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[BK @heyitsbkkkk]

@FranklinPrja Hi

[BK @heyitsbkkkk]

@christurturro Can’t dm but interested

[NFL @NFL]

@broncos defense was locked in 😤

[Kay Adams @heykayadams]

🥺🥺🥺

one step closer to bears broncos sb

[Cody Roark @CodyRoarkNFL]

One of the best cultures and locker rooms I've been fortunate to cover. This is a special group of players and they never give up. Sure is fun covering them!

[Denver Broncos @Broncos]

Inside the locker room following #KCvsDEN:

[Zac Stevens @ZacStevens]

Sean Payton got a game ball after beating the Chiefs and getting his 200th career win.

You can tell how much it means to him and how much the players like him.

[JJ Watt @JJWatt]

Beautiful little morning stroll in Denver.
Glorious football weather, currently 44°.

Kansas City Chiefs vs. Denver Broncos.
Battle for 1st Place in the AFC West.

4:25pm ET on CBS

Let’s Have A Day!!!

[RK @RyanKoenigsberg]

My demon got his fire back 🥹

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

DOING LINES OF BOCAINE

[Denver Broncos 365 @DailyBroncos]

Gameday

[Mile High Huddle @MileHighHuddle]

They doubt you.
They don’t believe in you.
“He’s a check down merchant.”
“He doesn’t have a strong enough arm.”
“They can’t keep winning like this.”
“They wonder what happened to him.”
“He’s not the franchise QB.”

PROVE THEM WRONG, 10. #Bolieve

[B💸 @broncosaura]

Fuck what everyone else talking about I have eyes

[NFL Fashion Advice @fashion_nfl]

Next time on Thursday Night Football ...

COLOR-ON-COLOR GAME OF THE CENTURY

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

Demaryius Thomas started a tradition of kindness that lives on long after the passing of the Broncos legend.

Produced by Ajay Atayee, managed by Luis Aldea.

[Denver Broncos @Broncos]

#BroncosCountry, your energy was on another level last night 📈

[Mikey O’ver @MikeyOver1]

If you went to bed instead of watching SNF I wanna tell you that you made the correct decision…….in the first half that is …… so actually you were wrong

Because you missed a second half that I could only describe as one that was off of grade A Johnny Depp dust 😂

[Denver Broncos @Broncos]

The next opportunity awaits. 😤

@SNFonNBC x #LARvsDEN

[Denver Broncos @Broncos]

GAMEDAY AT OUR 🏠

Are you ready for Sunday Night Football⁉️

[Ryan Reynolds @RyanReynoldsNFL]

NFL Week 2 Observations

- I hope Caleb Williams and Jayden Daniels are not only back soon, but with no long-term ramifications. Brutal stuff

Patriots 20, Steelers 3
- Another fantastic game by Mike Vrabel’s defense, if Aaron Rodgers wasn’t a savvy all timer it would have actually been worse.

- Drake Maye didn’t play well against a high-performing Steelers front, but he did make a few impressive plays. One was an out of structure play he made on 3rdand 5, another was a play he made out of his own end. Again, I wouldn’t say Maye played well, I’d say the defense carried this victory as expected, but he at least had some legit flashes against a tough NFL defense, which is a step in the right direction.

- TreVeyon Henderson broke a 40ish yard run for a score, that was blocked perfectly, where he weaved those blocks as well as he could of, while accelerating at the right times. From that slant, that was as good of a team run as you’ll see.

- The Steelers defense was good enough to win, and I wouldn’t even say Rodgers outright played bad in this game given what he had to deal with, but this is still a volatile offense that I don’ think is going to age well.

Vikings 9. Bears 3
- I’m not going to go too far into the Chicago side of their game today given Williams injury, but rookie tight end Sam Rousch blew a block on a third down in Week 1, and he had three major negative plays in this contest. I would not be surprised if he saw the field less going forward.

- Chicago shot themselves in the foot with a pretty high volume in penalties, a fumble from the one, a blocked field goal on a block that Rousch fanned on (not to mention his drop), the Bears at least partially beat themselves today.

- I’ll also give a lot of credit to Brian Flores defense. He brought heat on third downs, and it was effective all day where they may have left with 8+ sacks against a quarterback without superhuman evasion abilities. The Vikings edge duo of Andrew Van Ginkel and Dallas Turner both had excellent games.

- It was a rainy, messy game all day, but Carson Wentz did not follow up his rock-solid Week 1 relief appearance with a good showing here. Making the Vikings 2-0 start given the division rivals they’ve already faced very advantageous for their future playoff prospects.

- I’ll reiterate that I think Dillon Thieneman looks like a real player, while adding that TJ Edwards had one of his better games over the last 12 months and rookie corner Malik Muhammad has had his moments in each of the last two weeks.

- Wentz missed Justin Jefferson for a TD on third down, where contact from Thieneman broke it up. Bears linebacker Devin Bush also dropped a gimmie interception on the first drive of this contest.

Bengals 20, Texans 6

- The Bengals offense vs the Texans defense was a very good game to watch for a football guy, as Joe Burrow and the Bengals play makers had their moments, including a circus catch for a TD from Ja’Marr Chase, while the Texans defense kept them contained and had an impactful pass rush. If you are anti field position mattering person, watching that game through that lens might make you rethink that some.

- Cincinnati’s pass rush had another good game, where C.J. Stroud accumulated yards in what was a very one-dimensional Texans offense, but the Bengals front got them off the field a number of times, including two fourth down attempts in the red zone in the first half that both failed.

- This game was ultimately closer than the score would indicate.

Browns 23, Buccaneers 19

- For the second week in a row, Baker Mayfield was the primary reason his team lost. This was a terrible loss to the Browns, with the oddity that the game was delayed for hours.

- Mayfield’s interception in this game could have conceivably been intercepted by two different players, at two different levels. I don’t see a lot of those, and I’m still a little beside myself how little Mayfield did in this game coming off a loss where he had three fumbles.

- Keep in mind Trevor Lawrence had four touchdowns last week against this same Cleveland defense.

- Deshaun Watson played well, where this may have genuinely been the best game he’s played since he left Houston.

- I’ll also give Cleveland’s defense credit for playing much better in their second road game in Florida in a row after getting shredded in Jacksonville next week.

Cowboys 37, Commanders 20

- The Cowboys offense was in a correction spot and their passing attack responded accordingly. Dak Prescott was excellent. CeeDee Lamb had a monster game. Lamb also saw a Texas route while lined up out of the backfield in this contest.

- Javonte Williams has been more line with what I was expecting last year, which is a player that hasn’t made much of a difference.

- It looked like Jayden Daniels might run for 150 yards and throw for 250 given the negative game script Washington was in. That is before he injured his elbow, which is a tragedy.

- Even though Washington was trailing, this game was competitive and entertaining until that point. The Commanders seemed like they were drawing dead once Marcus Mariota took over.

Broncos 20, Jaguars 13

- Good game out of the Broncos’ defense, pass rush was impactful and timely, I also thought it showed where Trevor Lawrence’s supporting cast is truly at, which is average at best, overall.

- Good game out of Bo Nix, behind very good pass protection from Denver against a talented Jaguars front.

- Jaylen Waddle saw action early and often in this contest, finishing 8-138 on 10 targets.

- Even if Denver’s backfield was 100% healthy, I could see Jonah Coleman taking on a bigger role, similar to when I said this about Kyle Monangai early last year.

Packers 20, Jets 17 (OT)

- Maybe the weather was significantly worse 60 miles north of me, but the Packers’ offense is extremely lucky they walked away with a win today. The run game was nonexistent for the second week in a row, and I saw close to nothing out of Jordan Love in this game.

- Jayden Reed left this contest early and did not return.

- Kaleb Johnson out carried Marshawn Lloyd 8-6. Unless Lloyd left with an injury I didn’t notice, that strikes me as a bit of an indictment on how this staff views Lloyd (he has never done much for me, either)

- Green Bay’s defense had a solid outing, as the Jets have a sneaky good non-quarterback roster on offense but I’d also put some of that on Geno Smith and the coaching staff in New York.

49ers 35. Dolphins 13

- This game went pretty much how I expected.

- The 49ers passing attack was nearly perfect against Miami, where that game was never in doubt.

- Mike Evans didn’t have a big stat line but he made a very high difficulty catch to extend a drive on the sideline. He also appeared to suffer an injury.

- Malik Willis is not a player you realistically want to march out as a starter for a full season, but he does have talent and Miami did have two encouraging drives that ended in field goals in the first half of this contest.

- I feel for Devon Achane.

Raiders 26, Chargers 14

- The Chargers do not have a very good roster, they start 0-2 despite hosting two very beatable teams, and now they face an absolutely brutal schedule stretch of: at Buf, at Sea, vs. Den, at KC, Bye, at LAR, vs. Hou, at Bal (MNF). If the Chargers play at the level they have the past two weeks, they are going to start 0-9.

- Drops, bad quarterback play, a first round running back that isn’t really a difference maker, bad interior line play, a coaching staff that isn’t adding much currently. I’ve seen nothing from this offense over the past two weeks.

- Vegas is 2-0. Kirk Cousins is a professional quarterback, but one thing that stood out to me today is I liked that they sent Nakobe Dean as a blitzer multiple times given the issues LAC has in their interior offensive line.

Panthers 34, Falcons 3

- Bryce Young has played two very good games to start the season. They weren’t against juggernaut defenses, but he drove two 30-point scoring outputs while looking good doing it. To be clear, Devin Lloyd had a defensive score, so the Carolina offense didn’t score 30+ points themselves Sunday, but they played another strong game.

- Speaking of looking good, Darren Waller has already provided more than I was expecting and he looked good in this game.

- The Falcons offense has been hard to watch through the first two games, so hopefully they get Tua Tagovailoa or Michael Penix back next week so that everyone can get a better read on this team.

- I definitely saw why Jack Strand was not allowed to start either of these games.

Saints 24, Ravens 17
- Baltimore dropping these kinds of games early in the year, at home, is such a bizarre pattern.

- This passing attack definitely missed Zay Flowers, not just because he’s their best pass catcher, but because when he’s out everyone else is forced to play one role up, and that doesn’t work with this Ravens roster.

- Lamar Jackson threw a pick late on the potential game tying drive.

- This was the best game I’ve seen Tyler Shough play, very impressive efficiency against a tough opponent on the road

- Kellen Moore has done a great job with Shough, but I’ve been very impressed with New Orleans defense given their roster and the two opponents they’ve opened the season with.

- Chase Young had a good enough game that I may go back and watch all his snaps specifically, to see if he might have found himself Sunday.

Eagles 24, Titans 20

- The Eagles are lucky they escaped Tennessee with a win today. Just a messy game that they basically handed to the Titans on a silver platter.

- That said DeVonta Smith had a monster game, where it looked like Saquon Barkley left and did not return.

- Even though the Titans hung tough here and had their chances to win, I don’t have many positive things to say about their offense, with the caveat I wasn’t looked in on this game.

Seahawks 31, Cardinals 7
- I didn’t see enough of this game to have any real takeaways apart from the defense has not regressed at all through two games after winning it all last year.

Chiefs 33, Colts 30 (OT)

- Brutal way for this contest to finish for the Colts, but they did take a contender to overtime.

- Really good offensive output from the Colts, driven by Jonathan Taylor and their run game. If Indianapolis stumbles this season the organization is out of their mind if they move on from Shane Steichen.

- Daniel Jones had a solid game manager type of showing, which is what he is. The pick he had I wouldn’t put on him, just a great play by Kristen Fulton on a contested slant.

- I was bullish on the Colts defense entering the season, and with how I had that mapped out, next week is the first test to see if I was too high on them.

- I would not have gone for it on 4th and 8 with Daniel Jones as my quarterback.

- The throw Xavier Worthy dropped from Patrick Mahomes that Cris Collinsworth gushed about, was gush worthy. I actually said out loud “you have to catch that for him” and my days of saying things to the TV have been over for years.

- Mahomes has been great through the first two weeks, and I’ve been pleasantly surprised with how much Travis Kelce has contributed.

I’ve watched every NFL game for roughly a decade (not this week’s Seahawks game, yet). I have done that for sports speculation purposes.

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