NFL Week Two wraps up with the Monday Night Football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Chicago Bears. How about you watch it with me?
As always, scroll on down for the live blog. Keep reading for this week’s press release from the NFL.
NO NEED TO PANIC: At the end of Week 2, no more than 13 teams will be able to claim a perfect 2-0 record, leaving at least 19 clubs at 1-1 or 0-2.
Since realignment in 2002, 100 of the 168 playoff teams (59.5 percent) began the year at either 1-1 or 0-2, including six teams last season and three division champions – Houston (AFC South), Minnesota (NFC North) and Washington (NFC East).
DOMINANT DREW: New Orleans quarterback DREW BREES has 61,326 career passing yards, the fourth-most in NFL history. With 36 passing yards on Sunday at the New York Giants, Brees will surpass Pro Football Hall of Famer DAN MARINO (61,361) for the third-most passing yards all-time.
Brees, who passed for 423 yards on Kickoff Weekend, has 14 career games with at least 400 passing yards, tied with PEYTON MANNING for the most 400-yard passing performances in NFL history.
ELITE ELI: New York Giants quarterback ELI MANNING has 297 touchdown passes in his 13-year career. With three touchdown passes on Sunday against New Orleans, Manning would become the eighth quarterback in NFL history to reach 300 career touchdown passes.
WENTZ’S WONDERFUL START: Philadelphia rookie quarterback CARSON WENTZ passed for 278 yards and two touchdowns in the Eagles’ 29-10 victory against Cleveland on Kickoff Weekend.
Only four rookie quarterbacks since 1970 have won their first two starts to begin a season. Three of those four players helped their teams qualify for the playoffs, including JOE FLACCO of Baltimore (2008) and MARK SANCHEZ of the New York Jets (2009), who led their respective clubs to the AFC Championship Game as rookies.
BOOMING BECKHAM: New York Giants wide receiver ODELL BECKHAM, JR. has 191 receptions in 28 career games.
With nine receptions on Sunday against New Orleans, Beckham would surpass Miami wide receiver JARVIS LANDRY (33 games) as the fastest player in NFL history to reach 200 career receptions.
Landry accomplished the feat last week against Seattle.
– “You brought in Josh Norman to change the psyche of your whole defense. Those guys are supposed to have an attitude [that], ‘We have the best guy shut down, we can take care of the rest of this,’ and you don’t allow him to do that.” – Michael Irvin on Washington Redskins cornerback Josh Norman
– “Whether it’s Shaun Hill or Sam Bradford, I don’t think with the game on the line they can win the game.” – Shaun O’Hara on Minnesota Vikings quarterbacks Shaun Hill and Sam Bradford
“These two games against the New England Patriots is what I believe Adam Gase (former Broncos OC) got his job because of.” – Marshall Faulk on Miami Dolphins head coach Adam Gase
The Eagles – Bears game is on ESPN at 8:15 p.m. Kick off is probably 10 minutes later. I know we all wanted better than the Eagles and Bears, but this is what we get. We’ll wish this game was on come March. Trust me on that.
