The NFL season is very long and it’s easy to jump to conclusions after a few weeks. I’ll try not to do that right now:
The Week Two game that most Stags were interested in proved to live up to its billing when the New England Patriots came to the new Meadowlands Stadium to take on the Jets.
The Jets, coming off an embarrassing Week One loss to the Ravens, put it all together in this one.
Mark Sanchez bounced back from a dismal Week One effort to throw a career high three touchdowns.
Braylon Edwards abused Patriots corner Darius Butler early and often, highlighted by doing the “dougie” in his face after a first half touchdown.
Also, are my eyes playing tricks on me or is Justin Bieber the new Patriots quarterback? Jets take this one 28-14.
Brett Favre, unlike a fine wine, doesn’t seem to be getting better with age so far this season.
After a mediocre Week One performance against the Saints, Father Time single-handedly took the Vikings out of this game in front of their home fans with several costly turnovers.
The purple people eaters face a bit of a crisis as they head into Week Three.
Another team that has been underachievement so far is the Dallas Cowboys.
It seems that year after year they are one of the sexy picks to go to the Super Bowl, but never get everything working at the same time. How long until head coach Wade Phillips is in the hot seat?
Michael Vick is back.
The notorious and mercurial quarterback threw for 284 yards and two touchdowns en route to a 35-32 win over the Lions.
Say what you want about his off-field decision making skills, on the field he puts fans in the seats and appears to be rejuvenated. If Kevin Kolb struggles coming back from a concussion, there will be many calling for Vick to be the full-time starter.
Peyton’s Colts easily took care of Eli’s Giants in the annual Bro Bowl.
This one wasn’t particularly close at any point and made it a lot easier to flip over the premiere of Boardwalk Empire on HBO Sunday night.
However, I was upset to hear that I missed Brandon Jacobs throw his helmet into the crowd and request a trade the next day.
I think we all missed his retirement ceremony the day after the Giants won their Super Bowl.
Matt Schaub and Donovan McNabb both threw for over 400 yards as the Texans took down the ‘Skins in overtime.
The only other quarterback who will do that this year will be Mike Buckenmayer of Boom Goes the Dynasty.
Three Week 2 Studs: Matt Schaub, Donovan McNabb, Adrian Peterson (single-handedly kept his team in the game even after Favre threw it away ten times)
Three Week 3 Duds: Favre, Vince Young, my man crush on Brett Favre and his scruff
Game of the week: Texans 30, Redskins 27. (overtime)
Best three games coming up next week: Jets at Dolphins, Falcons at Saints, Cowboys at Texans.
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