The Washington Redskins Defense Has Respect!

– for Aaron Rodgers.

With some real NFL teams and Fantasy Players not quite living up to expectations during week 1, is it any wonder that some fans are feeling . . .

Here are some more interesting twists of fate and stats to mull over after just 1/16th of the season is over.

Teams threw for 8,143 yards and scored 63 TDs — the most ever in a single week of pro football.  At the same time, a record 12 games were decided by seven points or fewer.

If you don’t think turnovers are important in this high scoring offensive NFL, consider this:
There were:
47 Fumbles (24 lost)
34 Interceptions
That equals 58 turnovers!

With 12 games decided by seven or fewer points, turnovers and controlling the ball is vital to victory.
Still not a believer?

Just ask the Giants and Redskins. . .

or

Consider this interesting statistic.
The top 16 teams that turned the ball over the most last week had a combined 4 – 12 record.
The bottom 16 teams that turned the ball over least had a combined  12 -4.

Does it get any more exciting than this?

Yes, read on !!!

After just one week in the NFL, we have witnessed an event of biblical proportions!
The first shall be last and the last shall be first.
– Welcome to the AFC North!
All these teams are 0 – 1.

Remember, there are still 15 more games in the season and on any given Sunday, anything can happen.

NFL Week 2 Predictions and Upsets

Well, last week, returning champion TacoMan got off to a slow start with a 9 – 7 record yet still managed to end up tied for 1st place.  Kind of like the Dallas Cowboys . . .

This week BirdKiller will try to overtake TacoMan with some bold predictions and both Richie Rich and TheStampede will look to improve on their 8 – 8 record.

So since time is short before the start of the Patriot vs Jets game, we are posting this weeks predictions with BOLD selections indicating each contestants upset pick of the week.

Oh and since this all made up and the points don’t matter, see if you can spot the one selection which is not like the others.

	TacoMan	Rich	BirdKiller	TheStampede
NY Jets at New England	Patriots	Patriots	Jets	Patriots
Washington at Green Bay	Packers	Redskins	Redskins	Redskins
Cleveland at Baltimore	Ravens	Ravens	Ravens	Ravens
St. Louis at Atlanta	Rams	Falcons	Rams	Falcons
Carolina at Buffalo	Bills	Bills	Panthers	Panthers
Minnesota at Chicago	Vikings	Bears	Bears	Vikings
Miami at Indianapolis	Colts	Colts	Dolphins	Dolphins
Dallas at Kansas City	Chiefs	Cowboys	Chiefs	Chiefs
Tennessee at Houston	Texans	Titans	Texans	Texans
San Diego at Philadelphia	Eagles	Eagles	Eagles	Eagles
Detroit at Arizona	Cardinals	Cardinals	Lions	Lions
New Orleans at Tampa Bay	Saints	Saints	Saints	Saints
Jacksonville at Oakland	Raiders	Raiders	Pryor	Raiders
Denver at NY Giants	Broncos	Giants	Broncos	Broncos
San Francisco at Seattle	49ers	Seahawks	49ers	49ers
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati	Bengals	Steelers	Bengals	Bengals