chad Wheeler to play significant snaps and sources now say that he’s expected to start. That means former first-round pick Ereck Flowers would be headed to the bench.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 23, 2018
Leonard Fournette injury update: Jaguars RB to suit up vs. Titans, report says https://t.co/5Z84ZekHMy pic.twitter.com/nxIJRB2Vc0
— Sporting News NFL (@sn_nfl) September 23, 2018
