Judging biggest overreactions for NFL Week 3 games - ESPN

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Sure, quarterback Daniel Jones looked good in the Colts' season-opening win. But their Week 1 opponent was the Dolphins, and consensus seems to be that they're not very good. So we noticed, but we tried not to overreact.

The Week 2 victory against the Broncos, who are supposed to have a great defense, seemed a little more worthy of our attention. But Denver still had the game won if not for a dumb penalty that gave the Colts a second chance at the game-winning field goal.

But now Jones has done it three weeks in a row, leading Indianapolis to a 41-20 win over the Titans. So he gets to lead the Week 3 Overreactions column, where we sort through the weekly overreactions to try and figure out which ones might hold up and which ones are mirages.

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Through the first two weeks, Jones — the reclamation-project quarterback the Colts signed to compete with former No. 4 draft pick Anthony Richardson Sr. for their starting quarterback job — ranked second in the NFL in passing yards, first in yards per attempt, sixth in Total QBR and had three rushing touchdowns on top of all that. He kept it rolling, completing a cool 18 of 25 passes for 228 yards in a more Jonathan Taylor-centric lopsided victory over the Titans.

Jones looks like a different guy. After going 7-for-9 for 130 yards and a touchdown on passes thrown at least 10 yards downfield on Sunday, he's now completing 65% of such throws this season. He completed 50% of them in his first six seasons in the league. Sunday's win improved Indy's record to 3-0 — a full three games