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The third week of the NFL is nearly in the books, with just two games left to play. Several players had incredible performances, along with surprising results from multiple teams.
Arguably the most impressive performance of the week came from Malik Nabers, who spearheaded a surprise win by the Giants against the Browns.
At 21 years and 56 days old on Sunday, he became the youngest wide receiver in NFL history to have two receiving touchdowns in a game.
He also joined Saquon Barkley (2018) as the only players in Giants history with 20 receptions in their first three career games. It doesn’t stop there either, as the LSU product additionally became the first player in NFL history to have 20 receptions, 250 receiving yards, and three receiving touchdowns in his first three career games.
Nabers wasn’t the only one to have a spectacular game this weekend. FOX Sports Research broke down ten more eye-opening nuggets for you. Let’s take a look.
At 32 years old, the “honey badger” is aging like fine wine. He recorded his second interception of the season on Sunday, giving him 35 for his career. He became the fifth player since 2010 to reach that milestone, and just the second active player of the five, joining Harrison Smith.
He is also the only player this season to record an interception, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery.
Tenacious Steelers defense
Mike Tomlin’s squad improved to 3-0, and held the Chargers to just 10 points and under 300 yards of offense. They’ve done that in all three games this season, making them the first team since the 2004 Seahawks to start 3-0 and hold all three opponents under 10 points and fewer than 300 total yards. The only other time Pittsburgh has done this was in 1936, when the franchise was known as the Pirates.
This was also the fourth time the Steelers have started 3-0 under Tomlin (2007, 2010, 2020), having made the playoffs in each of the previous three instances.
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