Another week, another full slate of NFL action nearly in the books, and Week 3 has been chock-full of spicy storylines. Carson Wentz made his debut filling in as the Minnesota Vikings ' quarterback and helped put a historic beatdown on the Joe Burrow-less Cincinnati Bengals.

It certainly was on Sunday, as the team was absolutely obliterated by the Minnesota Vikings, 48-10. Jake Browning had a howler, with a pair of interceptions (one returned for a touchdown), while the Minnesota defense also took one of the three fumbles it recovered in the game to the house.

Vikings Cornerback Isaiah Rodgers forced a Noah Fant fumble and returned it 66 yards for a touchdown. That gave Minnesota a commanding 24-3 lead. The Bengals got the ball back and Ja'Marr Chase fumbled two plays later. The Vikings scored another touchdown to take a 31-3 lead.

Jordan Mason rushed for 116 yards and two scores on just 16 attempts, Will Reichard made a 62-yard field goal — the longest in Vikings history — as the first half ended and Wentz threw for two touchdowns over three quarters before yielding the mop-up work to rookie Max Brosmer.

Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell confirmed that quarterback Carson Wentz will start again next week.

The main area to nitpick for the Vikings in this game is penalties. They committed 13 of them for 105 yards. They were mostly sloppy procedural calls against the offense, including several false starts, but they happened on defense and special teams too. O'Connell and the coaching staff will want to get that cleaned up moving forward.

Life comes at you fast in the NFL. A mere 12 days ago, the Minnesota Vikings pulled off an impressive fourth-quarter comeback against the Chicago Bears and