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NFL Week 2: Projecting Winners and Losers of Weekend’s Biggest Matchups

September 16, 2016   ·     ·   Jump to comments

There are so many questions after Week 1 and so few definitive answers.
Can anyone cover Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown? Will the Washington Redskins stop being stubborn and treat their top cornerback like their top cornerback? And can the Los Angeles Rams offense figure out how to play professional football?
We don't begin to get answers to those broad and wide-ranging questions until much later in the season. But individual matchups can already tell us a fair bit about who will continue to rise and who was just flashing momentarily in Week 1.
For example, Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans will have the difficulty level of his matchup raised in Week 2 when he lines up across from Arizona Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson. Will everyone's favorite breakout pick be able to continue what he started with a 45-yard catch against the Atlanta Falcons and 99 yards overall?
And can a gimpy Russell Wilson evade a Rams defensive fron...

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