Lance Dunbar: Lance Dunbar leads Dallas in Week 3 receiving

“It’s a compliment to both of them to be compared with each other“, Jones said. But more importantly, second-year running back Devonta Freeman had a breakout performance with a career-high 141 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns on 30 carries.

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Brandon Weeden (at least three) is approached on the…

“This quarterback Weeden can drive the ball down field”, Jones said last week.

– The Denver Broncos are 3-0 after Peyton Manning completed 31 of his 42 passes for 324 yards and two touchdowns in a 24-12 victory over the winless Lions in Detroit. Weeden was focused on a handful of receivers, completing passes to Randle, Lance Dunbar, Jason Witten, and Cole Beasley.

When you have to play with a backup quarterback you ask him to do a few things: protect the ball, take the easy completions when you can and make one or two big throws at big times.

Most productive running backs will attribute part of their success to their fullback.

“The Cowboys running back scored more fantasy points in the first quarter against the Falcons (22) than he had in the first two games combined (16)”, ESPN’s Scott T. Miller wrote. On the ground, Joseph Randle rushed for 51 yards in 18 attempts while Darren McFadden added 31 yards in 10 attempts. The Falcons averaged 4.9 yards per carry.

SEAHAWKS 26, BEARS 0: Tyler Lockett returned the second-half kickoff 105 yards for a touchdown, Russell Wilson connected with Jimmy Graham on a 30-yard TD, and the Seattle routed Chicago.

“We just want to move the ball – I don’t care how we do it”, said Freeman, who also had 52 yards receiving. The Cowboys were conservative in their offensive play calling which still resulted in 28 points, but gave Williams nothing on the day.

With a 21-7 deficit in the second quarter, Atlanta was already facing a substantial challenge.

– Andrew Luck threw two touchdown passes 56 seconds apart in the fourth quarter as he rallied the Colts to their first win this season, beating the Titans 35-33.

The Cowboys’ offensive line blew open huge holes. On the defensive side for the Cowboys, Sean Lee was not out for the whole game, but was out for quite some time.

The Dallas Cowboys are no longer an unbeaten team.

He’s still got game: Wonder if the Panthers ever miss Steve Smith, who they cast aside after the 2013 season? It was Jones’ third consecutive game with more than 100 yards through the air. Luckily, in the first half of today’s game against Atlanta, it looked like the NFC East division leaders would be just fine. Just that threat might have kept them from shutting down the running game.

Tom Koehler (11-14) allowed four runs, nine hits, and five walks in 6 2-3 innings. Sacked four times for a loss of 28 yards, Rivers went 21-for-34 for 246 yards with two turnovers.

MINNEAPOLIS Adrian Peterson plowed through San Diego’s defense for 126 yards and two touchdowns on 20 rushes in three quarters. The offense got totally bogged down.

-COACHING: B. The Texans remained committed to the running game and it paid dividends.

With only 40 seconds before halftime, Ryan got the Falcons into field-goal range. “I have those guys a chance to run it after the catch and they did that”.

It remains to be seen how Brandon Weeden can hold up as the sub for Tony Romo in Dallas.

Buffalo (2-1) bounced back from a dismal loss at home to New England. The Cowboys’ schedule for the next two months is nice enough to keep them in contention until Romo returns, but they need to play better than they did against the Atlanta Falcons.