NFL Week 2: Vikings at Bears, Bengals v Texans Headline Slate
Eight games kick off together at 12pm EST in NFL week two, led by Vikings at Bears in the NFC North and Bengals v Texans, with Joe Burrow playing through a back injury.
Eight games kick off together at 12pm EST (6pm BST) in week two of the NFL season, with Minnesota at Chicago, Cincinnati against Houston and six others on the slate, according to The Guardian's live blog.
The Vikings (1-0) travel to Soldier Field to play the Bears (1-0) in an NFC North game. Chicago beat the Carolina Panthers 59-37 in week one, which the blog describes as the highest-scoring shootout in week-one history. The Bears' quarterback is Caleb Williams.
Bengals v Texans pairs Cincinnati (1-0) with Houston (0-1), who are looking to recover from a poor start. Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow has a back injury and comes in not fully fit. Texans pass rusher Will Anderson Jr has 93 quarterback pressures since the start of last season, the second most in the league. 40 of them came in under 2.5 seconds. The blog notes that Burrow is not known for his mobility.
The rest of the card, with records and home teams listed second:
- Carolina Panthers (0-1) v Atlanta Falcons (0-1)
- New Orleans Saints (0-1) v Baltimore Ravens (1-0)
- Pittsburgh Steelers (1-0) v New England Patriots (0-1)
- Green Bay Packers (0-1) v New York Jets (1-0)
- Cleveland Browns (0-1) v Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-1)
- Philadelphia Eagles (1-0) v Tennessee Titans (0-1)
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- NFL week two: Vikings v Bears, Bengals v Texans and more – live theguardian.com