NFL Week 2 Preview + Best Bets

And I have learned, Femi, I'm really trying to self-evaluate every week here.

And I think my philosophy in week two is tread lightly.

I think this might be the most dangerous weekend for an NFL better because, as you mentioned, you're going off one game.

I mean, the Raiders beat the Patriots last year in week one.

Patriots end up in the Super Bowl.

There were several games like the NFL happens every week, several shockers, surprises, teams that you thought were going to be good that weren't, and teams that were good that you didn't think were going to be.

Now the question is going into this week, Who is real? Who continues the momentum? And who kind of falls back? And there are a lot of really interesting games this week.

But every time I go through them, Femi, you know, I have some positives.

but I have a negative that just tells me to stay away from the game.

So this will be a really interesting week because, as you say, some teams are going to continue to get better after the week one wins.

They're going to use that confidence.

Some teams are going to bounce back, and some teams are just going to go 0-2.

And since the merger in 1970, teams that go 0-2 made the playoffs 10% of the time.

That's not a good number.

no it's such a tricky week and especially given that we don't see teams really play in the preseason that much and i promise this will be the final week that i bring up the preseason but i do think early on in the season it's an important fact that hey because they're not playing in the preseason that means week one week two hey sometimes even week three are extensions of the preseason as these teams are still trying to work their way back into it.

You know, it's something that we always talk about in college football.

We say teams make their biggest improvement from week one to week two.

You've been in it as a general manager.

Is it similar in the NFL that teams make their biggest improvements that season from weeks one or week two? Or what is it like going from that opening game and then now improving on that now that you've seen your guys out there for a full 60 minutes?

I always gave it four weeks, Femi, to look back at it.

And I was very fortunate so long.

I got to make sure I got the year right.

But I think it was 93 at the Chargers.

We started 0-4 under Bobby Ross.

Wow.