Welcome to Week 2 Classes!
The second week of the season is always a big week in the NFL, especially for teams that are 0-1. If there’s one thing you don’t want to do, it’s start the season with an 0-2 record. Since the playoffs expanded to 14 teams in 2020, only 4.3% of teams (1 of 23) have recovered from an 0-2 start to the postseason.
That’s not good news for the Bengals and Chargers, two teams that are now 0-2 after Sunday’s loss. Of course, the Bengals happened to be the only team to recover from an 0-2 start and make the playoffs, so they’ll have to work that magic again.
Aside from those two games, the Texans and Bears are also off to 0-2 starts after losing on Sunday, and the Vikings are now 0-2 after losing on Thursday. It may sound like it’s too early to write off 0-2 teams, but history shows that’s not the case.
Okay, that’s enough of the 0-2 talk, we need to hand out grades, so let’s start with them.
Buffalo 38-10 over Las Vegas
Raiders Bills Sheet Music by John Breech (Love the Sheet Music? Hate the Sheet Music? Let him know on Twitter.)
Seattle 37-31 over Detroit in OT
Seahawks Lions Sheet Music by John Breech (Love the Sheet Music? Hate the Sheet Music? Let him know on Twitter.)
Tennessee 27-24 over LA Chargers in OT
Chargers-Titans Sheet Music by John Breech (Love the Sheet Music? Hate the Sheet Music? Let him know on Twitter.)
Tampa Bay 27-17 over Chicago
Bears Buccaneers Sheet Music by John Breech (Love the Sheet Music? Hate the Sheet Music? Let him know on Twitter.)
Indianapolis 31-20 over Houston
Colts-Texans Sheet Music by John Breech (Love the Sheet Music? Hate the Sheet Music? Let him know on Twitter.)
Baltimore 27-24 over Cincinnati
Ravens-Bengals Grades by Bryan DeArdo (Love the Grades? Hate the Grades? Let him know on Twitter.)
Kansas City 17-9 over Jacksonville
Chiefs-Jaguars Grades by Jordan Dajani (Love the grades? Hate the grades? Let him know on Twitter.)
Atlanta 25-24 over Green Bay
Packers-Falcons Sheet Music by Jeff Kerr (Love the Sheet Music? Hate the Sheet Music? Let him know on Twitter.)
Philadelphia 34-28 over Minnesota (Thursday)
Vikings Eagles Sheet Music by John Breech (Love the Sheet Music? Hate the Sheet Music? Let him know on Twitter.)