Week 3 Closed in Rio and Denver: Monday Night Opens in Chicago

Week 3 has a closed Sunday board and an open Monday clock. Rio is a final. Denver is a final. Chicago is a posted kickoff, and this file does not give it a score.

Gameday Signal is not writing the week as a mood. A forecast is not data. A posted time is data. The finals below are the finals printed on the ESPN Week 3 scoreboard. The Monday entry on that same board was still a kickoff card.

Thursday at Lambeau is already a final

Atlanta beat Green Bay 35-14 on Thursday, Sept. 24, at Lambeau Field. ESPN's quarter row for the Falcons reads 7 in the first quarter and 10 in the second. The second half on that row reads 7 and then 11. Green Bay's row reads 7 in the first quarter and 0 in the second. The second half reads 0 and then 7.

ESPN listed Bijan Robinson at 29 carries for 194 yards. The same card gave him two touchdowns. Drake London was listed at 9 receptions for 194 yards. Jordan Love was listed at 28 of 53 for 312 yards. The scoreboard gave Love two touchdowns.

Packers.com filed the night as the end of 13 straight home-opener wins. The site called it the first home-opener loss since 2013. CBS printed both clubs at 1-2 after the game. CBS also reported that Michael Penix Jr. was back at quarterback for Atlanta, and that Atlanta finished with 242 rushing yards to Green Bay's 17.

CBS described the last Atlanta touchdown as a 2-yard run by Robinson, with a successful two-point try, to make the final 35-14. That is a filed result. It is not a Thursday preview. The preview week for this game is already gone.

Rio closed at 34-31

Baltimore beat Dallas 34-31 on Sunday, Sept. 27, in Rio de Janeiro. The ESPN recap placed the game at the Maracana and listed an announced crowd of 72,792. Baltimore's quarter row reads 7 and then 10 before the half. The second half reads 7 and then 10. Dallas reads 10 and then 3 before the half. After the half the Dallas row reads 8 and then 10.

The ESPN recap says Brandon Aubrey's 23-yard field goal tied the game at 31 with 7 seconds left. It says Lamar Jackson then completed a 27-yard pass to Zay Flowers and called a timeout with 1 second left. Tyler Loop's 56-yard field goal won it. The Ravens were printed at 2-1 on the final card. The Cowboys were printed at 1-2.

Dak Prescott was listed at 25 of 40 for 276 yards. The card gave him one touchdown. J. Williams was listed at 19 carries for 98 yards, with one touchdown on the card. CeeDee Lamb was listed at 7 receptions for 112 yards. Those are the posted numbers. They are not a mood about the trip.

The international site is part of the file because the scoreboard named it. Rio is not a nickname for a domestic window. It is the place the 34-31 final happened.

Denver closed at 30-26

Denver beat the Los Angeles Rams 30-26 on Sunday night. The Rams' quarter row reads 7 and then 9. The second half reads 0 and then 10. Denver's row reads 0 and then 0 before the half. The second half reads 16 and then 14. ESPN's board described a 16-point deficit that Denver erased. A separate ESPN clip title said the Broncos intercepted Matthew Stafford on the final play.

Stafford was listed at 30 of 55 for 390 yards. The card gave him two touchdowns. K. Williams was listed at 15 carries for 88 yards. Davante Adams was listed at 7 receptions for 137 yards. Denver was printed at 2-1. The Rams were printed at 1-2.

Sunday night is closed. The next national kickoff on this desk's clock is Monday in Chicago, and it is not the same game.

The rest of the Sunday card, one final at a time

Washington beat Seattle 33-31. Seattle's quarter row reads 0 and then 10, then 7 and then 14. Washington's row reads 7 and then 10, then 7 and then 9. Sam Darnold was listed at 31 of 45 for 379 yards, with four touchdowns on the card. Jaxon Smith-Njigba was listed at 10 receptions for 128 yards, with two touchdowns on the card. The Commanders were printed at 1-2. The Seahawks were printed at 2-1.

The Las Vegas Raiders beat New Orleans 35-27. Las Vegas reads 3 and then 13, then 6 and then 13. New Orleans reads 6 and then 7, then 14 and then 0. T. Shough was listed at 29 of 42 for 255 yards, with four touchdowns on the card. Brock Bowers was listed at 10 receptions for 116 yards, with one touchdown on the card. The Raiders were printed at 3-0. The Saints were printed at 1-2.

Pittsburgh beat Cincinnati 30-27. Cincinnati reads 7 and then 10, then 3 and then 7. Pittsburgh reads 14 and then 3, then 7 and then 6. Aaron Rodgers was listed at 19 of 34 for 292 yards, with three touchdowns on the card. J. Warren was listed at 17 carries for 127 yards. Ja'Marr Chase was listed at 9 receptions for 98 yards, with one touchdown on the card. Both clubs were printed at 2-1. Pittsburgh was the home club on the scoreboard.

Jacksonville beat New England 35-6. New England reads 0 and then 3, then 0 and then 3. Jacksonville reads 0 and then 14, then 14 and then 7. Drake Maye was listed at 14 of 25 for 199 yards, with two interceptions on the card. B. Tuten was listed at 15 carries for 73 yards, with one touchdown on the card. The Jaguars were printed at 2-1. The Patriots were printed at 1-2.

Minnesota beat Tampa Bay 23-16. Minnesota reads 10 and then 7, then 0 and then 6. Tampa Bay reads 7 and then 3, then 3 and then 3. Baker Mayfield was listed at 17 of 34 for 217 yards, with one touchdown on the card. A. Jones Sr. was listed at 17 carries for 58 yards. J. Addison was listed at 5 receptions for 90 yards, with one touchdown on the card. The Vikings were printed at 3-0. The Buccaneers were printed at 0-3.

Buffalo beat the Los Angeles Chargers 24-16. The Chargers read 10 and then 0, then 3 and then 3. Buffalo reads 0 and then 10, then 0 and then 14. Justin Herbert was listed at 20 of 34 for 226 yards, with one touchdown on the card. James Cook was listed at 24 carries for 154 yards, with one touchdown on the card. The Bills were printed at 3-0. The Chargers were printed at 0-3.

Kansas City beat Miami 24-10. Kansas City reads 7 and then 7, then 0 and then 10. Miami reads 7 and then 0, then 3 and then 0. Patrick Mahomes was listed at 20 of 24 for 246 yards, with two touchdowns on the card. K. Walker III was listed at 18 carries for 70 yards, with one touchdown on the card. The Chiefs were printed at 3-0. The Dolphins were printed at 0-3.

San Francisco beat Arizona 36-30. Arizona reads 0 and then 6, then 7 and then 17. San Francisco reads 7 and then 10, then 6 and then 13. Brock Purdy was listed at 15 of 27 for 297 yards, with four touchdowns on the card. J. Love was listed at 21 carries for 90 yards for Arizona. Michael Wilson was listed at 11 receptions for 89 yards, with one touchdown on the card. The 49ers were printed at 3-0. The Cardinals were printed at 1-2.

Detroit beat the New York Jets 31-24. The Jets read 0 and then 7, then 3 and then 14. Detroit reads 0 and then 10, then 7 and then 14. G. Smith was listed at 31 of 37 for 321 yards, with three touchdowns on the card. J. Gibbs was listed at 20 carries for 99 yards, with two touchdowns on the card. G. Wilson was listed at 10 receptions for 107 yards, with one touchdown on the card. The Lions were printed at 2-1. The Jets were printed at 1-2.

Cleveland beat Carolina 21-18. Carolina reads 0 and then 3, then 6 and then 9. Cleveland reads 0 and then 10, then 0 and then 11. B. Young was listed at 26 of 48 for 291 yards, with one touchdown on the card. C. Hubbard was listed at 19 carries for 82 yards. The Browns were printed at 2-1. The Panthers were printed at 1-2. Cleveland was the home club.

The New York Giants beat Tennessee 12-7. Tennessee reads 0 and then 0, then 0 and then 7. The Giants read 3 and then 6, then 3 and then 0. C. Ward was listed at 23 of 36 for 181 yards, with one touchdown on the card. T. Pollard was listed at 17 carries for 74 yards. The Giants were printed at 2-1. The Titans were printed at 0-3.

Indianapolis beat Houston 19-17. Houston reads 0 and then 7, then 0 and then 10. Indianapolis reads 3 and then 10, then 0 and then 6. D. Jones was listed at 24 of 36 for 235 yards, with one touchdown on the card. J. Taylor was listed at 23 carries for 68 yards. J. Downs was listed at 5 receptions for 77 yards. The Colts were printed at 1-2. The Texans were printed at 0-3.

Monday night is a clock, not a final

Philadelphia at Chicago is posted for Monday, Sept. 28, at 8:15 p.m. ET. ESPN and ABC have the window. The ESPN scoreboard placed the game at Soldier Field in Chicago. The Monday card printed the Eagles at 2-0 and the Bears at 1-1. Those figures are the records on the card before a final. They are not a result of Monday's game.

This piece does not print a Philadelphia total. It does not print a Chicago total. One fetch of the Monday card showed player notes without a final score, so those notes are left out. A number without a final is not a final.

The useful Monday file is the hour and the site. The networks are ESPN and ABC. 8:15 p.m. ET. Soldier Field. The rest is the game, and the game is not in this file.

What this piece refuses

It refuses to treat Thursday's Lambeau final as a tease. That game is a final on the scoreboard. It refuses to turn Rio into a travel essay when the 34-31 final is the fact. It refuses to borrow Denver's comeback and spend it on a guess about Chicago.

It refuses a Week 2 rewrite. Last Monday is not this Monday. The assignment is the Week 3 board that is actually posted, plus the one kickoff that is still ahead.

A reader who wants the Chicago result can come back when the scoreboard prints one. Until then the Signal stops at 8:15 p.m. ET.