Week two is in the bag, and as in week one, the injuries caused as many headlines as the results with QBs are having a rough time of it. Last week the Jags lost big money Free agency signing Nick Foles, and The Jets saw Sam Darnold succumb, and this week we lost Ben Roethlisberger, Drew Brees and spare a thought for the Jets who are down to their third-string after backup Trevor Siemian went out early against the Browns. Further, although we didn’t know it at the time we probably saw Eli Manning’s last game for the Giants as they have now named Daniel Jones starter.
Anyway, QB drama aside the games were quite entertaining even if so far this year defenses generally have been on top. Nine of the 16 games were one-score affairs and only the hapless Dolphins failed to at least have a go. They have obviously given up already and subsequently traded their best defensive back Minkah Fitzpatrick for yet another first-round draft pick. Well, at least the fans will have something to keep them entertained in 2020.
Spare a thought for the Saint’s – not only have they lost talisman QB Drew Brees, but they also ended up on the wrong end of another dodgy refereeing decision – against the Rams again! This time a fumble recovered for a TD was chalked off as the referees had blown the play dead. although many have argued it would have made no difference it would have put the Saints 10-3, and instead, they went in at the half trailing 6-3. This result could have huge significance come season end.
Nine teams are 0-2 and statistically, their chances of making the postseason are slim. This group includes the Steelers & Panthers who some expected to be in the postseason mix. Both have tricky week three road trips and will know that 0-3 is not an option if they are going to be playing in January.
So how did we do with our predictions last week?
Well following up our week one 12-3-1 was always going to be a tall order, but we are happy with our straight up 10-6 especially given the close nature of so many games. That leaves us 22-9-1 so far.
The Weeks Results
Tampa Bay 20 Carolina 14
San Francisco 41 Cincinnati 17
Detroit 13 LA Chargers 10
Green Bay 21 Minnesota 16
Indianapolis 19 Tennessee 17
New England 43 Miami 0
Buffalo 28 New York Giants 14
Seattle 28 Pittsburgh 26
Dallas 31 Washington 21
Baltimore 23 Arizona 17
Houston 13 Jacksonville 12
Kansas City 28 Oakland 10
Chicago 16 Denver 14
LA Rams 27 New Orleans 9
Atlanta 24 Philadelphia 20
Cleveland 23 New York Jets 3
