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NFL Week 2 featured several highly entertaining games and 18 different teams posting 20 or more points. However, for quite a few players, coaches, and teams, this was not a week to remember. With that in mind, let’s take at the 10 biggest losers from Week 2 of the 2025 NFL season.
Russell Wilson and the Giants’ offense did more than enough to win on Sunday. The embattled QB threw for 450 yards, and the offense put up 37 against the Cowboys. And that still wasn’t enough to get a W on Sunday because of the atrocious play of their defense. For all the hype going into the season about the Giants’ defense being this scary pass rush, that hasn’t been the case so far this year. If this group can’t get better quickly, this will be another very long season for Big Blue.
Yes, Dallas got the 40-37 win on Sunday, but they didn’t feel like winners after nearly being on the wrong side of a very bad upset loss in their home opener. After losing 24-20 in his debut to the Eagles, starting the season 0-2 for new head coach Brian Shottenheimer would have created a firestorm. While he will avoid the full fury of Dallas fans this week, he has not given them any reason to believe he is actually an upgrade over his predecessor, Mike McCarthy.
Young Commanders star Jayden Daniels took the NFL by storm during his 2024 rookie season. Leading the team to the NFC Championship. However, he is finding out the sophomore slump is real. While he hasn’t been horrible over the first two weeks, he has looked very average. That continued in NFL Week 2 as the Packers defense hounded him all night as he completed barely over half of his 42 passes. The stud QB is giving early-season reason for mild concern.
New Bears head coach Ben Johnson was looked at as the NFL’s new offensive genius during his two seasons with the Lions. On Sunday, he visited Detroit for the first time with his new team and got a showcase of why his old team doesn’t miss him. The Johnson-less Lions O dropped 52 on Chicago, and Jared Goff comically outplayed his counterpart, Caleb Williams. Johnson is now 0-2 as a head coach and got a very rude welcome back to Motown.
Travis Kelce was having a solid day for the Chiefs in a huge Super Bowl rematch against the Eagles on Sunday. Then he had another game-changing blunder. Last week, early in their loss to the Chargers, he ran into Xavier Worthy and dislocated his shoulder. Impacting their chances to win. Then late in Sunday’s game, he bobbled a catchable pass that was then intercepted, and pretty much set up another loss in NFL Week 2. It has not been a good couple...
