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Ten NFL teams remain undefeated coming into Week 3 of the 2024-5 NFL season, with upsets and surprises already dominating NFL regular season storylines so far. Kyler Murray and the Arizona Cardinals are surging following a massive 41-10 upset victory in Week 2 over the Los Angeles Rams, 41-10. Lamar Jackson’s Baltimore Ravens haven’t won yet coming into Week 3, which doesn’t bode well for their chances of this being the season the team finally breaks out. And the Kansas City Chiefs are still one of the best teams (if not the best) in the league, but the team’s Week 1 and Week 2 victories have been so close (they won by a toe in Week 1 and by a point in Week 2), the reigning Super Bowl champions may be ripe for an upset this season. All that football drama, and it’s only Week 3 of the season.
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Our picks for the biggest and best games of NFL Week 3
Week 3 of the 2024-2025 NFL season offers big-time matchups you won’t want to miss. Here are our picks for the top four games of the week, all available to watch live with a subscription to Fubo.
Watch the Houston Texans vs. Minnesota Vikings game free with Fubo
One may have been inclined to count out the Minnesota Vikings this season in the post-Kirk Cousins era. But two games into the regular season, the Vikings are looking good. Defeating the mighty San Francisco 49ers at home in Week 2, complete with a 97-yard Sam Darnold to Justin Jefferson touchdown, has breathed new life into Vikings fans.
Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud proved himself in his rookie season last year and continues to impress. The addition of Stefon Diggs to the Texans offense has fans hoping for another of the NFL’s great quarterback/receiver duos.
Both teams come into Week 3 undefeated, making this one of our favorite matchups of the weekend.
- Houston Texans vs. Minnesota Vikings
- Sunday, September 22 at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT)
- CBS/Fubo
Watch the Philadelphia Eagles vs. New Orleans Saints game free with Fubo
Derek Carr and the New Orleans Saints are riding high following their epic 44-19 Week 2 victory over the stunned Dallas Cowboys. Undefeated coming into the weekend, the Saints are looking like bonafide AFC contenders. They face a worthy adversary in the Philadelphia Eagles, who have shaken off last year’s Super Bowl loss. While the Eagles hope to dominate the NFC again this season, their late-game Week 2 “Monday Night Football” loss to the Atlanta Falcons will have the birds scrambling for a win this week.
- Philadelphia Eagles vs. New Orleans Saints
- Sunday, September 22 at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT)
- Fox/Fubo
Watch the Kansas City Chiefs vs. Atlanta Falcons game free with Fubo
The Chiefs come into Week 3 undefeated following two “it could have gone either way” victories in Week 1 and Week 2. But the reigning Super Bowl champions are still one of the most dominant teams in the league, and quarterback Patrick Mahomes seems to get even better with time. Meanwhile, the Falcons’ 22-21 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday, complete with Kirk Cousins’ 70-yard game-winning drive, is a reminder of what Cousins is capable of. The Falcons are going to want to keep up the momentum gained in Week 2, giving this “Sunday Night Football” game the potential to become a real showdown.
- Kansas City Chiefs vs. Atlanta Falcons
- Sunday, September 22 at 8:20 p.m. ET (5:20 p.m. PT)
- NBC/Fubo
The Bengals may be down two games coming into Week 3, but Joe Burrow’s performance against the Chiefs in Week 2 is a reminder of just how good he (and this team) can be. Commanders rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels scored a much-needed first win last week against the New York Giants, showing poise under pressure. While Week 3 offers two “Monday Night Football” matchups (the Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Buffalo Bills game will be played at 7:30 p.m. ET and air on ESPN and Fubo), if we’re choosing one game of the night we choose the Washington Commanders vs. Cincinnati Bengals game.
- Washington Commanders vs. Cincinnati Bengals
- Monday, September 23 @ 8:15 p.m. ET (5:15 p.m. PT)
- ABC/Fubo
NFL Week 3 full schedule
The 2024-5 NFL regular season began on Thursday, September 6, 2024. The regular season concludes on Sunday, January 5, 2025. Below is the schedule for Week 3 of the 2024-5 NFL season. Note that the game you see on your local affiliate will depend on your geographical area.
Thursday, Sept. 19
- New England Patriots at New York Jets, 8:15 p.m. ET (Prime Video)
Sunday, Sept. 22
- New York Giants at Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m. ET (FOX)
- Chicago Bears at Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m. ET (CBS)
- Houston Texans at Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m. ET (CBS)
- Philadelphia Eagles at New Orleans Saints, 1 p.m. ET (FOX)
- Los Angeles Chargers at Pittsburgh Steelers, 1 p.m. ET (CBS)
- Denver Broncos at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1 p.m. ET (FOX)
- Green Bay Packers at Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m. ET (FOX)
- Carolina Panthers at Las Vegas Raiders, 4:05 p.m. ET (CBS)
- Miami Dolphins at Seattle Seahawks, 4:05 p.m. ET (CBS)
- Detroit Lions at Arizona Cardinals, 4:25 p.m. ET (FOX)
- Baltimore Ravens at Dallas Cowboys 4:25 p.m. ET (FOX)
- San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams 4:25 p.m. ET (FOX)
- Kansas City Chiefs at Atlanta Falcons, 8:20 p.m. ET (NBC)
Monday, Sept. 23
- Jacksonville Jaguars at Buffalo Bills, 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
- Washington Commanders at Cincinnati Bengals, 8:15 p.m. ET (ABC)
Key dates for the 2024-5 NFL season
- Aug. 1: NFL Hall of Fame game (Bears vs. Texans)
- Aug. 8-11: First preseason weekend
- Aug. 15-18: Second preseason weekend
- Aug. 22- 25: Third preseason weekend
- Aug. 27: Deadline for all teams to reduce rosters to 53 players
- Sept. 1: Final day of preseason training camp
- Sept. 5: NFL regular season begins (Ravens vs. Chiefs)
- Sept. 6: NFL Friday game from São Paulo, Brazil (Packers vs. Eagles, 8:15 p.m. ET on Peacock)
- Oct. 6: NFL International Game from London (Jets vs. Vikings, 9:30 a.m. ET, NFL Network)
- Oct. 13: NFL International Game from London (Jaguars vs. Bears, 9:30 a.m. ET, NFL Network)
- Oct. 20: NFL International Game from London, (Patriots vs. Jaguars, 9:30 a.m. ET, NFL Network)
- Nov. 5: NFL trade deadline
- Nov. 29: Black Friday Game: (Raiders vs. Chiefs, 3 p.m. ET, Prime Video)
- Dec. 25: Netflix-exclusive Christmas Day games: (Chiefs vs. Steelers, 1 p.m. ET), (Ravens vs. Texans, 4:30 p.m. ET)
- Jan. 11-13: Super Wild Card Weekend
- Jan. 18-19: Divisional Playoff Games
- Jan. 26: AFC & NFC Championship Games
- Feb. 2: Pro Bowl Games
- Feb. 9: Super Bowl LIX (Caesars Superdome in New Orleans)
This year’s resurgence of whooping cough cases has now accelerated to the fastest pace on record in nearly a decade, according to figures published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as pertussis infections are now again climbing around the country during the back-to-school season.
A total of 291 cases were reported for the week ending on Sept. 14, the CDC says. New York has reported the most cases this week of any state, with 44 infections. Ohio, Pennsylvania and Oklahoma have also reported at least 38 cases each.
This now marks the most infections of the bacteria Bordatella pertussis reported to the CDC in a single week since 2015, when the country was coming off a resurgence of whooping cough cases that had peaked the year before.
Whooping cough disease, caused by the pertussis bacteria, typically starts around a week after people are first exposed to another contagious person. Symptoms can last for weeks to months, typically with the disease’s infamous “whooping” as patients struggle to breathe after facing a burst of coughs.
So far this year, 14,569 cases have been reported to the agency, more than four times higher than the number of infections reported by this time last year.
Cases are also higher than the more than 10,000 cases that were reported by this time in 2019, before COVID-19 pandemic measures also caused plummeting cases of pertussis and other infections that spread through the air.
The need for better whooping cough vaccines
While unvaccinated young children and newborns delivered by unvaccinated moms remain at the highest risk of infection and severe disease from whooping cough, federal health officials have warned for months that the U.S. was likely to see a resurgence of breakthrough infections in older children and adults.
Pertussis cases have largely grown over the past few decades, after the U.S. and other high-income countries switched to pertussis vaccines after the 1970s that triggered fewer side effects but also are less effective at guarding against disease and spread.
Officials in Pennsylvania, which has seen one of the country’s largest pertussis outbreaks this year, say that many outbreaks have been fueled by high school students.
“Cases and outbreaks have continued throughout the summer even though most schools were closed,” the department said in an alert to doctors in the state this month, urging doctors to prepare for the possibility of a “continued increase” as schools resumed.
In New York, 40% of their cases this year outside of New York City have been in teens ages 15 to 19 years old, according to figures the state’s health department shared with CBS News.
“[W]e are not seeing evidence of a specific cluster or location or event. Cases have been identified all over the state and among children and adolescents in various settings,” a spokesperson for the New York State Department of Health said.
In Oklahoma, which has seen one of the steepest increases in cases of any state over recent weeks, cases have been seen in people as old as 86 years old. The median age of cases is 9 years old, the health department said.
“Since Jan. 1, 2024, there have been 162 cases of whooping cough in Oklahoma, which is the highest number of cases since 2017 when 207 cases were reported,” Erica Rankin-Riley, a spokesperson for the Oklahoma State Department of Health, told CBS News.
Talks on new trials
The resurgence comes as the Food and Drug Administration is now weighing the prospect of human challenge trials – studies intentionally infecting vaccinated volunteers with the bacteria – in the hopes of accelerating the development of more effective shots to fend off the bacteria.
A panel of the FDA’s advisers are scheduled to meet Friday to discuss the trials, which could lead to vetting “new pertussis vaccines for booster vaccination of adults.”
The CDC currently recommends a number of pertussis shots for children and adults, including boosters of the Tdap vaccine – which contains antigens designed to protect against pertussis – for all adults every 10 years.
Around 39% of adults have gotten a pertussis booster in the last 10 years, CDC survey data from 2022 suggests.
Other factors may also be contributing to rising cases, the FDA said, like mutations in circulating pertussis strains and the “rapid waning” of immunity.
The current generation of “acellular pertussis” vaccines are still believed to “provide a significant public health benefit by preventing disease,” the FDA said in briefing documents published ahead of the meeting.
“Despite the resurgence of pertussis, current rates of disease are very low relative to the rates reported during the pre-vaccine era,” agency officials wrote.
Amazon sent shockwaves through its ranks — and corporate America — Monday when CEO Andrew Jassy told workers they will be expected to report to the office five days a week starting in January.
The decision represents one of the most stringent return to office policies from a major corporation since the pandemic, when offices were suddenly shuttered and many employees shifted to remote work. Amazon’s move is also unusual for a business in the tech industry, which has largely embraced remote and hybrid work arrangements.
Under the company’s current mandate, Amazon workers have been reporting to their physical offices three days a week, although that will expire by the beginning of next year. While advocates of in-office work argue that showing up in person helps foster collaboration and feelings of connectedness, skeptics say Amazon could be imposing the mandate to reduce headcount, as some employees may search for more flexible jobs and depart, without having to lay off workers.
For his part, Jassy said the move is designed to improve company culture. But Amazon workers are reportedly grousing on internal forums about the move.
Amazon isn’t alone in reining in remote work. Here are a few of the major employers that have summoned workers back to the office.
Amazon
CEO Andrew Jassy said the back-to-the-office decision is based on his observation that collaborating and brainstorming work better when people are together in the office.
To foster a culture of collaboration, “we’ve decided that we’re going to return to being in the office the way we were before the onset of COVID,” Jassy said in a memo to employees posted on Amazon’s website. “When we look back over the last five years, we continue to believe that the advantages of being together in the office are significant.”
Disney
Disney mandates that employees work in the office four days a week, typically Monday to Thursday.
“[I]n a creative business like ours, nothing can replace the ability to connect, observe and create with peers that comes from being physically together, nor the opportunity to grow professionally by learning from leaders and mentors,” CEO Bob Iger said in a 2023 memo to employees.
JPMorgan
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is a staunch advocate of in-person work, and once blasted remote work as a policy that “does not work for younger people. It doesn’t work for those who want to hustle,” he said at a business forum. He was among the first leaders to summon employees back to the workplace.
As of April 2023, workers have been reporting to JPMorgan offices at least three times a week. The company is reportedly tracking attendance, too.
Starbucks
While the coffee giant’s new CEO Brian Niccol will commute to Starbucks’ Seattle headquarters from his Newport Beach, California residence, most other workers likely live in closer proximity to their offices, given that they must be at their desks three days a week.
Niccol is not exempt from following the mandate, according to the company.
X
X owner Elon Musk has consistently opposed remote work, saying he believes workers are more productive when working from a corporate office.
In 2022, he said all X workers would be expected to report to the office on a full-time basis, and that he would interpret a failure to show up as a resignation from the company.
Zoom
Even pandemic icon Zoom, one of the companies that benefitted the most from remote work, last summer told workers who live near a company office to report to their desks at least two times a week, a company spokesperson told CBS MoneyWatch.
The mandate applies to its roughly 7,400 workers who live near a Zoom office, the videoconferencing platform said at the time.
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