{"id":287990,"date":"2023-09-17T22:04:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T22:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=287990"},"modified":"2023-09-17T22:04:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T22:04:07","slug":"2023-nfl-season-week-2-what-we-learned-from-sundays-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/nfl\/2023-nfl-season-week-2-what-we-learned-from-sundays-games\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 NFL season, Week 2: What We Learned from Sunday's games"},"content":{"rendered":"
Around The NFL breaks down what you need to know from all of Sunday’s action in Week 2 of the 2023 NFL season. Catch up on each game’s biggest takeaways using the links below:<\/em><\/p>\n EARLY GAMES<\/strong><\/p>\n LATE WINDOW<\/strong><\/p>\n SUNDAY NIGHT<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n FULL BOX SCORE<\/p>\n More analysis to come from Around the NFL.<\/em><\/p>\n Back to top<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n FULL BOX SCORE<\/p>\n More analysis to come from Around the NFL.<\/em><\/p>\n Back to top<\/p>\n <\/p>\n FULL BOX SCORE<\/p>\n More analysis to come from Around the NFL.<\/em><\/p>\n Back to top<\/p>\n <\/p>\n FULL BOX SCORE<\/p>\n Eric Edholm’s takeaways:<\/em><\/p>\n Next Gen stat of the game:<\/strong> Geno Smith was 19-of-22 passing for 189 yards and two TDs (+20.1% CPOE) when targeting receivers outside of the numbers in the Seahawks’ 37-31 win. Smith targeted receivers outside of the numbers on 57.5% of his targets, his highest rate in a game as a Seahawk.<\/p>\n NFL Research:<\/strong> The Lions lost their third game since the start of the 2022 season in which they scored 30-plus points, the most such losses in the NFL in that span (two of the three losses were against the Seahawks).<\/p>\n Back to top<\/p>\n <\/p>\n FULL BOX SCORE<\/p>\n Michael Baca’s takeaways:<\/em><\/p>\n Next Gen stat of the day:<\/strong> During his 18-yard touchdown run on the Colts’ opening drive, Anthony Richardson reached a top speed of 19.15 mph within 1903 yards of distance traveled. The average quarterback would have scored only 1.8% of the time, according to the NGS expected rushing yards model.<\/p>\n NFL Research:<\/strong> Anthony Richardson is the first Colt to have 2-plus rushing TDs in the first quarter of a game since Edgerrin James did so in Week 11 of the 1999 season.<\/p>\n Back to top<\/p>\n <\/p>\n FULL BOX SCORE<\/p>\n More analysis to come from Around the NFL.<\/em><\/p>\n Back to top<\/p>\n <\/p>\n FULL BOX SCORE<\/p>\n Kevin Patra’s takeaways:<\/em><\/p>\n Next Gen stat of the game:<\/strong> The Bears’ defense generated 17 team pressures on Baker Mayfield (50% pressure rate), but did not record a sack, tied for the sixth-most pressures without a sack since the start of last season.<\/p>\n NFL Research:<\/strong> Baker Mayfield has done something Tom Brady never did in Tampa: start a season 2-0 and not throw an INT in either game. The last TB QB to do so was Shaun King in 2000.<\/p>\n Back to top<\/p>\n <\/p>\n FULL BOX SCORE<\/p>\n More analysis to come from Around the NFL.<\/em><\/p>\n Back to top<\/p>\n <\/p>\n FULL BOX SCORE<\/p>\n More analysis to come from Around the NFL.<\/em><\/p>\n Back to top<\/p>\n <\/p>\n FULL BOX SCORE<\/p>\n More analysis to come from Around the NFL.<\/em><\/p>\n Back to top<\/p>\n <\/p>\n FULL BOX SCORE<\/p>\n More analysis to come from Around the NFL.<\/em><\/p>\n Back to top<\/p>\n <\/p>\n FULL BOX SCORE<\/p>\n More analysis to come from Around the NFL.<\/em><\/p>\n Back to top<\/p>\n <\/p>\n FULL BOX SCORE<\/p>\n More analysis to come from Around the NFL.<\/em><\/p>\n Back to top<\/p>\n\n
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EARLY WINDOW<\/h2>\n
LATE WINDOW<\/h2>\n
SUNDAY NIGHT<\/h2>\n