Seven things Solak thinks entering NFL Week 2 - ESPN

Who's ready to put their thinking caps on? Big-time offensive scoring was the story in Week 1 of the NFL season, but Week 2 is now right around the corner. What will it bring?

Every Tuesday of the NFL season, I'll turn the page from last week to this week with seven things I think. These aren't full-scale predictions — those come later in the week. They aren't concrete takeaways off the past week of NFL action, either — those are fired off on Sunday or Monday. Instead, these are the uncertain things. They are things that might be true, but it'll probably take the next few games for us to really find out. And at the bottom, you'll find a few extra half-thoughts… just those little inklings I'm unable to shake.

This week, I'm starting off with my expectations for the schemer heavyweight fight of the century, my theories on the real skeleton key for the Bills' offense and my worry that the first shutout of the season will come this Sunday.

Here are seven things I think for Week 2.

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Ben Johnson is Brian Flores' kryptonite
Texans' offense will win games
Bengals defense is showing promise
Kincaid is the Bills' secret sauce
Titans will not score in Week 2
Lions have an Achilles' heel on defense
Lawrence is league MVP this week
Five extra inklings

Two heinous crimes were committed Sunday by two of football nerddom's favorite coaches.

Let's start with Johnson. The Bears scored 59 points against the Panthers, which is like if you scored 50 points, and then decided to score nine more points. Both running backs D'Andre Swift and Kyle Monangai reached 100 yards and scored two touchdowns, and quarterback Caleb Williams added another two scores on scrambles of his own. And for those tracking Williams' accuracy metrics: 72.4%