Week 2 has come and gone in the National Football League. The 2 big games in my mind were the Manning Bowl, as in Peyton's Colts against Eli's Giants, and the Jets taking on division rival New England. We start with the Manning Bowl where it was Peyton's Colts coming out on top by a score of 38-14 over Eli and the Giants. Peyton went 20 of 26 for 255 Yards and 3 TD's. His favorite Targets was Reggie Wayne who caught 7 passes for 96 yards and a touchdown. The other 2 touchdowns were caught by Dallas Clark and Austin Collie. Meanwhile Eli when 13 of 24 for 161 yards 2 touchdowns and a pick. Manningham was Eli's favorite target as he caught 4 passes for 75 yards. The Colts were rushing Eli and the rest of the Giants forcing the turnovers and allowing the Colts high powered offense to do it's job and come away with the victory.
As for the Jets it was a totally different story from the week 1 loss to the Ravens. The first quarter was quiet and then the 2nd was when the offenses finally decided to wake up. New England got on the board first thanks to a 6-yard TD reception by Wes Welker. The Jets came back and scored to tie the game on a Braylon Edwards 10 Yard TD Catch. The Pats took the lead 14-7 with a incredible one handed TD Catch. The half ended with a Jets field goal to make it 14-10. 2nd half was a nightmare for the Pats as Brady was picked off twice and Sanchez threw 2 TD passes one in the 3rd quarter to Cotchery and the other to Keller. Mark Sanchez ended the game throwing 3 TD passes and went 21 of 30 for 220 yards. Now for a look at the rest of the interesting games in week 2.
The Buffalo Bills once again failed to show up as they got blasted 34-7 by the Green Bay Packers. Michael Vick made his first start for the Eagles and his first start in the NFL since December of 2006 as the Eagles beat the Lions 35-32. The win was good enough to earn Vick the starting job again for the Eagles again this Sunday. The biggest surprise of the first 2 weeks has to be the play of the Huston Texans who started the season off 2-0. The Texans beat the Colts in week 1 and then here in week 2 beat the Redskins 30-27 in Overtime. The Monday Night game saw the San Fransisco 49ers put up a valiant effort but came up short to the defending Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints as the Saints won 25-22 on a last second field goal. This all coming after the 49ers made an amazing drive down the field to take the lead only to see the Saints win it on the final field goal.
Looking ahead to week 3 in the NFL is as follows. The New York Giants will play host to the Tennessee Titans at 1pm at the New Meadowlands. Eli Manning will look to have a bounce back game after dropping the Manning Bowl to older brother Payton. Meanwhile the Buffalo Bills will have to travel to New England to take on the Patriots at 1pm. As for the New York Jets they will have to travel to Miami to take on the Dolphins on NBC in the Sunday night game. Other interesting matchups in week 3 are Monday NIght Football as the Green Bay Packers head to Soilder Field to take on the Chicago Bears. Also Michael Vick will get the start for the Eagles as they take on the Jaguars.
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