# NFL week 2: The Lion(s) (don't) sleep tonight(/ Sunday)(?) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [September 14, 2022, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2-the-lion-s-dont-sleep-tonight-sunday/971527 "2022-09-14T01:16:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 88
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2-the-lion-s-dont-sleep-tonight-sunday/971527/88 "2022-09-19T17:01:54Z")
I’m reminded of this post from the Week 1 thread. > [@NFL Week One is the Loneliest Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-one-is-the-loneliest-number/971135/13): > > The other evening I found myself sitting next to a guy wearing a Steelers shirt. He told me that Pittsburgh would be the surprise team in the AFC this year. I told him that any team with Mitch Trubisky as a starting qb wouldn’t be going anywhere. His argument was that Trubisky wasn’t as bad as his reputation, and that his stats proved it. I pointed out that, in the 50 games he has started, he’s thrown 64 TD passes but has also thrown 38 picks. The counter-argument was that those numbers are… Nobody does optimism better than a homer trying to find that silver lining. At least the Steelers have their first round QB to look forward to. Hopefully they don’t mess up and try to trot him out too early. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2-the-lion-s-dont-sleep-tonight-sunday/971527)._