NFL Week 3 latest buzz, questions, news and fantasy tips - ESPN

We're on to Week 3 of the NFL season, and league insiders Jeremy Fowler and Dan Graziano are breaking down the latest news and notable buzz.

There's a lot to talk about following Week 2. What should the Bengals do in the aftermath of Joe Burrow's turf toe injury, and what will they do? How are things going with the Aaron Rodgers-Steelers partnership through two weeks? Which quarterbacks in the league are most in danger of being benched?

Jeremy and Dan made some calls around the league to get the latest on those situations. They also identified preseason notions that they're already adjusting after two weeks of play. It's all here, as Dan and Jeremy answer big questions and empty their reporting notebooks heading into Week 3.

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Graziano: The Bengals believe in Jake Browning's ability to operate their offense and win games. They cite the work he did over the second half of the 2023 season when Burrow went down because of a wrist injury. They went 4-3 in games Browning started, and he's now in his fifth season in their system, knows the offense well and has more experience than he had then.

If it goes badly for Browning and the Bengals are losing, then could I see them considering outside options. (They signed Mike White and Sean Clifford to their practice squad this week.) But they believe they have one of the best, if not the best, backup quarterback situations in the league. Nobody wants to have to test that out, but that's where Cincinnati is right now. If it can win even just one of its next four games — at Minnesota, at Denver, home vs. Detroit, at Green Bay — it will come out of its toughest stretch of