Judging the biggest overreactions to NFL Week 2 games - ESPN
OK, so we all know we aren't supposed to overreact to Week 1 of the NFL season. But what about Week 2???
Is this enough data yet? Are we ready to crown the Bills as the team to beat? Are the Panthers truly an offensive juggernaut? Are teams out of their minds to not be hiring Brian Flores as a head coach? Is the Bengals' defense suddenly really good?
Yes, of course it's still too soon. And of course we still don't know anything. But we have twice as much information as we had a week ago, so why not dive in? It's our Week 2 overreactions column, where we look at five potential takeaways and judge them as legitimate stances or irrational overreactions. Plus, we hit a few fantasy football overreactions at the bottom.
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Rodgers on thin ice?
Same Eagles offense?
Huge QB problems for Atlanta?
Flores should be a head coach?
Lions missing the playoffs?
Fantasy overreactions
Rodgers came back for one more season with the Steelers and reunited with his old Packers coach Mike McCarthy. Neat story… not such a neat offense so far.
The Steelers were sluggish in their Week 1 victory over the Falcons, and they were putrid Sunday in a 20-3 loss to the Patriots in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The Patriots sacked Rodgers four times. One of those resulted in a fumble that New England ran back for a touchdown to effectively ice the game early in the fourth quarter.
Rodgers had no answer for New England's pressure, whether the Patriots were blitzing or not. He was 5-of-12 for 34 yards and four sacks when pressured Sunday. The Patriots blitzed him on 19 of 44 dropbacks, and Rodgers was 8-for-17 for 42 yards, two sacks and an interception on those. Through two games this season, Rodgers is completing 33% of his passes for an average of 3.5


