Week 2 of the NFL gave fans a lot more information on how the season might play out. Fun little NFL Stat, since 2007, teams that start their season 2-0 have a 55.1% of making it to the playoffs. Now if your team is 0-2 it’s not looking all that great as teams with that start have just a 12.2% chance of making the playoffs. With that in mind you could say this is one of the more pivotal weeks of the season. Here is another quick recap of a potentially season changing week 2.
Thursday:
- Jalen Hurts and the Eagles have the most unstoppable play of all time with their QB sneak. Kirk Cousins might have had his best game ever and still lost. Kirk’s primetime record is now 11-19 as a starter.
Sunday:
- Joe Burrow and the Bengals continue to struggle in weeks 1 & 2. Burrow also reaggravates his calf causing more concern. Lamar Jackson looks awesome and the Ravens might have found a recipe for success.
- The Bills took all of their frustrations out on the very sorry Raiders.
- The Jaguars should be 2-0 but couldn’t get out of their own way. The Chiefs caught a break with this one.
- The Lions and the Seahawks game was easily the most fun you can have watching a football game. High scoring, overtime game winner, and a hilariously horny fan caught sexting.
- The Chargers might be the most talented 0-2 team of the year. How they can’t manage to win against teams they’re clearly better than is the most Charger problem ever.
- The Colts have their franchise QB. Anthony Richardson is so entertaining to watch, he is also the scariest to root for, not finishing any of his two starts.
- Baker Mayfield redemption arc? Justin Fields bust? Which one is more likely is still up in the air. To my one good Chicago Bears friend, I’m sorry you have 15 more weeks of this.
- The Packers choked. I have to be honest, they blew it. A 12 point lead going into the fourth only to not get another first down is unacceptable. Without Aaron Jones the Packers offense can get flat FAST. Growing pains for one of the youngest teams in the NFL. That said, Jordan Love possible MVP candidate? Atlanta has the Offensive Rookie Of The Year with Bijan Robinson.
- The Commanders 2-0 is not what I saw happening, but lets go? The Broncos blowing leads will never not be funny to me.
- Sean McVay did a solid to Rams bettors. A meaningless field goal to cover the spread is either the best win ever, or the worst beat of all time. Sadly the 49ers look like the most unstoppable team in football.
- The Jets won their week 1 Super Bowl and Garett Wilson is awesome, they’re also lucky that this game wasn’t worse. The Cowboys defense might just be the best in football.
- The Dolphins are an electricity factory on offense while the Patriots are possibly the most boring team to watch play offense.
Monday:
- The Saints maybe be the ugliest 2-0 team in football. That offense has moments of pop, and a lot of moments of flop.
- The Browns will forever be the Browns. New jerseys, great defense, doesn’t matter they will ALWAYS let you and the city of Cleveland down. The Steelers on the other hand might just have the worst offense in football. It was painful watching that game. And that’s without talking about Nick Chubb’s season ending injury. The Steelers have glaring issues on offense but have such an incredible defense they’ll somehow manage to win 9 games.
