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By Tim Byrnes<\/p>\n
After two weeks, NFL teams are surprising fans and pundits alike.<\/p>\n
The Chargers are 2-0, the Chiefs are 0-2, and the defending Super Bowl champions look mortal while undefeated.<\/p>\n
Week 2 started in Wisconsin:<\/p>\n
Green Bay 27 (2-0) Washington 18 (1-1)<\/b><\/p>\n
Packers quarterback Jordan Love had another error-free outing, throwing for 292 yards and two touchdowns, as Green Bay was never threatened.<\/p>\n
As Love’s top target, tight end Tucker Kraft had 124 yards and a touchdown to lead the Packers.<\/p>\n
The Commanders lost running back Austin Ekeler to the injured list with a ruptured achilles while quarterback Jayden Daniels spent the game holding onto the ball too long.<\/p>\n
Either the Packers defensive backs are blanket coverage studs or Daniels is having checkdown issues.<\/p>\n
LA Rams 33 (2-0) Tennessee 19 (0-2)\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
The Rams overcame two early stalls in the red zone, to pull away from the Titans in the second half, and take the win.<\/p>\n
Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford led an efficient offense with 298 yards passing and 2 touchdowns with an interception with wide receivers Puka Nacua and Davante Adams shining.<\/p>\n
Nacua had a 45-yard touchdown run to go with 91 receiving yards while L.A. newcomer Adams made fans forget Cooper Kupp for a day, with 6 catches for 106 yards and a touchdown of his own.<\/p>\n
Rams linebacker Byron Young is looking like an All-Pro, recording sacks 2+3, a strip sack, two quarterback hits, and two tackles-for-loss to anchor a tough defense.<\/p>\n
Detroit 52 (1-1) Chicago 21 (0-2)\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
The Lions looked like the 15-2 team of a year ago, compiling 511 yards of total offense, and totally demolishing the Bears.<\/p>\n
Lions quarterback Jared Goff threw for 334 yards and five touchdowns of which 9 passes went to Amon-Ra St. Brown.<\/p>\n
Brown scored three touchdowns along with his 115 yards receiving.<\/p>\n
The running back duo of Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery combined for 151 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns to even out the offensive outburst.<\/p>\n
Bears second- year man Rome Odunze had an outstanding day with 7 receptions for 128 yards and 2 touchdowns in the loss.<\/p>\n
Additional results Sunday:<\/b><\/p>\n
Atl 22 Min 6<\/p>\n
Ari 27 Car 22<\/p>\n
Ind 29 Den 28<\/p>\n
Sea 31 Pit 17<\/p>\n
SF 26 NO 21<\/p>\n
NE 33 Mia 27<\/p>\n
Buf 30 NYJ 10<\/p>\n
Bal 41 Cle 17<\/p>\n
Cin 31 Jax 27<\/p>\n
Game of the Week:<\/b><\/p>\n
Dallas 40 (1-1) New York Giants 37 (0-2)\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
In the game of the week, Giants quarterback Russell Wilson did everything to get the win for New York, throwing for 450 yards and 3 scores only to toss an interception in overtime to lose the game.<\/p>\n
The lead changed hands five times in the fourth quarter, as the “Dallas Prevent Defense” only prevented the Cowboys from putting the game away in regulation.<\/p>\n
Dallas quarterback Prescott\u00a0<\/span>had 361 yards with 2 touchdowns and an interception to lead the Cowboys back time after time; with CeeDee Lamb catching 9-of-11 targets for 112 yards to bounce back from his drop happy opening game.<\/p>\n It cannot be overstated, the steel ones of Brandon Aubrey, who hit a 64-yard field goal to tie in regulation and the 46-yard winner in overtime.<\/p>\n Sidenote: Dallas signed pass rusher Jadaveon Clowney to a 1-year, $3.5 million\u00a0 contract.<\/p>\n Philadelphia 21 (2-0) Kansas City17 (0-2)<\/b><\/p>\n A polar opposite for the Super Bowl rematch, as both teams played uninspiring football.<\/p>\n The defensive battle limited Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts to just 101 yards passing and running back <\/span>Saquon Barkley to 88 yards and a score but it was enough to defeat the unarmed Chiefs.<\/p>\n Chiefs leader Patrick Mahomes played another game with no visible running game, other than himself, and were pedestrian by Kansas City standards.<\/p>\n It had been since 2014 that the Chiefs\/Reid\/Mahomes trifecta had lost two games in a row, also to start the season.<\/p>\n Monday Night:<\/b><\/p>\n Tampa Bay 20 Houston 19<\/p>\n LA Chargers 20- Las Vegas 9<\/p>\n Notable Injuries:<\/b><\/p>\n *Joe Burrow (Cin) QB-turf toe OUT<\/p>\n *Alex Highsmith (Pit) LB-high ankle sprain<\/p>\n *Khalil Mack (LAC) LB- elbow<\/p>\n Week 2 (13-3\/22-10)<\/b><\/p>\n Buf over Mia<\/p>\n LAR over Phi<\/p>\n Min over Cin<\/p>\n Pit over NE<\/p>\n Ind over Ten<\/p>\n Jax over Hou<\/p>\n Atl over Car<\/p>\n TB over NYJ<\/p>\n Was over LV<\/p>\n GB over Cle<\/p>\n LAC over Den<\/p>\n Sea over NO<\/p>\n SF over Ari<\/p>\n Dal over Chi<\/p>\n KC over NYG<\/p>\n Det over Bal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Tim Byrnes After two weeks, NFL teams are surprising fans and pundits alike. The Chargers are 2-0, the Chiefs are 0-2, and the defending Super Bowl champions look mortal while undefeated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stories-news-notes-around-professional-football"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92003"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92007,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92003\/revisions\/92007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}