NFL Quick Hits Week #2

Quick thoughts on week 2 of the NFL season:

-First off with the most recent game, Atlanta’s defense surprised me in the absence of Grimes. The secondary played extremely well and made Peyton look human

- How did New England lose? It was the Cardinals…. The Kevin Kolb led Cardinals…. Losing Hernandez is going to hurt and it’ll be interesting to see how they rebound next week in the rematch of the AFC Championship Game.

-Flashback a year ago: Lee Evans should have caught that ball.

-Back to now- Great week for rookie quarterbacks. RGIII kept up his great start while Luck, Weeden, Tannehill, and Wilson all produced solid games.

- We can all rest easy about the connection between Mark Sanchez playing well and 2012, rest easy friends: he’s still the good ol Sanchez we have always known. See you all in 2013.

- The Steelers had a good bounce back win this week against the Jets. Even without Harrison and Polamalu the defense played really well.

- I know the Eagles are 2-0, but I can’t see the success continuing too much longer if Michael Vick keeps turning the ball over as much as he has been.

- San Francisco is my pick for the best team in the league. I’ve said it since last year, they are built to win in January. Strong running game, no turnovers, and a top defense: recipe for Super Bowls.

- Chris Johnson sadly may be done as even a decent running back. Calling out your teammates to pick it up when you have around 25 yards (at most) through 2 games? Nominee for one of the worst contracts in recent memory.

- Oakland is terrible.

- So are the Chiefs.

- And lastly Jacksonville.

- After the Bears looked good in week 1 they lay down and died this week against Green Bay. They actually have a worse offensive line than my Steelers.

- I thought the Saints would be alright without having Payton but so far I’m wrong. Let’s see what happens next week though because I’ve thought since this offseason Carolina would be #2 in the division.

- I’m very interested to see which Cowboys team shows up next week. The one that outplayed the Super Bowl champs? Or the one that got thrashed by Seattle?

- San Diego is going to be very good once Matthews comes back, until he inevitably gets hurt again.

- CJ Spiller does it again, how much longer is it until he takes over as the number 1 back even when Jackson is healthy and playing? Not much longer would be my guess.

New to this week I am going to have my Player of the Week (POTW) and my GOAT of the Week (GOAT).

Week 2 POTW:

Reggie Bush: Over 200 all-purpose yards and 2 rushing scores for Reggie in the game. He’s finally living up to the billing as that #2 overall pick so many years ago.

Week 2 GOAT:

Josh Morgan: Replacement officials would win every week so I’m not picking them, but give me Josh Morgan. Come on man, you can’t let Finnegan get under your skin that much. It’s what he does, he runs his mouth until someone *cough* Andre Johnson *cough* shuts him up. Took your team out of game winning field goal range gets you the 1^st Weekly GOAT of the Week Award.