# NFL Week 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 13, 2014, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380 "2014-09-13T12:08:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/1 "2014-09-13T12:08:19Z")
Since no one else started it, here we go: Pittsburgh (6) @ Baltimore (26) Detroit @ Carolina Miami @ Buffalo Jacksonville @ Washington Dallas @ Tennessee Arizona @ NY Giants New England @ Minnesota New Orleans @ Cleveland Atlanta @ Cincinnati St. Louis @ Tampa Seattle @ San Diego Houston @ Oakland Kansas City @ Denver Chicago @ San Francisco Philadelphia @ Indianapolis The games that intrigue me the most are Atlanta @ Cincy (Is Atlanta as good as the looked last week? Can Cincy step up at home?) and Seattle @ San Diego (Are the Seahawks vulnerable on the road to a pretty good team?) Locally, the Panthers get the Lions at home. This game will tell me a lot about the Panthers as Cam is expected to start. Can the defense limit the damage from the Lions high-powered offense enough? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/2 "2014-09-13T13:25:54Z")
A lotta stinkers this week (including my team, Jax-Skins). Bears-Niners should be good, as should Eagles-Colts. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/3 "2014-09-13T13:42:40Z")
Until the abuse-fueled indictment, Minn-NE was interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/do_not_taunt/32/2968_2.png) [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/4 "2014-09-13T16:00:49Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > The games that intrigue me the most are Atlanta @ Cincy (Is Atlanta as good as the looked last week? Can Cincy step up at home?) I’d like to see this game, but looks like only CBS gets a morning game here, and that’s going to be Pats/Vikes, which I couldn’t care less about. How does this whole watching-games-on-Verizon thing work? ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/5 "2014-09-13T18:20:50Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Until the abuse-fueled indictment, Minn-NE was interesting. It just means Peterson has to play for Dallas now. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/6 "2014-09-13T23:27:34Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > Are the Seahawks vulnerable on the road to a pretty good team? Every team is somewhat vulnerable any given week. The Chargers, though, are just OK, probably not good enough to upend these Seahawks. Last year it took Indy to beat Seattle, just barely, and Indy is still a much better team than SD. So, Seattle will probably take this one, but it will not be a Thursday-night-beatdown. Expect a kind of close game. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/7 "2014-09-14T17:28:52Z")
Browns defense looking dominant. Should’ve had a safety, but you know, tackling a guy in the end zone is only a safety at the ref’s discretion. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/8 "2014-09-14T17:29:36Z")
Wow…the Browns are physically dominating the Saints on both sides of the ball early today. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/9 "2014-09-14T17:54:45Z")
Brees had 9 yards passing in the first quarter and they received the opening kickoff. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/10 "2014-09-14T18:06:07Z")
Ugly looking injury for RGIII. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/11 "2014-09-14T18:16:21Z")
Damn, Bengals getting hurt all over the place. AJ Green out, Burfict temporarily out, Zeitler their 1st round guard out, Eifert out, Marvin Jones out…but hey, Gio Bernard is still a STUD, Hamlet! And Jeremy Hill is looking pretty awesome too. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/12 "2014-09-14T18:34:11Z")
Feeling a little better about the Saints now. The pick-6 didn’t help, but that last drive looked sharp. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/13 "2014-09-14T18:35:10Z")
I think the Lions may be in the market for a kicker… ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/14 "2014-09-14T18:41:52Z")
Bengals too. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/15 "2014-09-14T19:16:34Z")
Man do I hate going up by 5 and then kicking an extra point. Especially if you’re running on them at will. Begging for a 1 point loss. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/16 "2014-09-14T19:16:48Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > Bengals too. Eh, Nugent is generally solid and would have kicked 6 FG’s in the first half of the game against the Ravens had it not been blocked. Everyone has a bad game. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/17 "2014-09-14T19:27:22Z")
Jimmy graham is fucking ridiculous. Jordan Cameron will never be that good. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/18 "2014-09-14T19:41:52Z")
There have been 4 uncalled intentional groundings this game, wtf. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/19 "2014-09-14T20:12:54Z")
Ironically, botching that extra point helped the Browns win, because if it had been tied they probably would have punted on 4th down. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/20 "2014-09-14T20:15:20Z")
Fuck me. No pass rush, no defense…game on the line and the Browns get a guy wide open like that? Sigh. I guess we made Hoyer’s future grandchildren happy today. He can tell them all about leading the game winning drive against the Saints. ☹ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380.md?page=2)