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Here's what we got, less than 18 hours after the third Sunday of the NFL season.
1. Sometimes it's hard to see a team's off-season plan come to life, and sometimes it's not. The optics of the start of the Dolphins 3-0 place Miami in this last category. Internally, coach Adam Gase, executive vice president Mike Tannenbaum and general manager Chris Grier have made efforts to go faster everywhere in March and April. They signed a burner, receiver Albert Wilson, of Kansas City. They posted the best time in the 2018 category (Mike Gesicki), the third best return (Kalen Ballage) and the fourth fastest (Jerome Baker). And they gave young players training like Jakeem Grant an opportunity. The result? Wilson and Grant were so far from the Raiders defense in the 74-yard touchdown of the Wilson throw that they traded a maximum of five while Wilson crossed the goal line. Grant had a 52-yard touchdown pass (to a Wilson shot), and Kenny Stills also scored from 34 yards as a big game, and that ability to play made the difference, even though the Raiders beat the Dolphins. by 61 yards.
2. The number of beginner QB increased from two to four on Monday. For reasons why Baker Mayfield is now the guy in Cleveland (aside from the obvious), check out my conversation with Hue Jackson in the MMQB today. In Arizona, I am told that Josh Rosen has been outstanding lately in practice, and seeing him command on Sunday, even in a losing situation against Chicago, was the last piece of the puzzle to decide to shoot the shift shift. As staff see, Rosen has more confidence than Sam Bradford at this point, and the mobility he brings to Bradford should help an offensive line that has had some problems.
3. I was expecting the Niners to stay with C. J. Beathard as a starter and try to add depth behind him. Kyle Shanahan saw some similarities between Beathard in his last year at Iowa and what he saw in Kirk Cousins from Michigan State in 2012, which is why the Niners traded to get it at third round last year.
4. I would be surprised to see more than a few teams on Le'Veon Bell right now. You will be dealing with a 26-year-old back with a lot of history, injury and suspension, and you will not be able to extend it. Unless you sincerely think that you are far from you (I do not know who it is), it is difficult to see the logical concept for many CEOs.
5. The situation in the Rams corner is tenuous, with Marcus Peters and Aqib Talib on the board for the moment. I'm told that the plan is to ride with Sam Shields, Troy Hill and Nickell Robey-Coleman. Part of the problem is that Los Angeles usually only has five corners, so the depth will certainly be tested here, especially with Stefon Diggs and Adam Thielen of Minnesota, three days from the end.
6. Name to keep in mind: Mike Kafka, Chiefs QBs coach. Andy Reid assigned Kafka, then the quality control coach, to work one-on-one with Patrick Mahomes last year, as the 10th pick in the 2017 draft went through his de facto season. Kafka was promoted after the season, and the word on the work of guys like this is circulating, so it's not hard to imagine that the former Northwest Quarter and Eagles will soon become a coordinator. He is only 31 years old.
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7. One thing to watch for with Bears Quarterback Mitch Trubisky is the speed with which he can slide the ball and run. During his year from North Carolina, his greatest strength was seeing the ground and his ability to overcome progressions. Instead, Trubisky seems to be doing a unique reading, and running if it's not there. It is time, of course, that Trubisky grow up. And he's committing an offense that's still new to him.
8. The Giants / Texans match is another good example of the NFL's offensive-line crisis – it's getting harder and harder to find good, and increasingly expensive, diplomats: Nate Solder, Andrew Norwell, Ryan Jensen). This also explains why the Titans (Taylor Lewan), Falcons (Jake Matthews), Patriots (Shaq Mason) and Rams (Rob Havenstein) were aggressive in signing their own summer. This series of extensions has completely exhausted the free agents market next year. It's nice to be a kid like Ole Miss's Greg Little or Jonah Williams from Alabama right now.
9. Name to watch tonight: Bucs TE O.J. Howard. The Steelers have had historic difficulties with athletic tight ends. Travis Kelce of the Chiefs killed them last week, while Tampa Bay CO Todd Monken was creative in making games for Howard, seconded from the lineup. Former Monken boss Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy told me this week that Monken was known to say, "Do not they deserve us to try it at least once more? job. And so I expected Monken to involve Howard early and, assuming it works, often.
10. It's worth watching the video showing how the Lions welcomed Matt Patricia into the locker room after Detroit disturbed the Patriots on Sunday night. I'm not saying that things have not been very difficult. In fact, I know that the players insisted on the rigor of the calendar. But there are certainly signs that he's reaching at least some of his players. This was evident in the way Detroit controlled the line of scrimmage against New England, which you could correlate with the physical camp that Patricia ran.
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