Tagovailoa, Mayfield, Garoppolo: 5 big talking points from NFL Week 2

The NFL is through Week 2 of the 2022 season, and if you were left excited by what Week 1 gave us, then there’s a good chance that Week 2 would have left you even more so.

Whether it be the incredible game that took place on Thursday night between the Los Angeles Chargers and the Kansas City Chiefs, or one of the three incredible comebacks that took place on Sunday afternoon, or the incredible offensive onslaught that we saw from the Buffalo Bills and Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night, there really was something for everyone.

However, there were certainly some lesser moments as well, such as Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans getting suspended for getting into a fight with the New Orleans Saints’ Marshon Lattimore and the injury suffered by the Chargers’ Justin Herbert that could seriously derail their season if it isn’t fixed soon.

But those are just some of the incidents that happened over the weekend, and whilst we can’t break down every single game, we can still take a look at what we think are the five biggest talking points from the weekend and how they impact the grand picture of the National Football League.

And so in no particular order, here are our 5 biggest takeaways from this weekend’s games:

Given that he is entering next season without a contract firmly in place with the Baltimore Ravens, there might have been some thought that quarterback Lamar Jackson might want to take things easy this year so as to not jeopardise his health heading into 2023, which in turn might mean that he wasn’t as explosive on offense as he has been in the past.

But he proved this weekend that he isn’t going to be slowing down for anybody as he put up 437 yards of offense both in the air and on the ground, including a