NFL Week 3 winners, losers: Commanders spring season’s biggest upset, Drake Maye’s miserable start continues

Conventional wisdom suggests the Houston Texans were among the biggest losers from Week 3 of the 2026 NFL season. When teams lose divisional games to drop to 0-3, there are generally not many redeeming factors to generate optimism for the rest of the year. But maybe the Texans have the league right where they want it. This team lost its first three games a season ago and managed to roll into the AFC divisional round, after all.

Instead, a couple of offensive coordinators stand in the group of this week's most unfortunate parties. Mike McDaniel and Brian Daboll had days to forget in their teams' losses. Drake Maye is a Week 3 loser, too, following his latest multi-turnover outing.

For every loser, there is a winner. And in the case of the Washington Commanders, the most surprising victory of the season is plenty enough to put them in the Week 3 winner's circle.

Here are the teams, players and coaches who produced the best and worst performances in the third week of the campaign.

The biggest upset of the young season belongs to the Commanders. Very little about their matchup with the Seattle Seahawks suggested they would come out on…

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