NFL Week 2 Wrap up / Week 3 Preview

(Sept 24)

The games ended days ago, but there’s still stuff to talk about all over the place. Last week was week of the Road Warriors, with the Giants, Cardinals, Ravens, Saints, Texans and Bengals all winning big road games. 49ers are 2-0 with big wins against their division rivals.

Most Impressive Individual Performance: 3-way tie
This gets its own paragraph. Frank Gore ran for 207 yards with 80 and 79 coming on touchdown runs. Kurt Warner completed 24 of 26 passes with 2 TDs and no picks in a big cross-country road win. Chris Johnson, probably the best of the week, was electric for 3 quarters, running for a 91- and 57-yard TDs and a 69-yard catch-n-run (284 combined yards), but doing nothing in the 4th quarter when his team needed plays.

Best Moment: Ray Lewis crushing Darren Sproles on 4th and 2 to seal the big road win for the Ravens. That was one of the best hits you’ll see all year.

Worst Individual Performance: Tony Romo.
First big game of the year, and the Cowboy’s celebrity quarterback reasserts himself as the biggest choke artist in the NFL, throwing for only 127 yards in 29 attempts with 3 INTs, in the home opener loss. Special mention to JaMarcus Russell, who, with 3 minutes left in the game, had completed only 3 passes for 43 yards. Threw no picks and won the game, but finished just 7 of 24 (29%).

Most Impressive Team Performance: Gotta go with the New York Jets again.

Most Disappointing Team Performance: New England Patriots. Special mention to Washington Redskins.

Biggest Upset: Bengals over Green Bay Packers. Special mention to Texans over Titans.

Top 5 Teams
1. Baltimore Ravens
2. New York Giants
3. New Orleans Saints
4. Minnesota Vikings
5. Atlanta Falcons (can that be right, 4 from the NFC???)

WEEK 3 PREVIEW

Best Matchups:
49ers at Minnesota
Falcons at New England

Upset Alerts:
Detroit Lions could win their first game in like 2 years against the Redskins.
I don’t believe New Orleans Saints are this good; I like the Bills pulling the upset.
Bungles could beat the champs (Steelers).

Stone Cold Picks (3-0 last week)
Titans over the Jets
Minnesota over the 49ers
Oakland over Denver
Brady Quinn won’t finish the game against the Ravens, either getting hurt or benched first