Four Verts: Ben Roethlisberger needs to hang it up and the Bears had a total meltdown

The Panthers might be able to sack the Bears and Steelers without playing them.

With three weeks of action in the books, the actual talent level of teams across the NFL is starting to become more apparent.

For a few teams, things look good so far. Upstart defenses are playing great football and putting their teams in positions to make playoff runs in the future. A few teams like the Rams and Cardinals look to have juggernaut offenses capable of scoring in multiple ways.

But for some teams, what they’ve put on tape through three weeks is enough to hit the panic button, whether it’s a quarterback on his last legs or a team attempting to break in their new quarterback by breaking him.

Here are some cool and alarming trends that Week 3 showed the NFL world.