Weekly NFL Recap – Gameday 2 Review
If Gameday 1 of the new NFL season went pretty much as expected, our weekly NFL recap for Gameday 2 will show that this wasn’t the case in many games this past week!
In fact, it was revenge for the underdog in many games with some big name teams suffering early season defeats.
So let’s take a closer look now at what happened in Gameday 2 that proved to be so surprising.
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NFL Gameday 2 – 12th to 16th September 2024
- Buffalo Bills (2-0) 31-10 Miami Dolphins (1-1)
- Las Vegas Raiders (1-1) 26-23 Baltimore Ravens (0-2)
- Los Angeles Chargers (2-0) 26-3 Carolina Panthers (0-2)
- New Orleans Saints (2-0) 44-19 Dallas Cowboys (1-1)
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-0) 20-16 Detroit Lions (1-1)
- Indianapolis Colts (0-2) 10-16 Green Bay Packers (1-1)
- Cleveland Browns (1-1) 18-13 Jacksonville Jaguars (0-2)
- San Francisco 49ers (1-1) 17-23 Minnesota Vikings (2-0)
- Seattle Seahawks (2-0) 23-20 New England Patriots (1-1)
- New York Jets (1-1) 24-17 Tennessee Titans (0-2)
- New York Giants (0-2) 18-21 Washington Commanders (1-1)
- Los Angeles Rams (0-2) 10-41 Arizona Cardinals (1-1)
- Pittsburgh Steelers (2-0) 13-6 Denver Broncos (0-2)
- Cincinnati Bengals (0-2) 25-26 Kansas City Chiefs (2-0)
- Chicago Bears (1-1) 13-19 Houston Texans (2-0)
- Atlanta Falcons (1-1) 22-21 Philadelphia Eagles (1-1)
Weekly NFL Recap: NFL News Stories from Gameday 2
Tua Tagovailoa’s concussion injury is a real concern for Miami Dolphins. The quarterback has suffered a number of similar injuries in the past and had been linked with retiring following a previous concussion suffered last season. It remains to be seen how long the QB will be on the sidelines.
Rams duo Jimmy Garoppolo and Alaric Jackson have had their suspensions lifted by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell effective as of the 16th September 2024.
NFL Transactions – Gameday 2
None of note.
Gameday 2 – NFL Injuries
A number of top players have already gone down with injuries over the first two weeks of the season. Including:
QB Tua Tagovailoa (Dolphins) – Suffered a concussion in the loss to Bills and has been placed on IR and is expected to miss four weeks.
RB Christian McCaffrey (49ers) – Injury is worse than feared and he has been placed on IR so will miss at least four weeks of the season.
RB Isiah Pacheco (Chiefs) – Pacheco will be out for six to eight weeks with a fractured fibula.
WR A.J.Brown (Eagles) – Brown suffered a hamstring injury in training and missed the Eagles loss to the Falcons. He is unlikely to play in Week 3 or Week 4.
WR Deebo Samuel (49ers) – Strained his calf in the defeat to the Vikings and will miss several weeks.
DT DeForest Buckner (Colts) – Injured his ankle and has been placed on IR.
DT Vita Vea (Buccaneers) – May miss a lengthy period of time with a suspected MCL sprain.
LB Jeremiah Johnson (Jets) – Likely to be out for the season with a torn Achilles.
NFL Gameday 3 Preview
All times shown are UK (BST) time. All games are live on NFL Gamepass, with selected others shown live on Sky Sports. Sky also carried NFL Redzone every Sunday.
Friday 20th September – 1.15am
- New England Patriots (1-1) @ New York Jets (1-1) – Live on Sky Sports
New England’s better than expected start to this season makes this an intriguing match up in the context of the AFC East. With Buffalo starting well and Miami 1-1, the winner of this game could end up with a big advantage in the division come the end of the season. The Jets will start favourites but the Patriots will make this a lot closer than many people expect.
Sunday 22nd September – 6pm, 9.05pm, 9.25pm
- New York Giants (0-2) @ Cleveland Browns (1-1)
- Philadelphia Eagles (1-1) @ New Orleans Saints (2-0) – Live on Sky Sports
- Houston Texans (2-0) @ Minnesota Vikings (2-0)
- Denver Broncos (0-2) @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-0)
- Green Bay Packers (1-1) @ Tennessee Titans (0-2)
- Chicago Bears (1-1) @ Indianapolis Colts (0-2)
- Los Angeles Chargers (2-0) @ Pittsburgh Steelers (2-0)
- Miami Dolphins (1-1) @ Seattle Seahawks (2-0)
- Carolina Panthers (0-2) @ Las Vegas Raiders (1-1)
- San Francisco 49ers (1-1) @ Los Angeles Rams (0-2)
- Detroit Lions (1-1) @ Arizona Cardinals (1-1)
- Baltimore Ravens (0-2) @ Dallas Cowboys (1-1) – Live on Sky Sports
There’s a couple of intriguing matches here including the Texans and Vikings putting their 100% records on the line, the impressive Saints hosting a wounded Eagles and a great match up in Phoenix where the Cardinals host the Detroit Lions in a battle of two of the better 1-1 teams. The second game of the night live on Sky is also a cracker as the Ravens seek to earn a first win against a Cowboys team well-beaten last week by the Saints.
Monday 23rd September – 1.20am
- Kansas City Chiefs (2-0) @ Atlanta Falcons (1-1) – Live on Sky Sports
Was the Falcons win over the Eagles a one-off, or are they for real? Fans will find out when they take on the current Super Bowl Champion, the Kansas City Chiefs in Sunday night/Monday morning’s late game.
Tuesday 24th September – 12.30am, 1.15am
- Jacksonville Jaguars (0-2) @ Buffalo Bills (2-0) – Live on Amazon Prime
- Washington Commanders (1-1) @ Cincinnati Bengals (0-2) – Live on Sky Sports
Two games on Monday night, one on Amazon Prime sees the Jaguars and Bills meet up once again with Buffalo very much the form team. The second game is intriguing and pits the 0-2 Bengals against the 1-1 Commanders, who have surprised a few experts already this season with their competitiveness.
Power Rankings
Weekly NFL Power Rankings – After Gameday 2
- New Orleans Saints (9) – Beating the Panthers is one thing. Destroying Dallas in Dallas? That’s big!
- Kansas City Chiefs (2) – Nervy at times against the Bengals but got the job done once again.
- Buffalo Bills (6) – Josh Allen is arguably the form QB in the league at present.
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers (12) – Baker Mayfield is throwing and flowing and the Bucs look good!
- Minnesota Vikings (10) – A huge win for the franchise over the 49ers at the weekend.
- Houston Texans (5) – A second win in two puts them strongly in command of the AFC South.
- Pittsburgh Steelers (14) – A smothering defense has led the Steelers into the top ten.
- Seattle Seahawks (16) – Another win for the Seahawks means they crack the top ten.
- San Francisco 49ers (1) – A shock loss to the Vikings and injuries are biting the 49ers hard.
- Los Angeles Chargers (13) – Two from two for Herbert and co. But can it continue?
The Rest…11-32
- 11. Detroit Lions (7)
- 12. Baltimore Ravens (11)
- 13. Philadelphia Eagles (9)
- 14. New York Jets (19)
- 15. Dallas Cowboys (3)
- 16. Miami Dolphins (10)
- 17. Chicago Bears (17)
- 18. Green Bay Packers (18)
- 19. Arizona Cardinals (27)
- 20. Atlanta Falcons (29)
- 21. New England Patriots (15)
- 22. Cleveland Browns (24)
- 23. Las Vegas Raiders (26)
- 24. Washington Commanders (28)
- 25. Cincinnati Bengals (25)
- 26. Jacksonville Jaguars (21)
- 27. Denver Broncos (22)
- 28. Los Angeles Rams (20)
- 29. Indianapolis Colts (23)
- 30. Tennessee Titans (30)
- 31. New York Giants (31)
- 32. Carolina Panthers (32)
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