What we've learned-NFL Week Two

What we've learned-NFL Week Two

We have definitely learned that the NFL officials, even with the aid of instant replay, have not improved all that much. The zebras in the Denver-San Diego game basically handed the game to the Broncos thanks to a pair of blown calls. The worst of which came in the final two minutes of the game. Denver quarterback Jay Cutler lost the ball trying to pass and the Chargers picked up the loose ball on their own 10-yard line. On replay, it was clearly a fumble but the referees declared they had blown the whistle and gave the ball back to Denver. Denver scored and converted on a two point conversion to win by a point. Some things never change but we've still never heard of an incomplete backwards pass.

The Bears are fine on defense and their special teams can hang with the best. But the offense relies on the running game and Kyle Orton may be able to manage games, but he isn't going to win many for Chicago. After the Panthers took the lead in the fourth quarter, the Bears went three and out on their final two possessions. Orton was 1-for-5 for six yards with an intentional grounding call on the final two series.

We learned that if we had to pick a winner of the NFC West at this point in time, it would hands down be the Cardinals. Forget age or draft status, Kurt Warner is on fire and Matt Leinart needs to be kept on the the bench until further notice. Give credit to the Cards coaching staff for having the brains to do just that.

The new and improved Saints defense is not yet that which it was hoped to be. Not when they surrender 455 yards to Jason Campbell and the Skins and allow the Washington to score 14 unanswered points in the final quarter to take the game from them.

We doubted Aaron Rodgers like a lot of other people, but he's proving us wrong in a big way. He torched the Lions for 328 yards passing with three touchdowns. Good for him.

People have been taking shots at Eli Manning for some time. Now he's getting even for those who doubted him. Ask the Rams, the little Manning threw the hat trick at them.

Speaking of the Rams, yet another ugly day for Bulger and Jackson. Maybe we should start a poll of which team with big name players on offense is worse, the Rams or Bengals? Well, at least Torry Holt scored once in Week Two, which is more than we can say for both the big name Cincy receivers.

And speaking of the Bengals, this team is a train wreck right now and it's only Week Two. The big three of Palmer, Housdmandzadeh and Chad "Whatever his name is" are basically doing nothing in terms of putting points on the scoreboard. The question is how bad will this get before one of the big names has a meltdown?

The Raiders actually have an offense, only running the ball that is. Take away Darren McFadden and they do squat on the Chiefs. JaMarcus Russell is not a NFL QB right now.

Speaking of the Chiefs. It is beyond humiliating when you allow the visiting team, especially the lowly Raiders, to run over you to the tune of 300 yards rushing in your home opener.

The Jags don't have a passing game and now their running game is struggling. Now you know why they're 0-2.

The Vikings apparently were having their way with the Colts. Adrian Peterson was on fire and their defense was making life difficult for Peyton Manning and Company. But even a good defense can shut down Manning for only so long and when it came time for the Vikes to answer, they could not. The reason is no secret, they have no quarterback. In the fourth quarter, Tarvaris Jackson was 3-of-6 for 15 yards. The secret for opposing defenses isn't all that hard to figure out. Put the Vikes in long third down situations and they will struggle. They were 2-of-13 on third down conversions vs. the Colts and never found the end zone.

We've learned that two NFL defenses are not performing even close to the level they did a year ago. The Chargers were beaten on the final play of the game in Week One, and this week they got torched by Jay Cutler. Is Shawne Merriman that vital? The Seattle Seahawks let the 49ers go wild on them this week after allowing the Bills to do the same in Week One. They have allowed 77 points in their first two games and that is not a good sign by any means.

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