NFL Week 2 Preview

NFL Week 2 Preview

 

Just like Friday will be College Football Preview Day here at Out of Bounds, Saturday will be NFL Preview Day. We will take a look at select games, make observations and predictions, and if by the end of the year our overall record is terrible, we’ll deny any of this ever happened.

 

Miami Dolphins (1-0) vs Buffalo Bills (1-0) - 1PM

-I see this game being part of the overwhelming phenomenon known as overreacting to Week 1 syndrome. Miami defeated New England, actually I take that back, Miami dominated New England in a Week 1 victory, and people will claim that Buffalo got lucky against the Bears and were just hyped for Week 1. Buffalo’s defense is severely underrated even without standout Kiko Alonso and will keep them in most games as long as they are getting at least average play from E.J. Manuel. The Buffalo crowd will be one of the more raucous in its history knowing that the team is now staying in Orchard Park and getting a visit from cancer survivor Jim Kelly. Friend of the site, founder of A Daly Dose of Hoops, and avid Dolphins fan Jaden Daly may not like us much for making this prediction but we see this as an easy win for the Bills.

Detroit Lions (1-0) vs Carolina Panthers (1-0) - 1PM

- Another game that will be an overreaction to Week 1 here as the Lions are nowhere near as good as they looked against the Giants. Matthew Stafford on the road against a very good defense and one that is absolutely sick and tired of hearing from everyone that they can’t repeat last year is recipe for disaster for this Lions team. Cam Newton returns from his rib injury and will exploit Detroit’s secondary and will lead Carolina to an easy victory. One final thought on the Panthers before we move on but I would like to show some praise for Luke Kuechly. The man is an absolute beast and just as dominant as J.J. Watt, he just has 83% less publicity. Something tells me he would rather it be that way but not everyone is overlooking what he is doing, and continuing to do on the field.

Arizona Cardinals (1-0) vs New York Giants (1-0) - 1PM

-Consider this game to be our best bet of the day. The Giants return home after an absolutely abysmal performance in Week 1, they have everything to prove here especially after Tom Coughlin called out their effort as embarrassing. This team always finds a way to do enough after a bad loss and I see this game being just that type. Add in the fact that Arizona is coming off a short week where they played a late West Coast game and are playing early on the East Coast and this spells a Giants victory and a huge win for Tom Coughlin’s coaching prospects for 2014.