AFL Round-Up: Geelong come from the clouds, Adelaide send Port into crisis, Carlton's statement emphasised

No lead was safe in round three of the 2022 AFL season, with stirring comebacks and breathless finishes the order of the day.

As the dust settles, a handful of clubs are left facing tough questions about their immediate futures.

Welcome to the AFL Round-Up, where we digest the week that was.

All weekend and all over the country, notifications would have been pinging from concerned smart watches alerting their owners to a dangerous spike in their heart rate.

We've talked about momentum plenty so far this season, but this was different. These weren't games of constant ebbs and flows, but of sudden resurrections and desperate resistance.

The Western Bulldogs, Melbourne and Carlton held on in their games. Port Adelaide and Collingwood weren't so lucky.

The Bulldogs-Swans opener was hardly a classic and had no right to be as close as it was, but it allowed for late moments that could be pivotal for the Dogs' season.

Tom Liberatore, back in the guts at last, provided telling clearances, and Jamarra Ugle-Hagan's contest — and that's really all he needs to provide right now — at the death was a step forward. A loss would have been a disaster for the Dogs, but for now they're still kicking.

The Demons seemed to have the Bombers at arm's length all of Friday night, only to be rocked onto their heels by a Dons burst. This was the most short-lived of the comebacks though, and once Ed Langdon's obscene snap went through the Bombers pretty swiftly packed it all back up.

Meanwhile over in Adelaide, another outrageous Showdown in a long line of outrageous Showdowns.

More on Port later, but it was a joy to watch the Crows throw caution to the wind and reap the rewards as their young talls took over. The celebrations after Jordan Dawson's megashank