Week 2 Recap: Bengals, Saints, Broncos SHINE on Weird Sunday

Need more proof that the NFL is a week-to-week league? Well, after tying the record for most points scored in Week 1 to kick off the season, scoring came all the way back down to earth in Week 2. The day was further dampened by injuries to Caleb Williams and Jayden Daniels. Still, there were some big winners, across the league. Such as the Cincinnati Bengals, who rode their defense—yes, defense—to beat the Houston Texans. And how about the New Orleans Saints, who upset the Baltimore Ravens on the road. And then there's the Denver Broncos, who bounced back from an ugly Week 1 to beat the Jacksonville Jaguars. Robert Mays, Derrik Klassen and Dave Helman recap Week 2 on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. Sponsored by @usbank

0:00 Welcome to the show
0:27 Chiefs-Colts
1:10 Our brains are broken
4:25 Tyquan Thornton & Laquon Treadwell
4:48 Patrick Mahomes
7:10 Today perplexed us
7:38 Cincinnati Bengals-Houston Texans
9:23 Texans defense
9:34 Joe Burrow
10:56 Dexter Lawrence
12:03 DeMeco Ryans decision-making
13:00 Ja'Marr Chase
15:26 Bengals defense
17:40 Texans run game
19:25 We know nothing
22:19 Denver Broncos-Jacksonville Jaguars
23:23 Broncos defense
24:13 Ja'Quan McMillan & Riley Moss
27:03 Jaguars offense
27:13 Brian Thomas Jr
29:07 Broncos offense
29:30 Bo Nix
33:30 Zach Allen
33:40 Justin Strnad
34:57 New Orleans Saints-Baltimore Ravens
38:31 Declan Doyle
39:14 Saints defense
39:55 Ravens offense
41:34 Chris Olave
42:05 Tyler Shough
45:09 "You have to push him down the hill"
46:38 Philadelphia Eagles-Tennessee Titans
47:50 Jalen Hurts
48:25 DeVonta Smith
54:03 Cam Ward
55:15 Green Bay Packers-New York Jets
55:25 We've got some silly numbers
56:04 Skyy Moore
56:39 Jets' Jets moments
57:45 Lukas Van Ness
59:42 "Who's responsible for that?!"
59:59 Quick Devin Lloyd shoutout
1:01:09 Chicago Bears & Caleb Williams injury
1:01:52 Washington Commanders & Jayden Daniels injury
1:03:55 Odyssey reference
1:06:00 Minnesota Vikings defense
1:08:40 Sam Roush
1:09:05 Garrett Bradbury
1:09:37 James Pierre
1:10:30 Cleveland Browns-Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1:11:45 Alex Anzalone
1:13:00 Baker Mayfield & Buccs offense
1:16:13 Buccaneers defense
1:16:30 Deshaun Watson
1:17:35 Todd Bowles
1:18:45 Los Angeles Chargers-Las Vegas Raiders
1:19:00 Justin Herbert
1:20:15 Mike McDaniel
1:20:30 Chargers receivers
1:22:55 "Clown car shit"
1:23:05 Chargers mistakes today
1:24:00 Jim Harbaugh
1:25:39 "Dome adjacent"
1:25:49 Chargers offensive line
1:26:40 Raiders offense
1:27:55 "Milk-drinking guys"
1:29:23 Nakobe Dean
1:30:00 San Francisco 49ers offense
1:31:20 Brock Purdy

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