This week we saw two first round QB's make their debut, some teams proved their 2-0 records might be flukes, while others, their 0-2 records are probably indicative of things to come. Oh yeah and the Super Bowl rematch proved to be a better game than the actual Super Bowl; same result (Seahawks win), but way more action on both sides.
Thursday we found out that the
Falcons can truly score in bunches and the
Bucs can't defend at all. Good news for
Atlanta, they scored 56 without
Roddy White; bad news for
TB, where do we start?
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Who says
San Diego can't win when flying cross-country?
Chargers are pretty good and the
Bills might not be as good as their 2-1 record.
Buffalo may have some trouble scoring in their division against pretty good Jets & Patriots defenses.
Can
Sanu to Dalton be the new
Dalton to Green connection for the
Bengals? Sure, if
Cincinnati doesn't end up trading
Sanu to any number of teams that could really use a
QB. After a strong week 1, the
Titans look to be at the cellar of a very poor division.
Steve Smith has been rejuvenated in
Baltimore. He helped the
Ravens storm down the field before
Justin Tucker kicked the game wining FG over the
Browns. For
Cleveland, they just need to get used to having a lead and keeping it.
The
Packers are really disappointing, particularly on offense. Any team with
Rodgers, Lacy, Cobb & Nelson should be able to put points on the board - 7 won't cut it. On defense, the
Lions played well, they just need to learn celebrate after the
game.
We finally got to see
Blake Bortles for the
Jags. Much to
Chad Henne's dismay, we'll probably see a lot more of him. The
Colts finally played the way we expect them to, with
Andrew Luck having a career day. If they play like that, they should be able to take the division.
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On Sunday,
Stephen Gostkowski + Tom Brady just barely beat
Sebastain Janikowski. Oh,
Patriots actually played the
Raiders? Well
New England won in less than overwhelming fashion while
Oakland lost again. I think both teams are likely to screw up someone's suicide pool in the coming weeks.
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Is it bad that holding the
Saints to 20 points feels like a win to me? The
Vikings probably don't see it that way, but do have some cause for optimism as
Teddy Bridgewater played pretty well in his debut, filling in for the injured
Matt Cassel. Give him a full week of first team reps and I like their chances.
New Orleans just needs to remain consistent on defense to win games.
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The
Giants finally looked good in a game and the
Texans did not. Probably my favorite part was watching
Tom Couglin look so animated after the
Antrel Rolle interception.
Houston looked a bit flat, particularly on offense, but it could have just been the
New York defense finally stepping it up a notch.
DeSean Jackson's return to
Philadelphia was filled with lots of scoring and punches thrown. It was ugly. The
Eagles pulled out the win over
Washington, but more and more,
Kirk Cousins is looking like the QB of the future for them.
Dallas is 2-1 thanks to their offense and a fairly weak schedule thus far.
St. Louis can't beat anyone, so they decided to beat each other up
instead.
The
49ers answered my
question. Their defense has been less than stellar all year and their usually well-balanced offense is nowhere to be found. Meanwhile, the
Cardinals have quietly gone to 3-0, mostly without starter
Carson Palmer. Things are looking good in
Arizona.
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The
Dolphins couldn't muster much of an offense against a
Chiefs team with significant injuries on
Kansas City had some great contributions from RB's
Knile Davis &
Joe McKnight, serving more as a receiving back.
the defensive end.
The
Broncos took the
Seahawks to the limit, losing on a final TD by
Marshawn Lynch in OT.
Seattle learned that regardless of the crowd, giving
Peyton Manning enough time to run the "2:00 Minute Drill" will almost always come back to haunt you. In this instance,
Seattle's stamina outlasted
Denver. I wouldn't be surprised to seem them playing again soon though.
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The
Steelers and
Panthers both went old-school Sunday night; the former playing smash-mouth running football while the latter looked like an expansion team. The "Cheech & Chong" duo of
Le'Veon Bell & LeGarrette Blount combined for nearly 300 hundred yards rushing for
Pittsburgh, while
Carolina's defense may need to think about making some changes, now that they will likely be without
Greg Hardy for the foreseeable future.