Jalen Hurts has a strong memory.

The Eagles quarterback made it clear to Tennessee Titans defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons that he remembered his remark about him following Philadelphia’s victory on Sunday.

“You started that s—, I had to finish it,” Hurts told Simmons when the Titans defensive tackle approached him during his postgame interview with FOX Sports’ Kristina Pink.

Earlier in the week, Simmons said that the Titans just “need to make Jalen Hurts be a QB” in order to beat the Eagles. Simmons’ comment made the rounds on social media as he took a perceived dig at Philadelphia’s quarterback. 

Hurts responded with some relatively impressive passes on Sunday, leading the Eagles to a game-winning touchdown drive in the final seconds to secure a 24-20 victory. He completed 26 of 37 passes for 264 yards and two touchdowns, but Hurts also had two interceptions. Hurts underthrew his receiver on the second interception, putting Philadelphia in a bad spot in the fourth quarter.

However, Hurts ultimately got the last laugh on Sunday, and he made that clear.

“I heard it,” Hurts said when asked about Simmons’ comment. 

In a follow-up, Hurts was asked if Simmons’ comment mattered.

“I heard it,” Hurts bluntly responded again. 

And when Hurts was asked if he liked how the team responded to that comment, he gave a similar remark.

“I’m happy we won,” Hurts said. 

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Kansas City enters the matchup after a strong Week 1 performance, with Kenneth Walker leading the ground game after rushing for 173 yards and a touchdown. Patrick Mahomes also threw two touchdown passes, while Travis Kelce had 71 receiving yards.

Daniel Jones looks to use his weapons like Alec Pierce and Jonathan Taylor to keep up with this Chiefs offense. The Colts are also looking to end their eight-game losing streak going back to last year.

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• When: Sunday, September 20, 2026 at 8:20 p.m. ET
• Where: Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO
• TV: NBC
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Kansas City’s ground game is the first thing to watch here, and Walker sits at the center of it. In Week 1, he powered the Chiefs with 23 carries for 173 yards and one rushing touchdown, then added three catches for 18 yards and a receiving score, matching a team that posted 220 rushing yards and 5.79 yards per attempt.

Indianapolis gave up 41 points in its opener and ranks 31st in points allowed per game. Walker getting downhill early can force the Colts to crowd the box and open the rest of the offense, letting Kansas City dictate tempo from the first quarter.

This game can hinge on whether Indianapolis slows Kansas City after selling out against the run, which puts Mahomes under the microscope next. He led the Chiefs in Week 1 with 184 passing yards and two touchdown passes as Kansas City still scored 31 points despite a modest 55.6 completion rate.

The Colts allowed 41 points in Week 1, while Kansas City comes in off a 31-10 win with a balanced attack that converted 52.9 percent on third down. Mahomes’ connection with Travis Kelce (71 yards on 3 catches, including a 59-yard gain) is the clearest way to punish a defense that leans too hard on Walker.

Indianapolis needs more from its passing game in this matchup, which makes Jones one of the biggest swing players on the field. In Week 1, he led the Colts with 166 passing yards and one touchdown, but the offense averaged only 149 passing yards and 251 total yards while converting just 30 percent of third downs.

Kansas City allowed only 10 points in Week 1, ranks second in points allowed per game, and posted 4 sacks with one interception. Jones getting the ball out on time and avoiding the mistakes that put Indianapolis behind schedule gives the Colts a chance to keep this from turning into a one-sided night.

Indianapolis needs an explosive element in the passing game, and Pierce is already showing signs of being that player. He led the Colts with 61 receiving yards in Week 1 and was a full participant in Wednesday’s practice, looking set for this matchup on an offense that managed only 166 receiving yards and the longest completion of 25 yards in the opener.

Kansas City’s defense opened with four sacks, one interception, and only 10 points allowed, so sustained drives may be hard to come by. Pierce creating chunk plays gives Jones a way to challenge a defense that has looked tight and aggressive.

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The Washington Commanders couldn’t have asked for a worse way to end the first half than with what happened in Sunday’s game against the Dallas Cowboys.

Quarterback Jayden Daniels was carted off the field after he suffered a gruesome injury to his left elbow on the final play of the first half. Daniels fumbled the snap and his arm awkwardly went in the wrong direction as he frantically tried to complete a pass from the 1-yard line. The pass fell incomplete, keeping the Cowboys’ lead at 17-10.

Daniels was in immediate pain, favoring his left arm and couldn’t leave the field without assistance. A couple of minutes later, the cart arrived and Daniels left the field.

The Commanders wound up losing 37-20, but there was more bad news surrounding Daniels after the game. He suffered a dislocated elbow, Commanders head coach Dan Quinn said. 

Prior to the injury, Daniels was having one of his best performances in a while. He completed 11 of 17 passes for 96 yards and a touchdown, adding 69 yards on the ground.

Daniels suffered a similar injury to the same elbow last year. He dislocated his elbow late in the 2025 season in a matchup against the Seattle Seahawks. That was one of a few injuries that forced Daniels to miss 10 games in 2025, missing roughly a month due to the elbow ailment.

Marcus Mariota replaced Daniels at quarterback in the second half. He completed 11 of 16 passes for 111 yards and a touchdown in the loss. 

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When you make a throw that Tom Brady calls an “absolute piss missile,” you’re almost certainly going to win his LFG Player of the Game.

That was the case for Dak Prescott on Sunday. The Dallas Cowboys quarterback completed 26 of 31 passes for 279 yards and four touchdowns without an interception in their 37-20 win over the Washington Commanders. 

The throw that Prescott made that Brady called an “absolute piss missile” came on a 35-yard completion to CeeDee Lamb, dropping a deep pass through a tight window along the sideline. That throw was arguably Prescott’s most impressive of the day, helping Dallas move down the field on a drive to extend its lead back to three scores.

However, Prescott had a pair of more noteworthy passes on Sunday. He tied and later broke Tony Romo’s record for the most touchdown passes thrown by a player in Cowboys history. His 24-yard touchdown pass to Lamb that gave the Cowboys a 37-20 lead was 249th, surpassing Romo’s mark of 248. 

Prescott shared nothing but respect for Romo and some other iconic Cowboys quarterbacks, but he also acknowledged that he has more work to do — and he raised the bar for himself. 

“It’s a blessing,” Prescott told Brady. “Growing up, being a Cowboys fan and watching Tony [Romo] set the bar — and like you said, Troy [Aikman], Roger [Staubach] and some of the greats that have come before me — I’m honored. It’s something I don’t take lightly. Like I told you guys in the production meeting, I’m just getting started. There’s a lot of better things than records, and I think records are meant to be broken. 

“So, I’ll go and try to set this one high, which makes it harder for the next guy to break. But it’s a huge honor.”

That record-setting throw shows just how far Prescott has come since he entered the league as a fourth-round pick in 2016. While Prescott had many people to thank for the achievement, though, there was one person who was top of mind for him on Sunday: his late mother, Peggy.

“I just know she would be proud,” Prescott said. “I know she’s looking down. I know she’s celebrating. I’m emotional just thinking about it. But it starts with her. I wouldn’t be the man I am, I wouldn’t have the confidence and I wouldn’t be resilient if it weren’t for everything she taught me and just everything God’s put me through. I’m super thankful for my Lord and Savior, always getting me through everything. Just trying to be the best version of myself each and every day and giving to the people and the world something to follow.”

Records aside, Sunday was a much-needed day for the Cowboys. Dallas looked unimpressive in its Week 1 loss to the New York Giants, and a loss to Washington would’ve put the Cowboys in a bad spot. Their next five games are also against teams that were projected to go at least .500 entering the season. 

So, when you add all of that together, Prescott was proud of how the Cowboys picked up a decisive victory on Sunday. 

“How resilient we are,” Prescott told Brady on what stood out about the Cowboys’ performance on Sunday. “We understood that we know who we are, but we had to go put it out there on display. We had to show the world and we just wanted to bounce back. 

“Obviously, we can’t start 0-2, and you can’t start 0-2 in the division. So, just getting back home, getting back in front of our home crowd and getting a win was huge for us and our confidence. We can use that as we go to Rio next week and play a good Ravens team.”

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As the Boston Red Sox celebrated an improbable postseason berth at Tropicana Field, with Champagne and beer flowing all around, the clubhouse soundtrack seemed appropriate.

“Stayin’ Alive.’’

“I think that pretty much says it all,’’ left fielder Roman Anthony said Sunday. “We pretty much stayed alive when nobody else thought we could. Now here we are.’’

The Red Sox were 32-46 and 15 1/2 games back in the AL East race on June 24. They have since gone 52-25 and will be in the playoffs.

The Red Sox lost 5-1 to the Tampa Bay Rays in their series finale, so couldn’t take care of things themselves. But about an hour after the game finished, the Houston Astros lost 4-2 to the Atlanta Braves, allowing the Red Sox to secure a wild-card spot.

Shortly after the Astros-Braves result went final, Red Sox players, coaches and staff members gathered near the Tropicana Field mound for a team photograph.

“I really don’t care how we got in, as long as we got in,’’ shortstop Trevor Story said.

Interim manager Chad Tracy was in place for much of the turnaround. Since being appointed on April 26 following the dismissal of Alex Cora, the Red Sox have gone 74-55.

“Look, we were not in a good spot,’’ Tracy said. “We were not playing good ball. But it shows you that if you stick to it, good things can happen. I couldn’t be more proud of this group.’’

First baseman Willson Contreras said he kept the faith, even when things trended downward, and the reward was sweet.

“It’s hard not to have some tears over this,’’ Contreras said. “It’s a great accomplishment, but I don’t want this team to stop here. I want to keep going. We have proven that you can get hot and overcome a lot of big odds.’’

Reporting by The Associated Press. 

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The Atlanta Braves clinched their seventh NL East championship in nine years on Sunday with a 4-2 win over the Astros, and celebrated with hugs and a team photo in championship hats and T-shirts.

Mike Yastrzemski hit a three-run homer during a four-run sixth inning to give the Braves the lead. After Dylan Dodd struck out the side in the ninth to clinch the title, the team ran onto the field to celebrate.

“This is what it’s all about,” Yastrzemski said of the celebration. “It’s so hard to win baseball games in general in the big leagues because everybody is so good. It’s obviously not the end goal, but these are the times that you need to celebrate because it’s hard to get here.”

Under first-year manager Walt Weiss, the Braves have rebounded after missing the playoffs last season with a disappointing 76-86 record and fourth-place finish in the division, snapping a streak of seven straight playoff appearances that included six consecutive NL East titles from 2018-23.

That run was highlighted by beating the Astros to win the 2021 World Series.

“I told these guys winning the division is really tough,” Weiss said. “I know it’s the first step, but it takes six months to do it. It takes everybody, and we used everybody. Virtually everyone that got an opportunity stepped up and helped us win games this year. Special group in that way. Very close group.”

Atlanta has won 24 division titles, tying the Dodgers for the most since the inception of the divisional format in 1969. Atlanta has won the NL East 19 times in 32 seasons.

“Just felt like they responded well to certain messages,” Weiss said. “I thought the way they competed was high-level stuff. I felt like the makeup of this team was really good. Coming off a tough year, I think a lot of it was getting them to believe that they were still really good.”

The Braves clinched a postseason berth on Friday night with a 6-2 win over the Astros but had a subdued celebration, with the team having a simple toast with bubbly as their focus was on the NL East crown.

The celebration on Sunday was less subdued with players dousing each other in beer and sparkling wine and cigar smoke in the air in the visitors’ clubhouse.

“This is first step of what we want to accomplish,” Mauricio Dubon said. “We are trying to enjoy this as much as we can. It’s a lot of hard work. It’s six months of preparation. I think Walt did a great job of bringing everybody together.”

Atlanta has the third-best record in the NL at 92-64. The top two teams in the league get a first-round bye in the playoffs.

The Braves have won at least 90 games in five of the last eight seasons. The only teams with more 90-win seasons over that span are the Dodgers, who have eight, and the Yankees, with six.

“You just want to get in, and then you take your best shot,” Weiss said. “I feel like this series (versus Houston) we really took it to a different level. Now, we have to keep our foot on the gas. … You can’t ever let your guard down in this league because the game will embarrass you.”

Reporting by The Associated Press. 

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Chicago Cubs third baseman Alex Bregman suffered multiple facial fractures after being struck in the face by a foul ball while standing in the grass several feet in front of the on-deck circle during Sunday’s game against the Cincinnati Reds, ESPN reported on Monday night.

Bregman won’t need surgery and the Cubs are hopeful to have him back for the playoffs.

“He got hit in the left cheekbone essentially, under the eye,” Cubs manager Craig Counsell said. “I don’t know anything more than that right now. He was bleeding from his nose a little. There’s some swelling. It’s a terrible, terrible accident. We hope he’s OK.”

In the fourth inning, left-handed batting Michael Busch checked his swing and fouled off a pitch from Reds right-hander Luis Mey that struck Bregman, who immediately jogged toward the Cubs’ dugout with his hand covering the left side of his face.

Bregman was escorted by a trainer down the dugout steps and into the clubhouse, with blood visible on his face. Matt Shaw replaced Bregman and drew a walk. He remained in the game to play second base, with Pedro Ramírez shifting to third.

“It just happens so fast,” Busch said. “[Mey]’s throwing the ball hard and it comes off hard. Any time it enters the head area, it’s always a scary thing. We try to focus on the game, but it’s tough. Hopefully he’s OK, first and foremost.”

Bregman went 1 for 1 with a walk, an RBI and a run scored before leaving the game. He is batting .262 with 26 home runs and 89 RBIs after signing a $175 million, five-year free agent deal in January.

“I mean, at the end of the day, you just hope your friend is OK,” Pete Crow-Armstrong said. “That’s the news that I’m hoping for. But scary stuff. Such a rarity.”

Counsell said he hadn’t thought about how a potential long-term absence for Bregman might impact his postseason roster plans.

“You know, we’ve got to get good results from the hospital,” Counsell said. “He got hit in the face, [so] you’re worried just about his general well-being first. I want to get a good report first.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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For years, Justin Herbert has been widely considered a prototype for an NFL quarterback. Scouts, coaches, executives and many in the media have gushed over his arm and legs, marveled at his mechanics and drooled over his potential.

Heading into every year following his splendid rookie season, the NFL has been bracing for his inevitable breakthrough.

It’s time we all admit that we were just wrong.

After six NFL seasons, plus two ugly games this year, we should all accept Herbert for what he is: a good quarterback but not one destined for greatness. Herbert is no longer being held back by a poor situation. 

In 2026, he’s holding back the Los Angeles Chargers.

It’s true that his offensive line is terrible at times and his receivers drop way too many passes. But the best quarterbacks find ways to elevate their teams. And it’s clear that Herbert doesn’t do that, at all.

Justin Herbert is known for putting up big numbers, be he’s eclipsed 250 passing yards just once in the past 11 games. (Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images)

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His shortcomings were on full display Sunday, as the Chargers fell to 0-2 with a 26-14 home loss to the Las Vegas Raiders. Herbert was just 15 of 27 for 192 yards with a touchdown pass and two interceptions. He was outplayed by Raiders quarterback Kirk Cousins, just like he was outplayed by Arizona quarterback Jacoby Brissett one week ago.

Was it entirely Herbert’s fault that the Chargers lost to two teams that were supposed to be awful to start the season? Of course not. But that’s not the standard of a franchise quarterback. And it’s certainly not the standard for a quarterback Jim Harbaugh recently said “will be known as the greatest, best ever to play the position of quarterback” when his career ends.

The truth is, Herbert is not even on the fringe of the fringe of that conversation. And even with his record pace to 25,000 career passing yards, he doesn’t seem destined to pass Dan Fouts or Philip Rivers on the list of the greatest Chargers quarterbacks of all time.

Now, Herbert does put up numbers. There’s no denying that. But he’s been expected to transcend the numbers, especially when Harbaugh hired Mike McDaniel as his offensive coordinator this season. McDaniel was the guy who was finally going to get the greatness out of Herbert. It’s why the Chargers were considered a dark-horse Super Bowl contender. It’s crazy now to think that just two weeks ago their title odds were equal to the Eagles’ and better than those of the Broncos, Patriots, Bengals and 49ers.

While the season is still young, the 28-year-old Herbert is not. Moreover, the McDaniel addition hasn’t helped at all. And the only logical conclusion is that Herbert is simply missing what makes quarterbacks great.

The hiring of Mike McDaniel as Chargers OC was supposed to bring out the best in Justin Herbert. Through two games, the pairing has resulted in two touchdown passes and three interceptions. (Photo by Luke Johnson/The San Diego Union-Tribune via Getty Images)

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Ernie Accorsi, the former New York Giants general manager who passed away on Saturday, once described the bar like this: “Can they take their team down the field with the championship on the line and into the end zone?” In other words, how do quarterbacks perform in the biggest moments?

Well, Herbert is 0-3 in the playoffs for his career, and he performed pretty poorly in each of those three games. But it’s more than just the results. It’s about making his team better than the sum of its parts, even in the regular season. It’s about making his teammates better than they are.

Herbert couldn’t even do that against the Cardinals or the Raiders, two clubs universally predicted to finish last in their respective divisions. His supporters might point out that Chargers tight end David Njoku deflected a pass into Herbert’s first interception on Sunday. But the truth is the pass was underthrown and behind Njoku, who was a few yards behind the defense and would’ve had an easy big gain if the ball had been thrown in front of him. Herbert’s second interception, late in the fourth quarter, was an ill-advised, forced throw into traffic to the wrong side of Derius Davis’ hands.

Herbert’s lone touchdown pass, to be fair, was outstanding. He evaded pressure, stepped up and sidearmed a dart to tight end Oronde Gadsden, giving the Chargers a short-lived, third quarter lead. But that’s Herbert. For every good play, there’s at least one bad play. One step forward, one step back. And more often than not, the step back comes at a terrible time.

Which brings up one more Accorsi-ism: He said the definition of leadership was “watching Johnny Unitas step off the bus.” His point was that the old Baltimore Colts knew they had a shot every game just because Unitas was their quarterback, because of his presence. They were that confident that he’d find a way to pull a game out.

There’s just no way the Chargers can say that about Herbert. He’s good yet frustratingly overrated. He’s a white-knuckler, not a man that inspires confidence in the big spots. And that’s a huge problem for the 0-2 Bolts. Their upcoming schedule is brutal — at Buffalo, at Seattle, versus Denver, at Kansas City, at the L.A. Rams, versus Houston and at Baltimore. The Chargers need a great quarterback to avoid bottoming out.

But that’s just not who Herbert is. He’s never going to be among the best doing it, much less the best to ever do it. He is, instead, the most overrated. 

Jayden Daniels’ Injury Could Cost Dan Quinn His Job

Everything about this season for the Washington Commanders was riding on the health of QB Jayden Daniels. They were sure that their 5-12 disaster a year ago was mostly because he missed 10 games with injuries. They believed that with him healthy again, they could really be a contender again.

Then Daniels was carted off the field on Sunday with a dislocated left elbow and a towel over his head. And that moment might mark the figurative end of the Commanders’ season — and Dan Quinn’s coaching tenure in D.C.

And yes, it’s that serious, because it’s hard to see how the 0-2 Commanders can recover if Daniels is sidelined for an extended period of time. He looked great against the Cowboys on Sunday before his first-half injury, throwing for 96 yards and running for 69 more. The Commanders were in the game prior to that point.

Then they fell apart and lost, 37-20.

The extent of Daniels’ injury isn’t known, but as cruel as it may be, it’s hard to see Quinn surviving another season without his biggest star and best weapon. The Commanders don’t have the defense or running game to push through Daniels’ absence. It would take a brilliant coaching job by Quinn to even reach the heights of .500.

And that might not be enough to keep him on the job for a fourth year, not after he shook up his coaching staff and took over the defensive playcalling as a way to get the Commanders back on track. 

Maybe it would be unfair to make Quinn pay for two seasons lost to devastating Daniels injuries. But it sure seems likely that if the Commanders miss the playoffs again for any reason, owner Josh Harris and GM Adam Peters will opt to go into 2027 with a new coach and a fresh start.

The Bears Are Hanging In Caleb Williams’ Shaky Balance

It felt like all of Chicago went silent when QB Caleb Williams went down on Sunday afternoon. It had to cross everyone’s mind that a special season might have just slipped away for the Bears.

The good news after the game — a wretched 9-3 loss to the Minnesota Vikings — was that Williams had only suffered a hamstring injury and was walking without much of a limp. But even Bears coach Ben Johnson admitted that hamstring injuries can be “pretty damaging.”

And it’s possible the damage is already done.

That’s because even though the extent of Williams’ hamstring injury wasn’t immediately known, hamstring injuries tend to linger. And that’s especially problematic for players who make their living with their legs. Just ask Ravens QB Lamar Jackson, who was never the same last year after pulling his hamstring in Week 4 — an injury from which the Ravens never recovered, either.

A fully healthy Williams really is the key to everything in Chicago. He’s grown so much in his first two seasons and looked primed to be an MVP contender this year, now with a stronger grasp of Johnson’s offense. Yes, he was struggling on Sunday in the rain against a tough Vikings defense. But even in that game, he showed how good he is at making something out of nothing and keeping defenses off balance. His presence alone is a huge part of what makes the Bears’ powerful running game go, too.

Tyson Bagent might be a fine backup, but he’s just not nearly the QB Williams is. Few are. And unfortunately, it’s possible Williams won’t be himself again this season. That would be a shame, because there was a chance for this to be a super season in Chicago, if you catch my drift. 

Someone Needs To Make Brian Flores Their Head Coach

This will get lost in the headlines about Williams, but don’t dismiss the brilliant job Brian Flores’ Vikings defense did against the Bears — and the miracle they’ve pulled off so far this season.

A week ago, the Bears put up 59 points and 552 yards. Flores’ defense held that unit to 297 yards and three points. Williams was out there for all but the final seven-and-a-half minutes Sunday, and the Vikings had him throttled. Flores’ defensive masterpiece comes on the heels of a brilliant fourth quarter against Green Bay, in which the Vikings forced two turnovers and twice stopped the Packers on fourth down in the red zone to spark a wild comeback victory.

The Vikings are now 2-0 despite some bad quarterback play from Carson Wentz, who took over for injured starter Kyler Murray, and it’s all because of Flores’ defense.

Maybe one club out there team will remember that in the coming offseason, and look beyond the fact that he’s suing the NFL for racially discriminatory hiring practices, and offer him a head coaching job. He certainly deserves it. He’s the best defensive coordinator in football right now, and he was a better head coach than you probably remember in Miami, where he guided a rebuilding franchise to a 24-25 record and two winning seasons in three years.

He deserves a second chance, regardless of whether that lawsuit is settled.

Jalen Hurts Has To Carry The Eagles Now

There were signs last season, and they are even more obvious now: These aren’t the same old Philadelphia Eagles. They’re not going to wear teams down with a best-in-the-league offensive line anymore, and they’re not going to beat teams into submission with a punishing, clutch defense.

So if they’re going to win as much as they’re used to winning, it’s going to be on the shoulders of quarterback Jalen Hurts.

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That was really clear on Sunday in Tennessee when Hurts nearly cost the Eagles the game by throwing two terrible interceptions, but then bailed them out with a brilliant final drive. Down 20-17 with 1:56 to go, Hurts drove the Eagles 65 yards for a touchdown, completing 6 of 8 passes for 61 yards and a 3-yard scoring pass to Darius Cooper along the way. That included two brilliant throws to — and catches by — DeVonta Smith, proving they can be a heck of a duo even without A.J. Brown.

Afterward, his teammates were clear that Hurts was the main reason the Eagles escaped with a win.

“That motherf—er balled out today,” left tackle Jordan Mailata said. “Jalen really got in his bag today.”

• I told you the New Orleans Saints were for real, and were going to be the biggest surprise in the NFC this year. Their come-from-behind, near-win in Detroit in Week 1 was a big clue. But the proof came in their 24-17 win in Baltimore on Sunday. They have it all, from a brilliant coach in Kellen Moore to one of the best young quarterbacks in the game in Tyler Shough (27 of 34, 252 yards, 1 TD passing and rushing), and a defense that held the 1-2 punch of Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry to a combined 102 rushing yards. The Saints probably aren’t a championship contender yet, but they’re good enough to finish on top of the weak NFC South.
• There was a lot of noise that Deshaun Watson was playing for his job this week. If that’s true, he did enough to keep it. He went 24 for 38 for 238 yards, two TDs and no interceptions in the Browns’ 23-19 win in Tampa, surprisingly outplaying the QB he replaced in Cleveland: Baker Mayfield. So far, Watson has done exactly what Todd Monken was hoping he’d do when he named him the starter over Shedeur Sanders. That is, he’s played like a veteran. He’s not great, but he can run an offense, which can really aid the development of a young team. Eventually, Monken might want to take a peek at the future and let Sanders play. But it’s clear the time for that isn’t right now.
• Aaron Rodgers has now thrown 79 passes in two games, which feels like an unsustainable rate for a 42-year-old who has completed just 59.4% of those throws and averaged just 5.2 yards per attempt. Rodgers was 23 of 39 for 187 yards and an interception in an ugly 20-3 loss to the Patriots. His lack of mobility continues to get him into trouble (four sacks, including a fumble that resulted in a scoop-and-score) and he just has nothing on his throws downfield. It’s hard to imagine Mike McCarthy would bench his old friend, but if things continue to go like this, he’s going to have to think about giving rookie QB Drew Allar a look at some point in the season.

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The Kansas City Chiefs did it again.

Patrick Mahomes led the Chiefs on two field-goal drives in overtime, which were good enough to get to 2-0 with a win over the Indianapolis Colts. It improves the Chiefs’ recent streak of overtime wins.

Here are my takeaways from Sunday night:

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It’s hard to find many situational stats where Kansas City doesn’t look good, but they’re a really good team once a game gets to overtime.

When they pulled out an overtime win over the Colts on Sunday night, it was their sixth win in their last six overtime games. Their last overtime loss was to the Bengals in the 2021 AFC Championship Game. Even with that, they’re now 9-1 in overtime games since the start of the 2019 season.

Of course, a big part of that is Mahomes – in overtime entering Sunday’s game, his career overtime numbers were 30-for-41 for 377 yards, completing 73% of his passes for a 109.5 passer rating. He’s actually only thrown one touchdown pass, but he consistently leads his team to victory. 

Converting a third-and-12 as he did with a pass to Tyquan Thornton was another case of Mahomes delivering when the Chiefs need him most.

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It’s almost like last season, when the Chiefs missed the playoffs and Mahomes looked mortal, was a palate cleanser to allow fans to enjoy the three-time Super Bowl champion being extremely good again.

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Sunday night was Mahomes getting back to his old self – three touchdowns and no interceptions, with one score each to tight end Travis Kelce and wide receivers Xavier Worthy and Jalen Royals. It’s the 30th time in Mahomes’ career he’s had at least three touchdown passes and zero interceptions. He actually had four such games last year, and he registered two-thirds of his touchdown passes for the season in those games.

The dynastic aspect of the Chiefs going to five Super Bowls in seven years and winning three of them put Mahomes at a level of consistently great that has fans almost rooting against him as a default. We might not be able to seriously sell them as underdogs for very long, but it’s reset things enough that fans can enjoy Mahomes in a way they couldn’t for a while.

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Wide receiver Alec Pierce was carted off with an ankle injury. The Colts just don’t have the receiver depth to keep up without Pierce, with Josh Downs helping out but little else from the position Sunday night. Keenan Allen had no catches on his first four targets.

Then, both starting corners were sidelined: ex-Chiefs star Mooney Ward and Sauce Gardner. It’s hard to build enough depth to handle multiple injuries at a position like corner in one game.

Give the Colts credit for keeping this game close, though. They kept it close with the Chiefs despite playing cornerback Kapena Gushiken, an undrafted rookie from Ole Miss who the Colts claimed off waivers from the Eagles less than three weeks ago. Having that kind of player ready to play for exactly this kind of scenario.

3 ½. What’s Next?

The real setup in the Chiefs’ upcoming schedule is them facing the Seahawks and Broncos – both of last year’s Super Bowl teams – on the road in back-to-back games in Weeks 6-7.

Before they get there, Kansas City should have three very winnable games – at the Dolphins, at the Raiders and at home against the 0-2 Chargers. Kansas City could have a lot of momentum built up by the time they take on the defending Super Bowl teams two weeks in a row.

The Colts, meanwhile, have a pair of 0-2 teams on deck with a home game against the Texans and a trip to face the Commanders in Week 4, with quarterback Jayden Daniels’ status up in the air after suffering an elbow injury on Sunday.

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Week 2 might not have featured the same scoring fireworks as Week 1, but it still delivered plenty of historic performances.

Dak Prescott etched his name into the Dallas Cowboys record books, while Christian McCaffrey joined another exclusive list. Ja’Marr Chase and Jaxon Smith-Njigba continued to establish themselves among the NFL’s most dominant receivers.

But not every milestone was worth celebrating. One rookie quarterback joined an unfortunate group with his first career pass, while the Bears followed their Week 1 explosion with a historic scoring drop-off.

From record-breaking performances to some very unfortunate history, Week 2 had a little bit of everything. Here are the numbers that put it all into perspective:

• With four touchdown passes against Washington, Dak Prescott passed Tony Romo to become the Cowboys’ all-time passing touchdown leader with 249.
• Prescott earned his 20th consecutive home win against a divisional opponent, tying Tom Brady for the longest such streak in NFL history.

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• Since entering the NFL in 2021, Ja’Marr Chase has recorded 56 receiving touchdowns, the most of any player in the league over that span.
• Joe Burrow and Chase connected on a 32-yard touchdown, their 19th score on a pass traveling at least 20 yards downfield. That is the most by any quarterback-receiver duo since Chase was drafted in 2021.
• Chase recorded the 14th multi-touchdown game of his career, second among wide receivers since 2021 behind only Davante Adams (15).
• Chase now has 529 career receptions, the second-most by any player through his first 80 games in NFL history.

• Jaxon Smith-Njigba’s 82-yard touchdown against the Cardinals was the longest touchdown of his career.
• Since the start of the 2025 season, Smith-Njigba leads the NFL in touchdowns of 40+ yards (five) and 60+ yards (three).
• He has recorded three games with at least 150 receiving yards since the beginning of last season. Only Puka Nacua has more over that span (four).
• Smith-Njigba recorded three receiving touchdowns in a game for the first time in his career.
• He also became the fifth wide receiver ever with at least eight catches, 120 receiving yards and a touchdown reception in each of his team’s first two games.

What Happened To The Bears?

• Chicago followed its 59-point performance in Week 1 with just three points in Week 2. That 56-point decline is the third-largest scoring difference between a team’s first two games of a season in NFL history.
• Before Sunday, the largest scoring difference between the Bears’ first two games of a season in either direction was 34 points in 1940, when Chicago followed a 41-10 victory with a 21-7 loss.
• The Bears’ three points marked the second-fewest scored by a Ben Johnson-led offense during his time as a head coach or offensive coordinator in his entire career.

• Christian McCaffrey became the third player in NFL history to record at least 50 scrimmage touchdowns for multiple franchises, joining Marshall Faulk and Randy Moss.
• McCaffrey’s play has helped the 49ers start 2-0 with each win coming by 20+ points for the first time in franchise history.

Vikings Keeps Winning

• The Vikings became the first team in NFL history to win four consecutive games, including the playoffs, with four different starting quarterbacks (Max Brosmer, J.J. McCarthy, Kyler Murray and Carson Wentz).
• Minnesota recorded four sacks and has now produced at least four in five consecutive games, the longest streak in franchise history.
• The Vikings have won seven consecutive road games against the Bears, tied for the longest streak vs. a divisional opponent in franchise history.

• Jack Strand became the fourth quarterback since at least 1991 to throw a pick-six on his first career pass attempt.
• He joined Sam Darnold (2018 vs. Lions), Jameis Winston (2015 vs. Titans) and Brett Favre (1991 vs. Washington) as the only QBs to do so (all were in their rookie season).

Trouble In Los Angeles

• For the first time in his 23 seasons as a college or NFL head coach, Jim Harbaugh has started a season 0-2.
• The Chargers opened 0-2 with losses to the teams that held the first and third overall picks in the 2026 NFL Draft— the Raiders and Cardinals, respectively.

Packers Get An Ugly Win

• The Packers became the first team in the Super Bowl era to win despite recording fewer than 200 total yards, committing at least 10 penalties and forcing zero turnovers.
• Teams were previously 0-38 when posting those numbers.

• Travis Kelce caught nine passes for 101 yards and a touchdown against the Colts, recording his first 100-yard game since Nov. 4, 2024, against the Buccaneers.
• Kelce has already recorded more games with at least 60 yards after the catch through two weeks this season (two) than he did during the 2024 and 2025 seasons combined (one).
• Kenneth Walker III is the first player since 1980 to record 175+ scrimmage yards in each of his team’s first two games of a season. Billy Sims (Lions) and Paul Hofer (49ers) both did this in the 1980 season.

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