# NFL Week 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 15, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/766033 "2016-09-15T19:49:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 19, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/766033/21 "2016-09-19T01:04:45Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > I hope at least the snacks are tastier in your reality. If you’d care to be objective, go look at the tape. My snacks are fine, it’s the UN-reality of the NFL I have an issue with. If you’re a Stealers fan then don’t bother then. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/766033/22 "2016-09-19T01:11:56Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Looks like the zebras handed the Lames a joyously pallid homecoming. I missed most of the game. I caught the phantom offensive PI on Lockett. There was more? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/766033/23 "2016-09-19T01:18:48Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > If you’d care to be objective, go look at the tape. My snacks are fine, it’s the UN-reality of the NFL I have an issue with. If you’re a Stealers fan then don’t bother then. Seriously? After that page-long rant you’re questioning someone else’s objectivity? ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/766033/24 "2016-09-19T04:03:22Z")
So who can the Pats bring in for a couple games at QB? Peyton? Favre? Tebow??? ---
**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 19, 2016, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/766033/25 "2016-09-19T04:10:07Z")
> [@borschevsky](#): > > So who can the Pats bring in for a couple games at QB? > > Peyton? > Favre? > Tebow??? Vick is a free agent ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/766033/26 "2016-09-19T04:16:56Z")
Also, it’s probably the same as every year, but there sure seem to be injuries everywhere so far. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/766033/27 "2016-09-19T05:20:44Z")
> [@borschevsky](#): > > So who can the Pats bring in for a couple games at QB? > > Peyton? > Favre? > Tebow??? Tom Brady with a fake mustache. ---
**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 19, 2016, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/766033/28 "2016-09-19T06:20:54Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Tom Brady with a fake mustache. “_And out comes New England’s QB – it’s #2, ra y_” “Sure is a lot of duct tape on that jersey …” ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/766033/29 "2016-09-19T06:22:17Z")
I didn’t watch the Ravens/Browns game, but i saw some highlights. I’m a Ravens fan, but that taunting penalty was complete bullshit. I’m not a huge fan of the rule against taunting at the best of times, but this particular incident doesn’t (or shouldn’t) even qualify as a violation of the rule. It did produce a laugh-out-loud comment (for me, anyway) over at Deadspin. Browns fan: “I threw a table ten feet after that flag.” Deadspin commenter: “You’re now third on the Browns QB depth chart.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/766033/30 "2016-09-19T10:56:24Z")
Glad I went to bed after the Packer’s second touchdown. It isn’t panic time yet, but the offense has not gelled. Brian ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/766033/31 "2016-09-19T12:47:36Z")
Ahhhh, so nice to have football back again. Pinpoint passes, rumbling touchdown runs, crushing sacks… and AFC North fans complaining about the refs. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/766033/32 "2016-09-19T15:29:19Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Glad I went to bed after the Packer’s second touchdown. It isn’t panic time yet, but the offense has not gelled. > > Brian Not going for the FG really DID come back to bite them, didn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/766033/33 "2016-09-19T16:14:29Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Not going for the FG really DID come back to bite them, didn’t it? I have no problem with the Packers going for it. My problem is that they didn’t give it to Lacy. It was a hell of a game and a bit chippy. But when can we have Rodgers back? The guy back there with RG3 syndrome is not Rodgers, I don’t care what his jersey says. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/766033/34 "2016-09-19T17:13:12Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > If you’d care to be objective, go look at the tape. My snacks are fine, it’s the UN-reality of the NFL I have an issue with. If you’re a Stealers fan then don’t bother then. You’re funny. You are correct that I didn’t see the game, but I don’t need to see it to know that there is not an officiating conspiracy in favor of the Steelers. Could it have been bad officiating? Certainly. We’ve all had that happen to our teams. But conspiracy? Take a pill, man, you’re embarrassing yourself. (And no, I am not a Steelers fan. Quite the opposite, in fact.) ---
**Author:** ![Gus\_Gusterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@Gus\_Gusterson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gus_Gusterson)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/766033/35 "2016-09-19T19:32:02Z")
> [@borschevsky](#): > > So who can the Pats bring in for a couple games at QB? > > Peyton? > Favre? > Tebow??? According to Wikipedia (so you know it’s true), Edelman is now one of the Patriots’ QBs. He has thrown a TD pass (which is more than their third-string QB can say at this point), but I don’t think they’ll go with him as the fourth-string QB. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/766033/36 "2016-09-19T21:54:06Z")
As Brissett’s backup Thursday, I’d bet on rookie TE A.J. Derby, who played the position in college much more recently, before Arkansas let him change positions. It may be only for one game, if the sprained-AC-joint rumors are true. Moving Edelman to QB would take away their best possession receiver, at a time when a novice QB would most need him. They both know the offense. And, before I forget, fuck you, Goodell. ETA: Also before I forget, Ryan Tannehill, Tyrod Taylor, and Geno Smith \*combined \*have fewer playoff TD passes than Julian Edelman. So fuck you too, rest of AFC East. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/766033/37 "2016-09-19T21:55:20Z")
Well, he was a QB in college, so it’s not too much of a stretch to use him if the situation demanded it. Similarly, Terrelle Pryor is now the third-string backup for the Browns. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/766033/38 "2016-09-19T21:57:29Z")
> [@borschevsky](#): > > Tebow??? Funny enough, Tebow just reported to the Mets instructional league facility today for the first time today (breathlessly reported across the ESPN-sphere). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/766033/39 "2016-09-19T21:59:07Z")
I have about as much interest in that as I do about what Johnny Football is doing right now. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/766033/40 "2016-09-20T00:15:37Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > ETA: Also before I forget, Ryan Tannehill, Tyrod Taylor, and Geno Smith \*combined \*have fewer playoff TD passes than Julian Edelman. So fuck you too, rest of AFC East. Geno Smith? He’s the backup. You might as well say Bryce Petty for all the meaning it would have. Say Ryan Fitzpatrick instead. He’s never been to the playoffs, so it still works. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/766033.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/766033.md?page=3)