NFL storylines to watch in Week 2

The overreaction was rampant aft the opening play of the NFL season, which is good due to the fact that it conscionable increases the fascination for Week 2.

Already, we are trying to abstracted the pretenders from the contenders portion contemplating who among the astonishment losers successful Week 1 person what it takes to get backmost connected track.

Here are 4 storylines to ponder:

On the rebound?

First games tin beryllium dicey. No substance however overmuch of a grip coaches deliberation they person connected their teams, adjacent they person much questions than answers heading into the opener.

Which is wherefore Packers manager Matt LaFleur, Bills manager Sean McDermott and Titans manager Mike Vrabel apt are dismayed aft watching their teams laic eggs successful their openers. All 3 are projected to beryllium playoffs teams, yet each 3 looked similar they request a ton of work.

The Bills question to Miami to play the Dolphins, the Packers big the Lions and the Titans sojourn the Seahawks successful Seattle. Only the Packers look to person a crippled conducive to getting backmost connected track. It would not beryllium a astonishment if 2 of the 3 fell to 0-2.

An aberration?

Jameis Winston, the Saints caller starting quarterback, has been prone to tremendous peaks and valleys, pursuing up three-touchdown masterpieces with four-interception duds.

Interestingly, helium is coming disconnected a five-touchdown time successful a triumph against the Packers successful which helium attempted conscionable 20 passes. Winston was incredibly efficient, completing 14 of his attempts portion avoiding immoderate sacks oregon interceptions.

Maybe that is the look for Winston and the Saints — thin connected a dependable moving crippled and a bully defence truthful Winston doesn’t person to bash everything. The Saints volition get a 2nd look astatine Winston connected Sunday successful Carolina against the Panthers. They anticipation to spot much of the accordant and businesslike QB helium was against the Packers.

Time for Fields?

The Bears are spinning their wheels with Andy Dalton astatine quarterback. While it is wide they are biding clip earlier handing things disconnected to rookie Justin Fields, it is astir inexplicable they volition fto this play retired overmuch longer.

Dalton, a journeyman astatine champion astatine this signifier of his career, offers little. In fact, his beingness stands successful the mode of the improvement of Fields. And that isn’t adjacent getting into the portion astir Fields, whose diversion quality and limb spot are astatine an elite level, perchance offering much than what Dalton gives them.

The Bears big the Bengals. It mightiness beryllium clip to get the youngster who has excited Bears fans and excelled astatine Ohio State much important playing time.

Fly, Eagles, fly?

It’s hard to find however overmuch to work into the Eagles’ triumph implicit the Falcons. Atlanta astir looked to beryllium going done the motions. As a result, it’s hard to marque overmuch retired of a 32-6 win.

Nevertheless, the Eagles looked crisp and explosive successful their archetypal crippled nether caller manager Nick Sirianni, and those are attributes that question beauteous well.

The Eagles volition request each of that Sunday successful San Francisco against the 49ers, who looked a spot uneven successful beating the Lions 41-33.

If Philadelphia and improving backmost Jalen Hurts tin instrumentality location from California with a win, it volition alteration the communicative astir their play and their relation successful what fig to beryllium a wide-open contention successful the NFC East.