NFL - Week Three Review

Can anyone stop the Buffalo Bills?
Apparently not even the New England Patriots, who jumped out to a 21-0 second quarter lead, can stop the magic in upstate New York through the first three weeks of the 2011 NFL season. Buffalo also made NFL history by becoming the first team to overcome a deficit of 18 points or more in two consecutive games.
The Bills rallied to win 34-31 as Rian Lindell nailed a 28-yard field goal as time expired. Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (387 yards passing and four TD passes) was intercepted four times by the Bills' defense, including a 27-yard return for touchdown by Drayton Florence that put Buffalo ahead 31-24 in the final quarter.
Bills' QB Ryan Fitzpatrick passed for 369 yards with two touchdowns and two picks to help the team improve to 3-0 and first place in the rugged AFC East.
The Bills are alone on top because of their win over New England coupled with the Oakland Raiders punishing 34-24 win over the New York Jets (2-1) at the Oakland Coliseum.
The Raiders rode the legs of Heftyinfo NFL Player of the Week Darren McFadden, who rushed for 171 yards, including a 70-yard TD scamper that paced the win for the Raiders. Oakland rumbled for 234 yards on the ground as they topped the Jets and improved to 2-1.

Raiders' RB Darren McFadden scored two TD in Oakland's win over the New York Jets.

The San Diego Chargers kept pace with Oakland in the AFC West with a 20-17 home win over Kansas City, thanks in large part to the defense that kept the Chiefs under wraps all game long, limiting them to 252 total yards in offense.
Ryan Mathews ran for two scores while rushing for 98 yards to pace the offense. Chargers' QB Philip Rivers struggled with two more interceptions and no touchdown passes while throwing for 266 yards.
The Baltimore Ravens bounced back from a disappointing loss last week by crushing the host St. Louis Rams, 37-7 behind a huge game by rookie wide receiver Torrey Smith, who hauled in five passes for 152 yards and three touchdowns. Ravens' QB Joe Flacco threw for 389 yards and the Ravens put up a team record 553 yards in total offense.
The Detroit Lions stayed undefeated with a come from behind 26-23 overtime win in Minnesota as the Vikings blew a double digit lead in the second half for the third straight week.
Lions' QB Matthew Stafford (378 passing yards) hooked up with wide receiver Calvin Johnson twice for touchdowns to lead the comeback from a 20-0 halftime deficit.
In perhaps the most exciting game of the day, the New Orleans Saints knocked off the visiting Houston Texans, 40-33 as QB Drew Brees had three TD passes and threw for 370 yards while Houston's Matt Schaub passed for 373 yards and three scores as well.
The two teams combined for 930 yards in total offense and there were five lead changes in the game, including three in the final seven minutes of the game.
The Green Bay Packers systematically beat the Chicago Bears, 27-17 in Soldier Field behind Aaron Rodgers' three TD passes to tight end Jermichael Finley.
Tampa Bay defeated the visiting Atlanta Falcons 16-13 while holding Falcons' running back Michael Turner to just 20 yards rushing in the defensive struggle.
 The Carolina Panthers beat the Jacksonville Jaguars, 16-10 in a downpour in Carolina as QB Cam Newton did not pass for over 400 yards for the first time this season.
The Seattle Seahawks beat visiting Arizona 13-10 in a yawner in the great Northwest as Cardinals' QB Kevin Kolb threw an interception in the final minute as they were driving for the tying (or go-ahead) score.
San Francisco beat Cincinnati 13-8 on the road as running back Kendall Hunter scored the game's only touchdown.
Cleveland won at home over the Miami Dolphins, 17-16 as Browns' QB Colt McCoy hit Mohammed Massaqoui with the game winning 14-yard touchdown pass with 41 seconds left to play.  The Dolphins are 0-3 and the rumors are starting to fly that Miami Head Coach Tony Sporano's job may be on the line.
The Tennessee Titans held off the visiting Denver Broncos, 17-14 to improve to 2-1 as Titans' QB Matt Hasselbeck threw two TD passes and had 311 yards through the air to offset Broncos' QB Kyle Orton's two touchdown strikes. Tennessee top wideout, Kenny Britt, was lost for the rest of the 2011 season with torn knee ligaments.
In the Sunday Night game, the Indianapolis Colts gave the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers all they could handle before the Steelers eventually won the game, 23-20 on a 38-yard field goal by Shaun Suisham in the final seconds.
Pittsburgh QB Ben Roethlisberger (pictured left) passed for 364 yards and connected with wide receiver Mike Wallace for a 81-yard TD play to open the scoring. Each team scored a defensive touchdown in the game on fumble returns.
Colts' starting quarterback Kerry Collins left the game with a concussion and Curtis Painter took over and led the Colts on a game tying drive in the fourth quarter before the finishing kick by Suisham.
The Dallas Cowboys got six field goals from rookie kicker Dan Bailey, including a 40-yarder with less than two minutes remaining in regulation to edge the visiting Washington Redskins, 18-16 on Monday Night Football.