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NFL Week 1 is drawing to a close, delivering a slate of upsets and thrillers that might make it the best opening weekend in league history. As all of that action comes to an end, we can now look forward to the NFL schedule for Week 2. Based on the matchups, it should be a great weekend for football fans.
Let’s dive into our NFL Week 2 predictions, a slate of games that includes two Monday Night Football matchups.
The Green Bay Packers and Washington Commanders both won convincingly in Week 1, albeit against very different quality of competition. On a short week, Washington is the healthier team as Green Bay could potentially be without corner Nate Hobbs, tackle Zach Tom, and guard Aaron Banks in Week 2. However, the Packers’ defense also showed a greater willingness to play Micah Parsons more than expected in the season opener. This should be one of the best NFL games in Week 2, with Daniels better able to evade pressure than Jared Goff was. However, Green Bay pulls out the win in the end.
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The Dallas Cowboys showed a lot more fight against one of last season’s NFC Conference Championship Game teams than the New York Giants did (faced Washington). Dallas probably won’t have the good fortune of its opponent’s All-Pro defensive tackle getting ejected seconds into the game for spitting. However, going from facing the Eagles’ offense to the Giants’ offense might feel like the equivalent of facing a Power 4 team rather than an FCS team in consecutive weeks. New York’s defensive line should create some havoc up front, getting to Dak Prescott a few times, but it really might only take 20 points for the Cowboys to win this one.
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If purely evaluating teams based on their Week 1 performance, the Jacksonville Jaguars looked better than the Cincinnati Bengals. With that said, there’s a world of difference between facing Joe Burrow instead of Bryce Young. Trey Hendrickson will get to Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence a few times, but there are no signs that Cincinnati’s defense can both contain Brian Thomas Jr. and neutralize Liam Coen’s ground game. We anticipate a tight AFC battle in Week 2, but Burrow engineers a go-ahead touchdown drive in the fourth that moves Cincinnati to 2-0.
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The Detroit Lions got a bit embarrassed in Week 1 at Lambeau Field against the Packers. It’s almost certainly just a bumpy start for a team that has two new play-callers and multiple first-year starters on the interior offensive line. This Week 2 matchup certainly means a lot for both teams, with Ben Johnson getting an opportunity to provide an early spark for the [Chicago...
