NFL Week 3: Vikings join league’s elite; Saquon Barkley proves his worth

FOX Sports’ NFL experts provide the biggest takeaways from every Sunday game and what they mean for each team going forward. 

Giants: After getting basically no pressure and mostly terrible coverage in their first two games under new defensive coordinator Shane Bowen, the Giants defense showed up big time in Week 3. They were all over Browns QB Deshaun Watson, sacking him eight times, forcing two turnovers and holding the Browns to just 217 yards. Even better, for a team that insisted it was going to generate most of its pressure from its front four, nine different players had at least half a sack. It was more than just Dexter Lawrence (two) and Brian Burns (one), though they got plenty of pressure on their own. The Giants got a second straight strong game from Daniel Jones and Malik Nabers on offense, which is great, but the Giants need a defense playing like this to really turn their season around.

Browns: The Browns almost certainly have a Deshaun Watson problem, and he’s running out of time to prove that he was ever worth his ridiculous contract. But in fairness to him, his offensive line gave him no shot in this game. The Giants defense was in his face from the start, sacking him eight times and pressuring him constantly. Making it worse for the Browns is they lost three linemen in this game to injuries — left tackle Jedrick Wills (knee), right guard Wyatt Teller (knee) and right tackle James Hudson (shoulder), who was forced to play because Jack Conklin was out. If they don’t fix the line quickly, they can expect a lot more struggles running the football (69 total yards). It’s hard to know if the Browns can win with Watson at all, but they definitely can’t with him constantly running for his life. — Ralph Vacchiano

Broncos: Even with Denver and a rookie quarterback, Sean Payton has the Bucs’ number in Tampa. Sunday’s 26-7 drubbing was an unexpected blowout, but you just need to consider his past three trips to Tampa with the Saints — a…

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