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Around The NFL breaks down what you need to know from all of Sunday’s action in Week 2 of the 2022 NFL season. Catch up on each game’s biggest takeaways using the links below:
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Grant Gordon’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: Preston Smith had five QB pressures and two sacks on 12 pass rushes (41.7 pressure percentage).
NFL Research: Aaron Rodgers (24-5 vs. the Bears, including playoffs) won his seventh in a row against Chicago and passed Hall of Famer Brett Favre for the most wins by any quarterback versus the Bears.
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Kevin Patra’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: Deebo Samuel earned +45 rushing yards over expected on a 51-yard run in the first quarter (his most on a rush in his career).
NFL Research: Nick Bosa, who had two sacks, five QB hits and two tackles for loss, has had at least one sack in each of his last three games versus Seattle.
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Coral Smith’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: Matthew Stafford was blitzed on 18.9% of his dropbacks after not being blitzed once in Week 1 versus Buffalo.
NFL Research: Cooper Kupp now has at least five catches in 23 consecutive games, tying DeAndre Hopkins for the second-longest such streak in NFL history. Antonio Brown is the only player with a longer run, making five-plus catches in 36 games from 2013-2015.
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Eric Edholm’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: Cooper Rush was 16-of-24 passing for 209 yards and a TD when he was not under pressure and 6-of-8 passing for 76 yards and a TD when he was blitzed against the Bengals.
NFL Research: Joe Burrow has taken 13 sacks in the first two games of the season. The last QB to take 13 or more sacks through Week 2 and go on to start more than 10 games was David Carr, who did so twice (2002 and 2005, leading the NFL in sacks taken each of those years).
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Nick Shook takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: Russell Wilson completed just 6-of-16 passes for 98 yards with a time to throw of 2.5 or more seconds.
NFL Research: Wilson had a 45.2 completion percentage and a 66.5 passer rating Sunday, the lowest completion percentage in a win with 30-plus passes in his career.
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Nick Shook’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: Kyler Murray traveled 84.85 yards on his first successful two-point conversion attempt Sunday, the longest distance traveled by a ball-carrier on a two-point attempt in the Next Gen era (dating back to 2016).
NFL Research: The Raiders were 39-0 all time when leading by 20-plus points at halftime prior to Sunday’s finish. The 20-0 lead was also the largest blown lead in franchise history.
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Eric Edholm’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: When Marshon Lattimore was lined up against Mike Evans on Sunday, Evans was held to one reception for 7 yards on 14 routes run.
NFL Research: Since 2019, the Buccaneers are 9-0 when they have three-plus takeaways in a game.
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Kevin Patra’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: Nelson Agholor had 0.6 yards of target separation on his 44-yard TD, the second fewest for a Mac Jones TD in his career.
NFL Research: The Steelers had zero sacks in a game — after seven in Week 1 — for just the third time since 2017. T.J. Watt did not play in two of those games.
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Michael Baca’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: Matt Ryan was 5 of 13 for 101 yards and three interceptions on passes of 10-plus air yards.
NFL Research: The Jaguars held a league-worst 33-81 record since 2015 heading into Week 2, but have won their eighth straight game versus the Colts in Jacksonville. The Colts are 10-4 against other AFC South opponents on the road over that span, and the last time Indianapolis sustained a road shutout was in Jacksonville in 2018.
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Kevin Patra’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: Lamar Jackson generated his first career game with 150-plus pass yards and three TDs vs. blitz in a full game (did so in first half alone).
NFL Research: The Dolphins became the first team in NFL history with a player recording 400-plus pass yards and five-plus pass TDs (Tua Tagovailoa) and two others recording 170-plus receiving yards and two-plus receiving TDs (Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle) in the same game.
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Eric Edholm’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: Lions rookie Aidan Hutchinson had four QB pressures and three sacks on 42 pass rushes (9.5 pressure percentage).
NFL Research: Amon-Ra St. Brown now has 50-plus receiving yards and one or more touchdowns in six straight games, dating back to last season. It’s the longest such streak by a Lions player in the Super Bowl era. He also tied the all-time mark with eight straight games with eight or more catches.
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Nick Shook’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: The Jets had a 0.3% win probability following Nick Chubb‘s 12-yard touchdown run with 1:55 remaining in regulation.
NFL Research: Sunday was Joe Flacco’s first win as a starter in his last nine outings, snapping a streak that dated back to Week 6 of the 2019 season. The victory over Cleveland improved his all-time record to 18-3 versus the Browns.
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Nick Shook’s takeaways:
Next Gen stat of the game: New York’s defense improved dramatically in the second half Sunday, going from an 18.5 pressure percentage in the first two quarters to 49.2% in the final two periods.
NFL Research: The Giants have started 2-0 for the first time since 2016. In that season, New York finished with an 11-5 record. It was also the last time the Giants reached the playoffs.
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