The best game of the week and maybe the season is the Fox doubleheader game Sunday in a rematch of last year’s Super Bowl with Philadelphia at Kansas City. The league often doesn’t get a rematch because teams only play four interconference games a year. The league would prefer this game in prime time but Fox and CBS are allowed to protect a few games this year so Fox probably protected it. It is the only Fox late game so it will be a truly national game. Kansas City has a lot of incentive because they lost the Super Bowl and lost the opener last week to the Chargers so the Chiefs want to avoid an 0-2 start. Philadelphia is fortunate Jalen Carter wasn’t suspended for spitting at the start of the Dallas game last week. The key for the Chiefs is their offensive line protecting Patrick Mahomes better than they did in the Super Bowl.
–The weekend starts with the Washington at Green Bay Thursday night. Both teams won their openers. The teams didn’t play last year so this will be Jayden Daniels first game against the Packers. The Packers have a new defensive weapon in Micah Parsons, who had a sack and three pressures in limited duty in his first game against the Lion last week.
–The Sunday night game pits Tampa Bay at Houston. The Texans need a victory to avoid an 0-2 start going into next week’s division game at Jacksonville. The Texans lost their opener at the Rams. Tampa Bay is playing its first two games on the road after winning at Atlanta last week. If the Bucs win this one, they have a good shot at a 3-0 start since they host the Jets next week in their first home game.
–The Monday night game features the Chargers at the Raiders. Both won their openers so both are going for a 2-0 start. A win would put give the Chargers a 2-0 start in the division since they beat the Chiefs in their opener. The Chargers swept the Raiders last year. But the Raiders have a new coach in Pete Carroll after Antonio Pierce was fired after going after going 4-13 last year.
–Indianapolis hosts Denver Sunday as it goes for a 2-0 start after a surprising rout of Miami with Daniel Jones at quarterback. Jones is trying to jump start his career after being a bust with the Giants. He beat out Anthony Richardson in training camp. Denver is also going for a 2-0 start after beating the Titans in their opener.
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