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Cooper Kupp is inevitable.

That's the only thing that I am certain of through two weeks of the 2022 NFL season.

All right, so it's not the only thing, but Week 2 was a reminder of the perils of reading too much into Week 1. Things change in a hurry, and the vibes — good or bad — can shift dramatically in the span of a few days.

Players who flashed in Week 1 came back down to earth, while those who stumbled out of the gates in Week 1 reminded us that they are still, in fact, good at football (Mike Williams always has been, always will be).

This is the roller coaster that we call the first month — maybe a little more — of the NFL season. We get so excited to finally have information to process after Week 1 that we make the entirely understandable mistake of assuming that Week 1 is the beginning of trends, rather than potentially a week full of exceptions.

The sample size has now doubled after two full NFL regular-season weeks, which certainly helps us feel a bit more confident in some things. But I could go through a million reminders of early-season strong performances that were worth their weight in dust; I'm old enough to remember when Sam Darnold was tied for the lead in rushing touchdowns