Week 2 Recap: Bengals, Saints, Broncos score big wins on weird Sunday
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What was the overall outlook for Week 2 and why did the hosts open the show with a chaotic NFL recap?
Welcome to the Athletic Football Show, presented by the U.S. Bank Smartly Visa Signature Card. I'm Robert Mays. We got a jam-packed show today. Not going to waste any time. We had so much to dig into, terrible losses by the Browns and Chargers, really impressive wins by the Bengals and Broncos, some WTF moments with quarterback injuries that really put a damper on the entire day. We dug into all of it from week two in the NFL. With me, Derek Classen, and Dave Hellman. Let's get to it right now.
Just a chaotic day of NFL football. There's so much I feel like we have to sort through. A lot of bad. It was an ugly day. It was gross here in Chicago. That's how I woke up this morning. It's just spitting rain. And a lot of the football in the early slate followed suit. It was a lot of gross football in the early part of the day, which we will get into. But the day finishes up with a thrilling Sunday night game. We're going to talk about this. Game in depth during the hangover tomorrow. So we will go back through the entire thing, but we have to talk about the way that that game ended. We're sitting there as the Colts are weighing this fourth and eighth decision. And I think your gut, Dave, was that you have to go for this.
You can't give Patrick Mahomes the ball back. I was a little bit more torn just because fourth and eight, three minutes, you have the timeout. If you get a stop, theoretically, you can win the game. It's not like I think the Saints in week one where or who who would had there was another overtime game where I was like, just go for it. Just try to win the game. You're not you don't go for the Saints.
Maybe it was overtime. My brain's not working. My brain's fried. But it's there was a game in week one where who cares if you tie the game, just try to win it. It doesn't matter if you will it lose. In this one, I was I understood both sides of it, but you were pretty firmly in the camp that they should have gone for it. You know what's funny is
So I'm sitting there and it's fourth and eight, and you saw Shane Steichen come onto the screen. You could see him in the background, like telling them, get away, don't snap this ball. And I was just so disappointed by it because you look at it and like time's running out. Like there's three minutes left. And I was thinking, like, okay, if you kick this field goal. What are the odds that you see the ball again, either because the Chiefs go win the game or you just get the ball back with not that much time? And you said so like it made sense in a vacuum. You were like, Well, there's enough time that you you get the ball back and you get one last shot to win the game. And I was like, Yeah, I guess that makes sense.
And then as soon as I remembered when I saw Patrick Mahomes jog onto the field, I was like, wait, no, it it's that guy. It's Patrick Mahomes. You're not gonna get it back from Patrick Mahomes and lo and behold, that's exactly what happened.
Well he looked like Patrick Mahomes this game. Like he looked it's not like honestly, if they had played the offensive game and like passing performance that they did in week one, then I might be a little bit more willing to be like, okay, let's play for the tie, let's let's see if we can get a stop. The Chiefs were one of the best offenses that we saw today. Like they were driving all game and kind of doing what they wanted. So I fourth and eight is scary and it's a lot. And I think in almost every other circumstance, I would be like I don't know if converting a fourth and eight gives you a better chance than just like m getting the field goal tie in the game hoping you make the stop. W with the way that the Chiefs offense was playing, I I honestly do feel like that might have been your better chance.
I think that's probably right. I I saw the fourth and eight and the three minutes left. I'm like, you can't go for this. Take the field goal and see if you can get a stop. Four but I think you have to ask yourself the question: are you more likely to get a fourth and eight on one play or stop Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs offense in that situation?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What was the overall outlook for Week 2 and why did the hosts open the show with a chaotic NFL recap?
0:00–12:36
2
How did the Bengals defeat the Texans and what defensive factors made the win possible?
12:36–25:35
3
Why did the Saints pull off the upset over the Ravens and what key plays defined that game?
25:35–38:40
4
How did the Broncos bounce back to beat the Jaguars and which offensive adjustments stood out?
38:40–51:54
5
What were the most surprising moments from the Packers‑Jets and Packers‑Jets matchups?
51:54–1:03:41
6
How did the Buccaneers‑Browns game become a “WTF” story and what role did weather play?
1:03:41–1:16:10
7
What impact did the early‑season injuries to Caleb Williams and Jaden Daniels have on the NFL landscape?
1:16:10–1:27:52
8
What final thoughts did the hosts share about the most romantic football moments of the week?
1:27:52–1:39:10
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