The second week of the NFL season delivered all kinds of lovely chaos. Are you able to consider that we have now a number of extra months left of this?
Pattern sizes are rising and whereas we’re nonetheless just a little too early to attract arduous conclusions about something, we’re getting nearer to that time. Some groups look unstoppable the place others are nonetheless winless. Many groups have flirted with each greatness and catastrophe. As famous, it’s lovely chaos.
Our mission right here at The Skinny Submit is to judge all of it as finest as we will.
Let’s dive into Week 2, and ensure to take our surveys and tell us what you suppose.
Are we shopping for the Indianapolis Colts and Daniel Jones?
Coming into Week 2 I picked the Colts to beat the Broncos so I’ll stand and wait in your applause.
Lots of people are evaluating this Colts group and their early success, notably on offense, to what the New Orleans Saints did final 12 months. I get it. Paper tigers and all of that jazz.
I’m not going to go so far as saying “one thing feels completely different” about Indianapolis, however that is essentially the most useful that they’ve appeared in a very long time. Daniel Jones is clearly pulling the precise strings, however Jonathan Taylor and Michael Pittman Jr. are each actually shining. All the things simply appears to be taking place in the easiest way and Jones is executing all of it in a way for it to sing.
The primary recreation in opposition to the Dolphins didn’t depart me believing within the Colts as a result of Miami was fairly unhealthy final 12 months and it doesn’t appear to be they’ve bolstered the precise areas to be significantly better in 2025. Nonetheless, the Colts not solely enjoying a aggressive recreation in opposition to the Broncos, but additionally discovering a strategy to win the sport and developing clutch ultimately has me believing on this group wholeheartedly.
Daniel Jones’ time with the Vikings and Kevin O’Connell final 12 months seems to be prefer it’s paying off in spades.
How do the Bengals even course of issues proper now?
Personally? I don’t know. It helps that the offense nonetheless employs guys like Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, however the degree of play from that unit goes to take one heck of a drop with out Burrow operating the present. Chase and Higgins will assist preserve them afloat so long as the offensive line can preserve Jake Browning clear sufficient, however I don’t see that being the case week-in and week-out. Browning will generally appear to be Cinderella and at different instances he’ll resemble the pumpkin.
The query stays: Will the Bengals’ 2-0 begin to start the season be sufficient of a floatation system for the group en path to combating for a playoff spot? Because it stands, this group will dwell and die regarding the postseason by the arm of its backup quarterback.
Dropping Joe Burrow for nearly the entire season is brutal. I don’t understand how Bengals followers can at present maintain pleasure for something, all due respect to the remainder of the Bengals roster.
As a Cowboys fan I’m reminded of again in 2015 when the group began 2-0 and misplaced Tony Romo in that second win. It was 10 years in the past and that season by itself felt like a decade. Life and not using a franchise quarterback is depressing and I worry that the Bengals are in for fairly the spell.
I hope I’m unsuitable. The Bengals have confirmed to be fighters. However that is powerful.
Was Sunday a sign that the Giants have an opportunity?
Talking of the Cowboys… wow they certain revived Russell Wilson.
In completely no means do I feel that the Giants have an opportunity of doing something critical this 12 months, however I used to be definitely greatly surprised at their offensive resurgence.
Right here’s the factor, although. Proper now I really feel like that was extra consultant of who the Cowboys are defensively than the Giants offensively. The worst attainable factor the Giants may do now could be consider this mirage and deceive themselves.
We’re going to watch them do this on Sunday evening in opposition to Kansas Metropolis, although. Think about if the Giants handle to tug off the upset to get their first win of the season and the group to fall to 0-3 is definitely the Chiefs!
I feel the reply is sure?
I feel the Cowboys have appeared higher than anticipated of their first two weeks and their extremely dramatic matchup with the Giants on Sunday is truthfully extra in the direction of the credit score of New York than to the detriment of Dallas.
Wilson appeared like his classic self, throwing moonshot after moonshot to his speedsters on the skin (wow Malik Nabers is nice!) and so they occurred to work out greater than not. That’s not prone to be the case every week, however I consider it confirmed this Giants group will not be going to go quietly in any recreation this season, however particularly in opposition to the NFC East.
One thing tells me it will NOT be the final suspenseful and extremely aggravating outing for the Giants this season.
Which group ought to really feel higher about themselves than their efficiency up to now would counsel? Which group ought to really feel worse?
I don’t suppose this suits the primary half, however I gotta hand it to the Seahawks who as soon as once more look strong underneath Mike Macdonald. They misplaced a detailed one to the 49ers on an unlucky fumble close to the top zone on the ultimate drive of the sport after which they competed with the Steelers nicely till they well capitalized on a particular groups blunder to swing momentum of their favor.
This squad was the one 10-win group to not make the postseason in 2024 and I firmly consider they are going to reverse these fortunes this 12 months. I anticipate them to play nicely by the remainder of their division video games and have an opportunity to assert the NFC West crown by the top of the common season.
After seeing how the Vikings completed the second half in opposition to the Falcons on Sunday evening, I feel I’ve to go forward and counsel Minnesota shall be taking fairly the step again from their 2024 win-loss document. Their big-money signings this offseason should not paying off from the soar (particularly their new heart and proper guard) and now they’re with out beginning quarterback J.J. McCarthy for a number of weeks as a result of a excessive ankle sprain.
The notion within the preseason was that this was going to be the most effective supporting casts for a first-time starter in latest reminiscence. These might as nicely be well-known final phrases as a result of the soccer world stated the identical factor about Caleb Williams and the Bears final 12 months and so they ended up final within the NFC North with six wins.
It has felt to me just like the San Francisco 49ers should not getting sufficient respect. I do know that they solely beat the Saints on Sunday, however they did so with a quarterback who the complete league had principally thrown away in Mac Jones. To me this revives the concept Kyle Shanahan can get it performed with nearly anyone. It sounds foolish to say that San Francisco ought to really feel higher about themselves when they’re 2-0, however my level is I feel the sleeping monster has possibly woken up.
On the opposite facet of the coin I feel that the Detroit Lions could be feeling themselves just a little bit an excessive amount of after Sunday’s blowout of the Chicago Bears. It needed to really feel good to beat Ben Johnson and to rebound from the shellacking they took in Week 1 at Lambeau Discipline, however we’re studying that the Bears are fairly moribund. I’d pump the brakes on any “the Lions are again” takes till we see extra.
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