NFL Week 3, Fastest 2 Minutes, Drake Maye Has The Yips, The Ravens Win In 7 Seconds, Witching Hour Madness Plus Who's Back Of The Week
Episode of Pardon My Take · September 28, 2026 · 3 h 6 min
Dan Katz, PFT Commenter, Hank Lockwood and the Pardon My Take crew recap every NFL Week 3 game of the 2026 season, plus golf and baseball.
Summary
The Pardon My Take crew opened with its Fastest Two Minutes parody recap of NFL Week 3 of the 2026 season before discussing each Sunday game in turn. The biggest early segment centered on the Jaguars' 35-6 rout of the Patriots, with Hank Lockwood lamenting Drake Maye's turnover problems, which he likened to the yips, and conceding that the Patriots' prior Super Bowl run may have been a case of the stars aligning. PFT Commenter praised Jaguars coach Liam Coen and Trevor Lawrence, while Dan Katz criticized Lawrence for kneeling at the one-yard line.
Katz argued the Bengals lost to the Steelers because of special teams blunders and that the Chargers remained cursed after the Bills beat them despite five turnovers. PFT Commenter celebrated the Commanders' upset of the Seahawks behind backup Marcus Mariota and linebacker Sonny Stiles, while Lockwood and Delente teased a quarterback controversy and suggested a report about Jayden Daniels' locker-room speech was planted. The hosts also debated Deshaun Watson's resurgence in Cleveland, Jahmyr Gibbs's historic start, the Texans' 0-3 start, Cam Ward's struggles in Tennessee, Brock Purdy's form, Brian Flores's defense, the 3-0 Raiders, and the Cowboys' clock mismanagement in a 34-31 loss to the Ravens in Brazil.
After the Broncos' Sunday night win over the Rams and predictions for the Bears-Eagles Monday night game, the episode closed with Who's Back of the Week: Lockwood picked Team USA's Presidents Cup win, PFT Commenter announced the staff home-run league results, Katz celebrated Wisconsin's win over Penn State, and Zach picked Stephen Curry's contract extension. The group also discussed the final starts of Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer.
Chapters
- 0:40
Intro and Fastest Two Minutes
The hosts preview the episode and run through Week 3 scores in their pun-filled Fastest Two Minutes segment.
- 13:09
Jaguars rout Patriots, Drake Maye's yips
The crew discusses Jacksonville's dominance and Hank Lockwood's concerns about Drake Maye and the Patriots' season.
- 38:56
Steelers-Bengals and Bills-Chargers
Katz blames Cincinnati's special teams for its loss and the hosts mock the Chargers for losing despite five Buffalo turnovers.
- 56:28
Commanders upset Seahawks
PFT Commenter celebrates Washington's win behind Marcus Mariota and Sonny Stiles as others tease a quarterback controversy.
- 1:12:04
Browns, Lions-Jets and Colts-Texans
The hosts weigh Deshaun Watson's play, Jahmyr Gibbs's record start, and Houston's 0-3 hole.
- 1:41:45
Chiefs, Giants-Titans and Cam Ward
Discussion of Kansas City's win, a disputed roughing call, and whether Cam Ward is simply not good.
- 1:57:05
49ers-Cardinals and Vikings-Bucs
The crew praises Brock Purdy's form and Brian Flores's defense, and discusses Baker Mayfield's thumb injury.
- 2:12:52
Raiders 3-0 and Ravens beat Cowboys
The hosts discuss the surprising Raiders and Dallas's clock-management collapse in Brazil.
- 2:30:03
Broncos-Rams and Monday night predictions
The crew reviews Sunday Night Football, Matthew Stafford's pick-six record, and predicts Bears-Eagles.
- 2:41:23
Who's Back of the Week
Picks include Team USA's Presidents Cup win, the home-run league, retiring pitchers, Wisconsin football and Stephen Curry.
Key points
What was said, by whom, with the exact words. Timestamps jump to the moment.
- PFT Commenter
PFT Commenter praised Jaguars coach Liam Coen for a historically strong start to his head-coaching career.
“He is the first coach since Matt LaFleur in 2020 to win 15 of his first 20 games as a head coach”
- Hank Lockwood
Lockwood argued the Patriots' defense has played well but the offensive line and Drake Maye have been bad.
“The defense has played really well. Offensive line has been really bad. Drake May has been really bad. A.J. Brown's injured”
- Hank Lockwood
Lockwood said the Patriots' struggles begin and end with Drake Maye, who must look himself in the mirror.
“But Drake May, it starts and ends with Drake May. He's got to look at himself in the mirror”
- Hank Lockwood
Lockwood suggested the Patriots got ahead of schedule last season in a stacked AFC.
“AFC is just stacked. It last year was, was the year we, you know, got ahead of schedule”
Linked moment · 38:56Skip to 38:56 using a listen link in the info box.
Dan KatzKatz argued the Bengals should have beaten the Steelers and lost because of special teams errors.
“The Bengals should have won this game, and I don't say that like the Steelers were undeserving winners, but this game came down to special teams”
- Dan Katz
Katz argued the simplest explanation for the Chargers' loss is that the franchise remains cursed.
“sometimes the meatball answer is the correct answer when it comes to sports analysis. And you can simply just say the chargers are the chargers”
- PFT Commenter
PFT Commenter said Sonny Stiles at middle linebacker has transformed the Commanders' defense.
“having Sonny Stiles as a middle linebacker has changed the defense entirely”
- PFT CommenterPrediction · being checked
PFT Commenter predicted the Commanders could be 3-2 after five games.
“And now I think we could be three and two after five games”
- PFT Commenter
PFT Commenter concluded the win showed Dan Quinn had not lost the locker room.
“the biggest takeaway for me is Dan Quinn did not lose locker room, and I think Sonny Stiles might be just an absolute monster”
- Dan Katz
Katz said Deshaun Watson is not yet good but is approaching it.
“Again, I'm not going to say he's good. I think he's brushing up against good”
- PFT CommenterPrediction · due Jan 2027
PFT Commenter predicted the Texans will finish with a better record than the Colts.
“I would bet almost everything I have that the Texans will end up with a better record than the Colts at the end of the season”
- Dan Katz
Katz argued the Texans should play more aggressively on offense given their strong defense.
“if your defense is that good, Don't be like, hey, let's try to win every game 16 to 13”
- PFT Commenter
PFT Commenter argued the roughing-the-passer call on Chop Robinson showed the body-weight rule is stupid.
“He tried as hard as is humanly possible, and it's a stupid rule”
- Dan Katz
Katz argued it could be a silver lining if Cam Ward is clearly bad enough that the Titans know to move on.
“If Cam Ward's going to be this ass, it's not the worst thing that he's just so bad that you know you have to move on”
- Dan Katz
Katz said Brock Purdy is in a zone where the game has slowed down for him.
“Brock Purdy feels like that right now, where the game has slowed down for him to a level that everything is just easy”
- Dan Katz
Katz criticized the Cowboys for a string of late-game clock management mistakes that cost them the game.
“but they made all four. They made all four mistakes, and it was so mind-numbingly stupid to take their third time out”
- Dan Katz
Katz suggested the hosts would profit by betting against their own Sunday-night gut picks.
“I guarantee you if we then faded ourselves, we would be awesome. Because your gut reaction on Sunday night is usually so wrong”
- PFT Commenter
PFT Commenter said Matthew Stafford's interception luck had been unusually good and his pick-six reflected regression.
“he's led the league in turnover luck, in interception luck. for the last two seasons at like almost a historical pace”
- Dan KatzPartly true
Katz predicted the Bears would beat the Eagles 20-19 on Monday Night Football.
“I'm going to say Bears 20, Eagles 19. I don't know how we got there”
- Hank LockwoodCame true
Lockwood predicted the Bears would upset the Eagles with Case Keenum at quarterback.
“I think it's going to be – Bears are going to shock the world tonight”
- Hank Lockwood
Lockwood questioned why American teams struggle in team golf formats despite winning the Presidents Cup.
“I think as journalists, you guys got to get to the bottom of why America is terrible at team golf”
People
In the conversation
- Dan KatzBarstool Sports personality known as Big Cat, co-host of Pardon My Take
- PFT CommenterBarstool Sports writer and co-host of Pardon My Take
- Hank LockwoodPardon My Take contributor and Boston Celtics fan
- Max DelentePardon My Take producer and Philadelphia 76ers fan whose bachelor party is referenced
- MemesPardon My Take staffer and New York Knicks fan
- ZachNewest Pardon My Take staff member, Knicks fan
Discussed
- Drake MayeNew England Patriots quarterback
- Mike VrabelHead coach of the New England Patriots
- Liam CoenJacksonville Jaguars head coach
- Trevor LawrenceJacksonville Jaguars quarterback
- Aaron RodgersPittsburgh Steelers quarterback
- Marcus MariotaWashington Commanders backup quarterback
- Jayden DanielsWashington Commanders starting quarterback, injured
- Deshaun WatsonCleveland Browns quarterback
- Cam WardTennessee Titans quarterback
- Brock PurdySan Francisco 49ers quarterback
- Brian FloresMinnesota Vikings defensive coordinator
- Jahmyr GibbsDetroit Lions running back
- Patrick MahomesKansas City Chiefs quarterback
- Matthew StaffordLos Angeles Rams quarterback
- Justin VerlanderRetiring Detroit Tigers pitcher
- Max ScherzerToronto Blue Jays pitcher
- Scottie SchefflerWorld No. 1 golfer and defending PGA champion
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From the publisher
NFL Week 3 and we start with fastest 2 minutes. We then get to every game Sunday (00:00:00-00:14:48) Jaguars 35, Patriots 6 (00:14:48-00:38:16) Steelers 30, Bengals 27 (00:38:16-00:45:52) Bills 24, Chargers 16 (00:45:52-00:55:43) Commanders 33, Seahawks 31 (00:55:43-01:10:46) Browns 21, Panthers 18 (01:10:46-01:20:57) Lions 31, Jets 24 (01:20:57-01:30:09 Colts 19, Texans 17 (01:30:09-01:40:22) Chiefs 24, Dolphins 10 (01:40:22-01:46:31) Giants 12, Titans 7 (01:46:31-01:56:04) 49ers 36, Cardinals 30 (01:56:04-02:01:19) Vikings 23, Bucs 16 (02:01:19-02:11:30) Raiders 35, Saints 27 (02:11:30-02:20:42) Ravens 34, Cowboys 31 (02:20:42-02:29:10) SNF thriller Broncos 30, Rams 26 (02:29:10-02:40:01) and then we finish with who's back of the week. You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Netflix. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/pardon-my-take
Summary, chapters and key points were generated from the episode transcript on September 29, 2026. Quotes are checked word for word against the transcript.