With many of the Week 3 NFL schedule within the books, it is time to check out a number of the greatest losers from across the league on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Mike McCarthy, head coach, Dallas Cowboys<\/h3>\n
Cowboys followers had been already calling for McCarthy\u2019s job earlier than the season even began and after the workforce\u2019s 1-2 begin, that demand has solely intensified. Dallas fell behind 21-3 within the second quarter and needed to stage a livid comeback within the second half to even get inside placing distance of a lead.<\/p>\n
Quarterback Dak Prescott practically pulled it off, too. The Cowboys\u2019 clear lack of a run sport has made life more durable on Prescott and so has the workforce\u2019s patchwork offensive line, which allowed 19 pressures, 13 hurries and 6 sacks coming into Sunday\u2019s sport, per Pro Football Focus<\/a>. If the Cowboys aren\u2019t within the playoff race by midseason, McCarthy could possibly be out of a job.<\/p>\n

Dak Prescott, QB, Dallas Cowboys<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Prescott is right here not due to his private efficiency however as a result of he\u2019s the unlucky sufferer of dangerous teaching and dangerous GMing. McCarthy and Jerry Jones failed Prescott this offseason with their free-agent strategy, or lack thereof. After back-to-back 1,000-yard rusher Tony Pollard bolted to the Tennessee Titans, the Cowboys changed him with a pair of past-their-prime runners in Ezekiel Elliott and Dalvin Cook dinner.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The franchise additionally took its candy time signing CeeDee Lamb to a contract extension \u2014 prompting him to overlook all of coaching camp \u2014 and his rust has proven by means of the primary three video games of 2024. It\u2019s clear Jones is placing the Cowboys success this season solely on Prescott\u2019s shoulders, which is ostensibly unfair given the dearth of expertise round him.<\/p>\n
Russell Wilson, QB, Pittsburgh Steelers<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Any hope Wilson had of getting the Steelers\u2019 beginning job again took a intestine punch on Sunday after Justin Fields\u2019 head-turning efficiency. Whereas Wilson has been nursing an damage, Fields has led Pittsburgh to a 3-0 begin and first place within the AFC North.<\/p>\n
Fields had his greatest sport of the season in Sunday\u2019s 20-10 win over the Los Angeles Chargers, finishing 25-of-32 passes for 245 yards and two whole touchdowns (one speeding, one passing) and the workforce performed arguably its most full sport of the yr. So long as Fields retains main the Steelers to wins, Wilson can anticipate to maintain the bench heat.<\/p>\n
Bryce Younger, QB, Carolina Panthers<\/strong><\/h3>\n
How can Younger be a loser when he didn\u2019t even play? Nicely, Andy Dalton\u2019s breakout efficiency \u2014 319 yards, three touchdowns, 36-22 win over the Las Vegas Raiders \u2014 proved that the issue very nicely could also be Younger in any case.<\/p>\n
When the previous No. 1 total choose was benched final week, many stated his receivers and offensive line weren\u2019t ok, which is why Younger persistently produced poor numbers when he performed. However in Sunday\u2019s win, Dalton was sacked simply twice, Diontae Johnson had his first 100-yard sport since becoming a member of the Panthers and three different WRs had a number of catches. So possibly Younger is a puzzle piece that simply doesn\u2019t slot in Carolina.<\/p>\n
Everybody, Miami Dolphins<\/strong><\/h3>\n
The Dolphins are a large number proper now. Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is on injured reserve and his backup Skylar Thompson left Sunday\u2019s 24-3 loss to the Seattle Seahawks after struggling a chest damage. Miami possible gained\u2019t win many video games if Tim Boyle is its QB1.<\/p>\n
The Dolphins have a powerful steady of operating backs, however the issue is they will\u2019t use them like they\u2019d like in the event that they\u2019re all the time enjoying from behind, and in the event that they\u2019re all the way down to their third QB, Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle \u2014 arguably their two greatest offensive gamers \u2014 possible aren\u2019t making an affect on the sector, both. Till the Dolphins get a official beginning QB, they are often penciled in for this checklist each week.<\/p>\n
Caleb Williams, QB, Chicago Bears<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Whereas Williams really had an honest efficiency in Sunday\u2019s 21-16 loss to the Indianapolis Colts, the remainder of his workforce didn\u2019t do a lot to assist him out. Receiver Rome Odunze (six receptions, 112 yards, one landing) and tight finish Cole Kmet (10 receptions, 97 yards, one landing) weren\u2019t the issue, it was really Chicago\u2019s lack of a run sport and spotty offensive line play.<\/p>\n
Roschon Johnson, D\u2019Andre Swift and Khalil Herbert mixed for simply 59 yards on 25 carries, whereas the offensive line let Indy sack Williams 4 occasions and strain him on seemingly most of his dropbacks. Williams has proven regular development from Week 1 to Week 3, he simply wants the remainder of the workforce to catch as much as what he\u2019s doing.<\/p>\n
Invoice Callahan, offensive line coach, Tennessee Titans<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Callahan was introduced in by his son Brian (the Titans first-year head coach) to repair the workforce\u2019s offensive line woes and to this point he\u2019s failed to fulfill expectations. Quarterback Will Levis was sacked eight occasions in Sunday\u2019s 30-14 loss to the Inexperienced Bay Packers and thru three video games the younger signal-caller has taken 12 sacks.<\/p>\n
It seems like Levis is operating for his life on each dropback and Nicholas Petit-Frere would possibly simply be one of many worst proper tackles within the NFL. If the Titans need Levis to make it by means of the season, they should think about making a change at RT and Callahan wants to teach up his group higher than what he\u2019s been doing.<\/p>\n
Jim Schwartz, defensive coordinator, Cleveland Browns<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Week 3 was presupposed to be a simple win for the Browns. They had been dealing with the Daniel Jones-led New York Giants offense and it was presupposed to be a matchup Cleveland\u2019s protection might feast on.<\/p>\n
As an alternative, Jones threw for 269 yards and two touchdowns, rookie WR Malik Nabers had eight catches for 78 yards and two touchdowns \u2014 together with one Odell Beckham Jr.-like circus catch ultimately zone \u2014 and New York put up 340 yards of whole offense whereas controlling time of possession (33:56 to 26:04) and making Schwartz appear to be a rookie play-caller.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n