NFL - Week Two Review

After two weeks of the 2010 NFL season, the unbeatens include the Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Pittsburgh Steelers, New Orleans Saints, Houston Texans, Kansas City Chiefs, Miami Dolphins and Green Bay Packers.
The Bucs, Chiefs and Bears are the biggest surprises after their 2-0 starts. The Dallas Cowboys are 0-2 as well as the Minnesota Vikings and Carolina Panthers.
The Bears knocked off the Cowboys, 27-20 in the Dallas home opener as Jay Cutler passed for 277 yards and three touchdowns in perhaps his best performance as Bears' quarterback.
The Buccaneers are 2-0 after popping the Carolina Panthers, 20-7 as their defense squashed the vaunted Panthers' running game. In addition, the Tampa Bay defense sacked Panthers' quarterbacks four times. Bucs' QB Josh Freeman threw two TD passes in the victory.
The Kansas City Chiefs went to 2-0 with a 16-14 squeaker at Cleveland as Ryan Succop kicked three field goals and the defense scored the touchdown for Kansas City.
The Minnesota Vikings are struggling along with quarterback Brett Favre as they lost, 14-10 to the Miami Dolphins. Favre was intercepted three times and also lost a fumble in the end zone that the Dolphins recovered for a touchdown.
The New York Jets got back on track as they dominated the New England Patriots in the second half of a 28-14 win. Quarterback Mark Sanchez threw for three touchdowns and the Jets' defense contained Pats' QB Tom Brady.
Pittsburgh beat Tennessee, 19-11 as the defense forced seven turnovers while limiting Titans' running back Chris Johnson to just 34 yards rushing and the special teams did the rest as Jeff Reed kicked four field goals and Antonio Brown took the opening kickoff back for a touchdown in the win.
The Houston Texans stunned the host Washington Redskins with a huge comeback win as quarterback Matt Schaub, the Heftyinfo NFL Player of the Week, had three touchdown passes and 497 yards passing in the 30-27 overtime victory.
Redskins quarterback Donovan McNabb threw for 426 yards in the loss as Washington managed only 18 yards rushing for the game.
Green Bay blasted Buffalo, 34-7 behind Aaron Rodgers (255 yards passing, two TD passes and a rushing touchdown) and Clay Matthews, Jr., who had three quarterback sacks for the second straight week.
The New Orleans Saints rallied back for a thrilling 25-22 win on Monday Night Football as Garrett Hartley kicked a 37-yard field goal as time expired for the win. Saints quarterback Drew Brees had two TD passes and the defense recorded a safety for the game's first score that proved to be vital to the outcome of the game.
Saints running back Reggie Bush was injured in the game and may be sidelined anywhere from four to six weeks. San Francisco running back Frank Gore had a touchdown reception and also scored on a 7-yard run to go with 112 yards rushing in the loss.
The Atlanta Falcons got it going in their home opener with a 41-7 pounding of the Arizona Cardinals. Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan threw for three scores while racking up 225 yards through the air. In addition, the Falcons' defense intercepted three passes.
Speaking of interceptions, Jacksonville Jaguars' quarterback David Garrard threw four picks (two by Antoine Cason) in a 38-13 loss to the San Diego Chargers.
Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers had three TD passes and 334 yards passing and the Chargers racked up 477 yards of total offense in the rout.
Philadelphia held off the Detroit Lions 35-32 as Michael Vick, filling in for injured quarterback Kevin Kolb, passed for two touchdowns to go with 284 yards passing and 37 yards rushing. Lions rookie running back Jahvid Best scored three touchdowns and also had 154 receiving yards and 78 rushing yards in the loss.
The Cincinnati Bengals beat the Baltimore Ravens, 15-10 as kicker Mike Nugent kicked five field goals for the victory. Baltimore managed only 259 yards of total offense and quarterback Joe Flacco was intercepted four times in the loss.
The Oakland Raiders held on for a 16-14 home win against the St. Louis Rams as the defense sacked Rams' rookie quarterback Sam Bradford three times. Oakland quarterback Bruce Gradkowski replaced starter Jason Campbell and threw a touchdown pass to Lou Murphy that helped to provide the difference.
Denver Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton threw two TD passes and has 307 passing yards in a 31-14 win over the visiting Seattle Seahawks. The Broncos' defense intercepted three passes in the win.
The Sunday Night game saw Peyton Manning win the "Manning Bowl" once again as the Indianapolis Colts throttled the New York Giants, 38-14.
Peyton Manning threw for 255 yards and three touchdowns while brother Eli Manning had 161 yards through the air, an interception and two TD passes in the loss.