Mayday, mayday, Maye-Day in Foxborough.
Disaster has officially struck New England after three straight anemic performances on offence to start the season.
Pretty crazy to think about, considering where the unit was just last season.
Drake Maye was the MVP runner-up after leading the third-best offence in yards-per game and the second-highest scoring offence. Plus, they made it to the Super Bowl for crying out loud.
But now the Patriots are 1-2, with their lone win coming last week against the offensively-challenged Steelers, and the football world is left wondering what happened to Maye.
Sunday brought an embarrassing loss to the Jaguars, with Maye completing just 56 percent of his passes for 199 yards and two interceptions — and let's not forget his bizarre fumble when the ball slipped out of his hands mid-throw.
He claims blood on the ball caused it to slip out of his hands, but that doesn't excuse the first pick that came on third-and-goal from the two when he rolled out right and just tossed one towards the back of the end zone right into Travis Hunter's hands.
The third-year QB is now up seven turnovers on the year — six of them picks — with just one TD pass to show, while his 208 yards through the air in Week 2 represented his highest output.
Maye and the offence have also scored just 29 points on 30 drives this season (0.97 points per drive), which is the lowest by any team through three games since the Jets in 2021, per CBS Sports' Doug Clawson.
Frankly, those are benchable numbers — turnovers lose games — and that was the result against Jacksonville once the game got out of hand.
The next handful of games are no cakewalk either, as the Patriots take on the Bills and then the suddenly decent Raiders and Jets before a date with the Bears.
Obviously, not all of the offensive struggles fall on Maye. The offensive line is banged up, there's not much room in the running game and the loss of A.J. Brown shouldn't be dismissed either.
But Maye has shown he can be an elite QB in the NFL; he's just got to show it once again — and fast.
Here are some other takeaways from around the league in Week 3:
Ravens, Cowboys deliver in Rio
Welcome to the NFL, Rio de Janeiro.
The league's first-ever game in Rio delivered the week's most exciting game, with the Baltimore Ravens walking off the Dallas Cowboys on a 56-yard field goal.
But it wasn't just the last-second FG that made the ending as crazy as it was — it was the final 90 seconds.
Down by three, the Cowboys march down the field but are held to a tying field goal after being gift-wrapped a questionable pass-interference call that put them on the two.
Enter Lamar Jackson and Zay Flowers.
With just seven (!) seconds left, Jackson finds Flowers 27 yards down the field, and the Ravens miraculously call a timeout with a second on the clock to set up Tyler Loop's kick.
It was a two-play drive that would make Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid smile and make them remember the good ol' days of 2022.
But seriously, the Dallas defence has to get a stop there. Or what about making Baltimore return the kickoff to waste precious seconds instead of kicking it through the end zone for a touchback?
Anyways, we'll thank Christian Parker's unit for delivering an early contender for game of the year.
Slow starts continue, but Broncos somehow pull out the dub again
Another week in September, another slow start for Sean Payton-coached teams.
Payton's teams have famously gotten out to slow starts, and this year's Broncos squad is no exception.
The Super Bowl-winning head coach's record is right around .500 in September — a remarkable number given how successful his teams have been.
But even with a win last week against the Jaguars, Bo Nix and the offence put up a three-spot in the first half, then were blanked by the Rams through the first 30 minutes on Sunday. Through three games, they've scored just 10 points in the first half.
Week 3 also marked the second straight game in which the home crowd booed the team off the field to end the half. But in what's become typical Broncos fashion, they seem to remember that they're a good team and flip the switch.
Against L.A., that flip came at around the eight-minute mark of the third quarter, and Denver overcame a 16-point deficit to beat the Rams 30-26 in a classic Sunday Night Football thriller.
The second-half back-and-forth affair marked the Broncos' second straight win — reminiscent of the 14-win squad from a year ago that rattled off comeback after comeback.
While a win is a win in the NFL, the Broncos need to fix their slow starts because rallying back for every victory isn't sustainable in the long run.
Injury bug strikes hard
It was a tough day for injuries in the NFL.
De'Von Achane, Mike Evans, Justin Jefferson, Brian Burns and Breece Hall are just a handful of stars who got hurt in their teams' games and couldn't return.
And that's not including Thursday night's matchup that saw Jayden Reed and Zach Bako-Bewele suffer serious injuries for the Packers.
Now, it's the NFL. It's an extremely physical contact sport. Injuries in this league are life's third guarantee.
But the sheer number of stars that went down was alarming.
Achane's injury appeared to be the most serious of the bunch on Sunday, exiting early in the first quarter with a knee injury. Dolphins head coach Jeff Hafley told reporters after the game that "it does not sound optimistic."
Evans, meanwhile, was carted to the locker room with a rib injury on a play where he wasn't touched. His teammate, star left tackle Trent Williams, also took the cart to the room with a stinger.
In Tampa Bay, Baker Mayfield became the latest starting QB to be sidelined after Jayden Daniels and Caleb Williams went down last week.
Mayfield suffered a dislocated thumb on his throwing hand and is likely to miss time, per NFL insider Ian Rapoport.
Just a tough day on the gridiron.
Cam Ward, Titans are a mess
It's time for Cam Ward to show why he was the first-overall pick just 17 months ago. But it didn't happen in Week 3.
Facing a beaten-up Giants squad down their starting QB in Jaxson Dart, Ward and the Titans mustered just seven points to fall 12-7. To make matters worse, they didn't get their first first-down until a minute left in the opening half.
Not exactly a winning recipe.
You'd think they'd be fired up after a last-second loss to the Eagles last week. You'd think they'd have extra juice since offensive coordinator Brian Daboll was the former head coach of the G-Men.
But no.
They started flat, and it ended with a rookie mistake by the young QB who's no longer a freshman.
Ward sealed the Titans' fate by tossing an end-zone pick on first-and-goal from the eight with 24 seconds left in the contest. Head coach Robert Saleh said post-game that he won't bench Ward, but knows better decision-making would have won them the game.
"Just be smarter with the football," he said. We've got two timeouts left. It's first-and-eight; we're going to score. You don't need to force it in that situation, and unfortunately, it happened."
Tennessee's next two games are against strong defences in Baltimore and Houston, so some smarter football from Ward will be a necessity to stay close.
