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While some teams continued to find their identity, others put down a marker for what could lie ahead as Week 3 of the 2025 NFL season rolled around.
There were breakout performances from established stars and promising rookies. But on the other side, the injury bug caught up with some franchises – the San Francisco 49ers lost star pass rusher Nick Bosa to a season-ending torn ACL, while Arizona Cardinals running back James Connor suffered a foot injury which rules him out for the remainer of 2025.
Here are the three main takeaways from Week 3.
Three-way race for NFL MVP?
Three weeks into the NFL season is typically too early to make grand proclamations about who the favorites are to win the NFL Most Valuable Player award.
But we’re going to do it anyway.
Quarterbacks are often the front-runners to win the award and this year looks no different with three stellar candidates leading the race so far.
Two are previous winners – Baltimore Ravens’ Lamar Jackson and Buffalo Bills’ Josh Allen – and one is a newcomer to this stage – Justin Herbert of the Los Angeles Chargers.
Jackson, a two-time winner of the award, has
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