There’s a very real Super Bowl hangover taking place.
The Cincinnati Bengals are 0-2. The Los Angeles Rams nearly coughed up a 25-point lead to the Atlanta Falcons; a team currently devoting $65 million in salary cap space to players who no longer have a locker in their facility.
And yet, each still has hopes of a return to the big game because the 2022 NFL season is a big sloppy mess so far. After a clearly-defined top six, the league’s middle ground is an undulating patch of driftwood floating on a sea of uncertainty. Which Minnesota Vikings team should we believe in; the one that ruined the Packers’ debut or the one that featured a primetime Kirk Cousins meltdown on Monday night? What do we make of a New York Giants team that’s winning games, but over teams that are winless themselves? Is it possible we’re affecting the outcome of Las Vegas Raiders games by observing them?
Not much makes a ton of sense in a league where upsets have been plentiful through two weeks. Let’s try and sort things out as best we can while overreacting to a tiny sample size of meaningful football.
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