Week 2 of the NFL preseason is in the books. While teams handle these exhibitions differently, it does feel like the second slate of games has taken over as the dress rehearsal for the regular season ever since the league moved from four to three weeks in the preseason. With that in mind, how various players perform this week should be particularly on your radar.
Below, we’ll roll through a handful of winners and losers from this week’s games, which includes a number of quarterbacks seeing their stocks either rise or fall.
Denver’s first-round rookie is making a firm case to be the team’s Week 1 starter. In the club’s 27-2 win over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday night, Nix was again sharp. He got the starting nod and was dialed in from the get-go, completing all but one of his nine passes for 80 yards and a touchdown. Nix led the Broncos to points in each of his two drives and nearly had another touchdown pass, but he was just over the line of scrimmage which triggered a penalty. All in all, Nix sure looks like the leader in the clubhouse to start for Sean Payton in Week…
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Author : Tyler Sullivan
Publish date : 2024-08-19 15:34:16
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