Refs Hit Rams With Dumbest Penalty During Loss to Eagles

Sunday’s NFL Week 3 action sure was fun, wasn’t it? Well, not if you’re a Jets fan. Or if you had the Rams getting a few points against the Eagles.

But really, the slate of games had a ton of fun endings, historic moments, and stunning touchdowns.

The Eagles were able to rally back and beat the Rams in a battle of two NFC powers, and they did it in dramatic fashion by blocking a field goal attempt in the final seconds, and then returning it for a touchdown that didn’t change the outcome of the game, but did hurt a lot of bettors.

The Browns scored 10 points in the final four minutes against the Packers and then used a blocked field goal of their own to then win the game at the buzzer.

Oh, and the Jets returned yet another blocked field goal for a touchdown in the final minutes only to then watch Baker Mayfield lead the Bucs to yet another comeback win to start the season.

Now it’s time for us to have fun and hand out some very important awards for the best, worst, and funniest moments from Sunday.

The Rams receiver celebrated a big play in the third quarter by flexing and then pointing for the first down that he had picked up. Both of those moves are completely legal, but he was still flagged for taunting. The Rams would go on to turn the ball over on downs a few minutes later and they wouldn’t score another point. That penalty was a huge call and it really shouldn’t have been made.

This was a brutal, and costly, call by the refs:

Fox’s Greg Olsen didn’t like it:

Mariota, who started for the injured Jayden Daniels, ran out of bounds and right into his head coach, Dan Quinn, on this play. Quinn ended up with a bloody face but remained on the sideline for the rest of the game, which his team won, 41-24.

Quinn seemed to get over it pretty quickly:

The Cowboys got crushed by the Bears on Sunday and the Fox broadcast was able to get this shot of Jones not enjoying his stay in the Windy City.

Jones and the Colts are now 3-0 after beating the Titans, 41-20. Jones threw just one touchdown pass in the win, but he left everyone in awe with this run:

The Eagles’ defensive tackle weighs 336 pounds, but that didn’t stop him from absolutely flying into the end zone on the final play of Sunday’s win over the Rams.

The Steelers were able to beat the Patriots, 21-14, mostly because Pittsburgh’s defense was able to force New England into committing five ugly turnovers. Rodgers respected his defense’s day, while also bashing his own performance:

Watt and Ian Eagle had a good laugh over this moment in the Steelers’ win over the Patriots.

The second-year quarterback threw one of the coolest touchdown passes of the week against the Cowboys and Tom Brady absolutely loved it.

The Saints kicker really gave his all on this play!

Ward, the former University of Miami star, probably wants this pass back because yeeeeeesh was it bad.

The No. 4 pick in 2024 draft had one of the most embarrassing drops of his young career against the 49ers.

How did he drop this???

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