# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/21 "2014-09-14T20:30:16Z")
Buffalo’s defense played a great game. The offense was good but I wish it were better. Still it was a solid win and the Bills start the season 2-0. ---
**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, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/22 "2014-09-14T20:34:22Z")
Panthers start 2-0 too. The defense looks like a Top 5 unit and the offense is doing enough. Cam shook off some early rust and looked pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/23 "2014-09-14T20:49:18Z")
What happened to Carson Palmer? ---
**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 14, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/24 "2014-09-14T20:57:22Z")
Seahawks game is going exactly as no one expected. Chargers are driving down the field like there’s no defense there, and the only Seahawks score was on a run where Harvin clearly stepped out of bounds and both the crew on the field and the replay folks missed it. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/25 "2014-09-14T21:43:59Z")
How are the Jets looking so good this week? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/26 "2014-09-14T21:50:53Z")
They were handed an early TD. They usually look good when they’re playing from ahead. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/27 "2014-09-14T21:52:59Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > They were handed an early TD. They usually look good when they’re playing from ahead. Ah, I’m Red Zone and missed that one. I mean, they showed it, but I didn’t see it. And yes, I could be watching the Jets game on CBS, but the Broncos are playing and my best choice is Red Zone. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/28 "2014-09-14T22:54:14Z")
Poor Mike Carey is really nervous and uncomfortable whenever CBS throws it to him to weigh in on a replay. He’s been accurate so far – he got the highly technical forward pass call in the Jets game right (arm started forward but pass wound up going backwards; still a forward pass) – but he seems like a guy who hopes there’s a power outage in the studio every time he’s asked a question on air. Hopefully he gets over it, I’ve always found him very likable. ---
**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, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/29 "2014-09-14T23:08:39Z")
Great win by the Chargers today. Seattle isn’t that great away from home. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/30 "2014-09-14T23:24:25Z")
So, what’s been everyone’s impression of how the penalties were enforced this week? The Giants/Cardinals game was called very tightly; the Giants in particular got a ton of defensive holding/illegal contact flags. If every game was called like that, it would be a clear detriment to the league. ---
**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 15, 2014, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/31 "2014-09-15T00:24:31Z")
Questionable/bad calls are part of the game, the zebras are human, after all. I watched the Seahawks-Chargers game and saw two close calls that _might have_ had a major impact on the outcome of the game. On his long touchdown run, it sure looked a lot like Harvin had stepped OB. Much later, there was a really dicey Defensive Holding call that turned a sack on third down into a first down (I get the feeling that brushing a potential receiver’s sleeve gets called as holding/illegal contact – _at unpredictable times_). But so it goes. The officials are graded by the league and if they fail to uphold league policy adequately, they will not be on the field after a while. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/32 "2014-09-15T00:40:13Z")
I enjoyed that Ickey Woods/Geico commercial way more than I should have. ---
**Author:** ![Boogly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Boogly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boogly)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/33 "2014-09-15T00:43:48Z")
What about the new replay rules? The New York replay station let questionable TD’s go through. ETA: Harvin TD run; out of bounds SF first TD; time clock ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/34 "2014-09-15T01:01:46Z")
This Niners Bears game has been awful to watch. It’s like a Browns v. Browns game. ---
**Author:** ![Boogly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Boogly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boogly)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/35 "2014-09-15T02:03:40Z")
I’m glad my nephew is over so I have an excuse to change the channel. ---
**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 15, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/36 "2014-09-15T02:37:39Z")
Gonna be a lot of “QB controversy” talk in DC tomorrow. Fact is, there is no controversy. Cousins has flat out outplayed Griffin since the preseason, and everyone knows it. Granted, Jacksonville is fucking terrible, but they should have been able to put up at least a little bit of fight; instead they got absolutely destroyed. Not that I’m complaining. It’s been quite some time since the Skins actually looked good. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/37 "2014-09-15T03:23:17Z")
As much as I dislike seeing the Bears not suck; it’s very enjoyable to see Colin Kapernick play so horribly and the rest of the Niners continue to shoot themselves in the balls. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/38 "2014-09-15T03:28:52Z")
Ugly start is turning into a gutsy performance. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/39 "2014-09-15T03:46:23Z")
Huge win for the Bears. Very banged up team gets a monster win in SF in what might end up being Peanut Tillman’s last game. Bittersweet. ---
**Author:** ![Boogly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Boogly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boogly)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380/40 "2014-09-15T04:06:18Z")
> [@boogly](#): > > i’m glad my nephew is over so i have an excuse to change the channel. wtf nephew…why did you divert my attention!!! Bears game… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/698380.md?page=3)