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. 

NFL Quick Hits: Week 1

So far through Week 1, here are my thoughts/observations:

-Julio Jones is going to be a monster. Although Flowers didn’t play, no one could really slow him up in the secondary. He’ll get his first real test next week against Champ Bailey and Tracy Porter.

- Speaking of the Broncos, Peyton Manning is back. As Stu says in the Hangover, “He’s still got it.” Broncos are going to be a very good team, their defense is nasty.

- To all those who think that the Colts should regret not drafting RGIII and getting Luck instead: Please shut your mouth. It’s one game; you can’t compare people with such an enormously small sample size. We can have that discussion in a few years, not now.

-That being said, RGIII looked great and Luck struggled. Luck got thrown up against a tough defense in his first game, we’ll see how he rebounds next week.

- Dear Coach Shanahan, Let RGIII throw the ball deep every once and a while. He was kind of good at it at Baylor. Just saying.

-Brandon Weeden…….. Ouch. Better luck next week.

-Same goes to you Tannehill.

-Also Vick, Stafford, Brees: Not typical outings from these guys. All but Brees got the win though…. so I can’t knock them there.

- The 49ers are going to make a run at the Super Bowl this year. They made a strong Packers offense look relatively weak for most the game before giving up some points at the end.

-Hopefully Crabtree (Personal Favorite) is finally putting it all together. Looked good today, finally working hard to help him get better.

-Adrian Peterson is not from this planet. Who comes back that quick from an ACL tear?

- The Cowboys could be a sleeper team in the NFC this year. Romo played well and the defense played much better than last year.

- The Steelers need help on the O-line. Not having Ryan Clark hurts too, but that wasn’t the only issue tonight.

-Poor Fred Jackson, first game back from a broken leg and then sprains his knee.

-Lucky Buffalo Bills, Spiller is a beast.

- Houston is going to be a major threat, if Schaub and Johnson stay healthy (unlike last year) the Super Bowl isn’t out of the question.

- The Jets found an offense between last week and this one. Let’s see if they can repeat the success against a formidable Steelers D next week.

- Kevin Kolb- QB or illusion? I vote illusion.

- Josh Freeman has returned, has a good wide out in Vincent Jackson and a decent running game now. Tampa will be much improved.

-Do the Patriots finally have a defense to go along with their offense? Jones and Hightower both make impacts in their debut and Tavon Wilson also had a pick. If they do,they won't lose much this year. 

That’s it so far, updates will come after the games tomorrow night.

Looking to see who comes out on top in the Baltimore vs Cincy game.  Yearly division title contender vs the up-and-coming Bengals. I’m thinking the Ravens pull it off.

And I think the Raiders beat the Chargers. Though, I also think Phillip Rivers hangs on to the ball this year and doesn’t hand it over to the other team so much. Run DMC should have his way and I think Palmer will do well with all that speed at WR.

At least I hope Carson does, he’s my fantasy football qb…..

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