Top 10 Week 2 NFL Takeaways

> Every year, I get sucked into thinking that the Seahawks team that plays in Seattle has any resemblance to the Seahawks team that plays on the road. Gah.

> Shocking, isn't it, to see Tony Romo turn the ball over in a tight game and the Cowboys to lose a game in a big new yard that's filled with people in the close seats that are too wealthy to cheer all that loudly. In the immortal words of Nelson Muntz, Ha Ha!

> Also in that game, the possible emergence of a new true #1 WR in Mario Manningham. I don't know if he's really that good or if the Dallas secondary is just that bad -- why is Ken Hamlin in the NFL? -- but between him and Steve Smith, and the Giants have something going on. Probably not enough, but something.

> The Raiders won a road game where their quarterback was 7 of 24 for 109 yards, and their running backs ran it 22 times for 70 yards. Hard to do, folks.

> Note to NFL highlight producers: we don't really need to laud the quarterback for every terrible effort that they make in throwing a block. We get it: it's cute when they try to be actual football players. It's like when people put clothes on dogs. Enough already.

> I work in New York, and for the most part, there are wide sections of the town that don't give too much of a damn about sports. Too many teams, too many people from other parts of the world. So no, it's not really going to get too overwhelming when Jets Fan gets his full gloat on for punching the Patriots in the mouth. I hope.

> There are worse professional football team than the Cleveland Browns. But only because the UFL exists. One offensive touchdown in the last eight games. No, seriously.

> I'm not sure if the Cardinals are actually good, or the Jaguars are just secretly horrible. But on the bright side, at least we won't have to hear that West Coast team playing the 1pm EST Sunday game crapola, at least not in games where Kurt Warner completes over 90% of his passes. Wow.

> I understand that the Redskins have fans, and a win is a win is a win. But honestly, 9-7 for your home opener against the truly terrible Rams? It makes me wonder if a coach has ever been fired after a win.

> Pittsburgh could have lost in Week One, but got bailed out by a weak performance from the opposing team's kicking game. They lost today from their own weak kicking performance. Usually it takes the full season to have stuff like that even out.