Week 2 of the NFL season gave us joy and misery, comebacks and collapses, and other things beyond the 60 minutes of chaos that was the New York Giants vs. the Arizona Cardinals.
The Giants and Cardinals each put down the sticks and let the computer sim them out for a half at a time as New York engineered an epic comeback over one of the league’s worst teams to prove that, “hey, we’re not *that* hopeless.” The Chicago Bears went in the other direction, showcasing some early competence and then abandoning it while allowing Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to look like a world class passing offense.
But the point of this column isn’t to revel in failure; that’s what Week 2’s grossest quarterbacks feature is for. Instead we’re talking about all the best things that happened Sunday. Fortunately, there was plenty of that — sometimes right up front and sometimes in the silver linings of sadder games. So what stood out the most? Friends, I’m glad you asked.