The have spent the past two weeks burying six months of offseason storylines.With Deflategate in the rearview mirror and at the top of his game, the Pats are dispatching with the notion that the AFC East is wide open after a dozen years of New England hegemony.We've known for a few years that is the of and can get open on the league's stingiest cornerbacks. Now Brady has a dynamic third option in , who was out of league in 2014.An elusive Lewis has a demonstrated ability to make the first defender mi s as a runner and as a wide receiver, exploiting mismatches to the tune of 258 yards from scrimmage.He has cleared 100 yards in back-to-back games, a feat never managed in four years. Through two games, only , and have generated more yards from scrimmage.Lewis has been so valuable that he has avoided Bill Belichick's notorious doghouse despite a pair of fumbles. Quite simply, he's too good to take off the field. fans have grown accustomed to stuttering out of the gate, as Brady and Belichick tend to experiment with the offense to find the right concoction for season-long succe s.This year's offense is more reminiscent of Brady's magical 2007 season, as he's already thrown for more yards and touchdowns than he did through two weeks in that record-setting campaign.For all of the offseason hype bestowed upon the remodeled , , and , the champions remain the cla s of the AFC.So much for Rex having a beat on how to slow down . The pa sed on their first 10 plays and kept spreading out the all game. Brady threw the ball 59 times for 466 yards and three scores. The ' running backs had a grand total of 10 carries. Brady continually found advantageous matchups with linebackers on , or depending on the play. Those three receivers alone accounted for 24 catches and 308 yards."Can't give up 500 yards and turn it over three times," Ryan said after the game. "We did a horse --- job and it's my responsibility." Coach Bill Belichick and Brady only know one speed. They kept throwing the ball every down and going empty backfield even while up by three scores in the fourth quarter. They went for a 40-yard touchdown pa s on fourth-and-1 midway through the fourth quarter. After constantly failing to put the away, Buffalo crept all the way Corey Webster Jersey back to only five points down with just over four minutes left.At that point, most teams would try to slow down the pace. Instead, the continued to throw the ball vertically and it paid off with a long drive inside the ' red zone. made an outrageous one-handed diving catch that helped put the away. 's final numbers look good (242 yards, three TDs, three interceptions, two fumbles) look even better than his overall effort. He showed some serious red flags, getting sacked eight times. and combined for 5.5 sacks, although most of those were on Taylor for holding the ball too long.-- Gregg RosenthalAlthough the are the NFC East's lone undefeated team two weeks into the season, major injuries could lead to a tailspin. This team captured the division last season on the strength MVP candidate Romo, Offensive Player of the Year and All-Pro wide receiver . Now that Romo has a fractured clavicle to go with Bryant's fractured foot, none of those "triplets" will be available for at least the next month -- and likely much longer. Whereas Romo had been succe sful with a ball-control pa sing game, backup doesn't po se s the touch or field vision to pull off that brand of offensive attack. During Weeden's one spot start last season, the coaching staff did all it could to on the game. Weedon's teams have won just five of his 21 career starts.This was a comprehensive meltdown for the ' offense, which started the game in wholly inept fashion for the second consecutive week. The difference this time is that the ineptitude lingered for four quarters rather than just two. was no different than the devolving quarterback we saw in St. Louis over the past few years, failing to see the whole field, making suspect decisions and staring at the pa s rush as his confidence comes and goes. To be fair, Bradford got no help. The offensive line had no answer for defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli's stunts, which left with -15 yards at one point in the game. Philly's receivers also failed to make plays, suffering from a case of the drops once again. Garbage time aside, this was one of the most head-scratching offensive performances we've seen in recent years. FOX broadcast Troy Aikman, who played for 1989 team that was shut out three times, lamented at one point, "I can't recall an offense that I've seen look worse than this offense."Despite Murray's ineffectivene s, and saw just one carry apiece. Mathews, in particular, languished on the bench. It will be interesting to see how long the leashes are for Murray and Bradford if the offense goes in the tank for quarters at a time versus the next week.-- Chris We selingIt wasn't always easy for , but the All-Pro finally found his groove in the fourth quarter. After the took a one-point lead, Rodgers took the down the field in nine plays, eight of which were pa ses, and retook the lead. The drive was vintage Rodgers. He displayed mobility in the pocket, threw mid-range routes to three different receivers and finished it off with a dart for the score. Going away from the run sans , the great looked, well, great.The ' offense slow start to the 2015 season continued Sunday night. Save for an offensive outburst in the third quarter, and struggled to move the ball with consistency. Lynch notably struggled, finishing with 15 carries for 41 yards. While Wilson found more luck on the ground (nine for 72), in an effort to escape constant pre sure, he threw a crucial interception on an errant screen pa s midway through the fourth quarter that led to a game-sealing drive by Green Bay.Wilson's greatest sin? Not targeting enough. The ' acquisition might as well have been on a milk carton, finishing with one catch for 11 yards.The offense got off to a lightning-hot start, scoring in the first quarter in their 18th straight game -- an NFL record -- but two injuries on offense severely halted the momentum.-- Jeremy Bergman got a seat on the bench after his second lost fumble of the game. Gio Bernard made the most of the opportunity, finishing with 123 yards on 20 carries. The performance serves a reminder of the embarra sment of riches Marvin Lewis has in his backfield. Bernard could be a primary back in many offenses.A promising second career game for rookie , who finished with 98 total yards on 17 touches. Gordon wasn't tentative -- an early criticism -- and showed good vision in getting upfield on several carries. added 104 all-purpose yards.The must be thrilled with how has started 2015. The fifth-year quarterback Darius Slayton Jersey completed pa ses to eight different receivers and now has six touchdowns without an interception through two games. Dalton, an eternally divisive figure, can have a season with the talent around him.-- Dan HanzusWelcome back to earth, San Francisco. The Niners coaxed into one of the worst games of his young career in the opener. They had no such luck against a zoned-in , who pa sed for 369 yards and three scores at an outrageous 13.7 yards per to s against coordinator Eric Mangini's secondary. What we didn't see this week: Niners defenders smothering ball-handlers as they did against Minnesota. San Francisco was badly outmanned by Pittsburgh's weapon-rich attack. struggled to find his rhythm against a physical defensive front that controlled the line for much of the game against a squad that mustered just 33 yards pa sing in the first half. Kaepernick finished with 335 yards through the air, but this game shifted into garbage time early. Pittsburgh's front seven was a different beast than what we saw in Week 1, piling up five sacks and pushing the pocket from wire to wire.Coming off his sensational 168-yard rushing performance in the opener, running back managed just 43 yards at 3.1 yards per clip against Pittsburgh on a day that saw San Francisco play from behind the entire way. Hyde left in the second half with a head injury, but coach Jim Tomsula told reporters the back .-- Marc Se slerTom Coughlin shouldered his fair share of criticism throughout a stunning run in New York that brought the a pair of wins in the last decade. He is a future r. That being said, this is the worst a team has ever looked under his watch, including the putrid 0-6 start from 2013. After one of the worst displays of clock management in recent NFL history in the season-opener, the torched a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter this week by once again failing to take time off the board. could not get a snap off on a decisive third-and-7 with 3:27 to go and Atlanta out of timeouts. The result? A third-and-12 and a bizarre play call that landed seven yards short of the marker. Their porous defense was not good enough to hold out of the end zone and by the 1:14 mark, they were down by four points, soaking up a roundly deserved cacophony of boos. What a disaster.The ' woes are not confined to clock management. This is a team that, on the ' game-winning drive, failed to ensure a receiver was tackled after he caught a ball and fell down. This is a team with an offensive line full of first- and second-round picks (and high-priced free agents) that got allowed their quarterback to be stripped of the football twice in one game. This is a team relying on in tight spots to come up with big catches despite his inability to prove he can catch pa ses at a level consistent with an NFL wide receiver. This is a team that needs to take a serious look at themselves from top to bottom.Kudos to Dan Quinn. As I wrote last week from Atlanta, he has something special brewing. He's the first head coach since Jim Mora in 2004 to begin his career 2-0 and he's doing it behind a brilliant pa s rush and a secondary that looks night and day from a season ago. Quinn took the most acce sible parts of Seattle's defense and brought them to a place where he could plug in and play immediately. Their matchup with the next Sunday just got a whole lot more interesting.-- Conor Orr was clean and efficient during a dominant first half, completing 23 of 27 pa ses to help the build a 17-0 lead at the break. He countered the St. Louis pa s rush with a rash of quick throws to his running backs and a (finally healthy) , the talented tight end who pulled down six pa ses for 82 yards. As he's done in the past, Cousins showed strong command of the offense. He can do anything can do in Jay Gruden's West Coast-styled scheme. When the control the line as they did Sunday -- outgaining St. Louis 373 yards 213 on the day -- Washington looks like they can play with anyone.After his Week 1 heroics against the , returned to terra firma against Washington's underrated defensive front. The forced Foles -- 17-of-32 pa sing for 150 yards with one score -- into a rash of poorly timed pa ses, resulting in six straight punts over the first two quarters. He bounced back with a 40-yard touchdown strike to in the third quarter, but Foles is responsible for St. Louis converting just 2 of 12 third downs.Six-foot-2, 231-pound is a load to deal with. The rookie back beat Jerrel Jernigan Jersey St. Louis defenders to the edge and won a footrace down the sideline for a 39-yard touchdown in the opening frame. also contributed a 35-yard run on the drive to help the 'Skins fry the for 132 rushing yards in the first half and 182 yards on the day. Jones -- with 19 runs for 123 yards and two scores at a promising 6.5 yards per carry -- stood out with his physical running style and sneaky speed.-- Marc Se slerWinston bounced back in impre sive fashion from a disastrous debut last week. He lofted a beautiful pa s over a pair of defenders to hit for a touchdown, giving the Bucs a 10-7 lead at halftime. His other highlights included a 1-yard touchdown run and a 54-yard to s off one foot to , setting up a field goal to extend the margin to 23-7 in the third quarter. Although Winston had a rough fourth quarter, the Bucs defense forced a game-sealing fumble to halt the ' comeback attempt.The ' 2014 malaise continues unabated with their sixth consecutive home-field lo s. The offensive line was handled by , and up front, giving little time to throw. Brees uncorked a duck in the third quarter, underthrowing for an interception. It may have been the result of a hit the quarterback took in the second quarter, which left him trying to loosen up his throwing shoulder. We noticed last week that Brees and Sean Payton don't seem to trust their wide receivers. That unit struggled again to make plays, this time against a secondary that surrendered a perfect pa ser rating to last week.Making his New Orleans debut, rotated with on the first po se sion of the game. The medical staff planned to alternate hot and colt wraps on his knee through the afternoon, but Spiller stayed on the sideline for the bulk of the final three quarters. An afterthought in the first half, injected life into the offense with his burst and physicality in the third quarter.-- Chris We seling can still play a little bit. The veteran receiver wasn't targeted in the first quarter, but caught everything thrown his way after that, finishing with eight catches for 112 yards and three touchdowns. The scores were his first in nine games. left the game in the second quarter after injuring his hamstring during an interception return by safety . Cutler was replaced by , who looked overmatched as the quickly built an insurmountable lead. Cutler is not a popular figure in Chicago, but the are one of the NFL's very worst teams with Clausen behind center.When the give the ball, special things happen. The rookie running back took the opening kickoff back 108 yards for a touchdown. He then salted the game away with a 13-yard scoring run in the third quarter. Johnson has scored as a rusher, receiver and kickoff returner in his first two NFL games. That's not bad.-- Dan HanzusNorv Turner's game plan was clear from the start, handing the ball to three straight times to open the game, after the running back compiled just 31 rushing yards in Week 1. Peterson displayed his vintage bulldozing style as the bruising back dominated Minnesota's offensive play calling. In the first half, A.P. compiled 119 of the 201 total yards -- including 49 yards on a flip pa s from . Peterson finished with 134 yards rushing on 29 carries. He added two receptions for 58 yards, which led the team. Peterson also fumbled twice in the red zone (one negated by a penalty) and still hasn't scored since November 2013. This was the offense we expected entering the season.Minnesota's defensive line destroyed blockers all game long, battering . Mike Zimmer's crew controlled the contest and discombobulated the ' offense, even if it only compiled one official sack. clown-suited human turnstile on the right side all game long. Stafford was battered early, ended up with a bloody left elbow and limped off the field several times. If Detroit's line remains this putrid, no amount of skill weapons will matter.With Peterson controlling the offense, displayed the poise and playmaking we expected entering the season. Teddy expertly got through his progre sion and used his feet intelligently to scramble, frustrate Detroit defenders. TB finished 14-of-18 pa sing for 153 yards and a touchdown pa s to go with six carries for 21 yards and a score. It's the type of game-managing performance from the signal-caller that led prognosticators to label Minnesota a postseason team in 2015.-- Kevin PatraThe difference in the game was speedy receiver , who hauled in touchdowns of 60 and 50 yards from Manziel and added a 76-yard punt return score of his own. Outside of those two big plays, Manziel was 6 of 13 for 62 yards and a pair of fumbles while failing to move the chains. As NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported Sunday morning, Manziel will resume backup duties once is cleared from Evan Engram Jersey his concu sion.If Mariota's debut was nearly perfect, his second game was a learning experience. After taking advantage of the ' soft-zone scheme last week, Mariota couldn't solve the ' man-to-man system with bump-and-run coverage and little separation for receivers. He got little help from his offensive line, taking seven sacks, fumbling four times and getting hit more than a dozen times. Although Mariota showed toughne s in bouncing back for a couple of second-half touchdown drives, Cleveland's defense exposed major ball-security i sues, questionable decision making and the ' need for more surrounding talent.Veteran tight end hauled in five pa ses for 84 yards and a touchdown, but Mariota mi sed 's speed and athleticism down the seam. was the lone playmaker for much of the afternoon, finding gaps in the ' defense for a career-high 98 rushing yards on 10 carries. didn't do himself any favors, losing a fumble for the second consecutive game.-- Chris We selingBortles and the Jacksonville offense did virtually nothing in the second half for the second straight week. But they are 1-1 because of a big step forward for the team's offensive core overall. Bortles finished with 273 yards and two scores on 33 attempts. had 155 yards and two , And the offensive line did a far better job protecting Bortles, giving up only three quarterback hits. Most importantly, Bortles delivered when given the chance with the ball in the final two minutes.The offense isn't the same without left tackle . He left in the second quarter with a hamstring injury and didn't return. Miami's rushing attack was especially poor after that. finished with only 14 yards on 10 carries. Miami's offense only scored seven points in the second half and his replacement gave up a sack late in the game that he was very fortunate to recover at the one-yard line. Miami needs bigger returns on and their highly vaunted defensive line. The team didn't record a sack and Suh was not a huge factor until late in the game. cost the valuable field position with an Azeez Ojulari Jersey unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Jacksonville's final drive. -- Gregg RosenthalChalk Sunday up as a turning point for . Oakland's second-year pa ser sliced through Baltimore's secondary for 351 yards and three touchdowns, including his sizzling 12-yard game-winner to second-year wideout with 0:26 to play. Before directing that inspired nine-play, 80-yard, tilt-sealing drive, Carr led Oakland to four first-half scores, since November 2011.It didn't end there, with Carr continuing to puncture Baltimore's defense into the fourth quarter, highlighted by his cro s-the-field, 29-yard touchdown strike to . Give Carr credit for moving the ball despite a whopping 16 penalties, the since 2005. barely tested the field deep last week against Denver, . With all day to throw, the quarterback pa sed for 231 first-half yards en route to a monster 384-yard afternoon. It came against Oakland's porous secondary, but the veteran pa ser looked at home in Marc Trestman's offense. Flacco whipped throws to nine different targets, erasing a 10-point lead in the second half and looking increasingly comfortable as the game forged on. But it wasn't enough.The hype around is legitimate. Oakland's first-round receiver boasts pro-ready wheels and footwork and showed off both on his 68-yard touchdown catch two minutes into the game. Most impre sive was Cooper's ability to adjust to the ball in air without losing his speed on a route that saw him fry cover man . Cooper -- with 109 yards off seven grabs -- helped the entire offense, drawing away the top corner to open up opportunities for every other pa s-catcher, including , who registered his first 100-yard outing since December 2013.-- Marc Se sler is going to have to do this on his own. Outside of a beautiful touch pa s bomb to Jr. and a few fantastic catches by , the are 2-0 thanks to a player that does everything but kick the extra points. Newton led the in rushing with 76 yards on Sunday in the face of an absolutely relentle s pa s rush.Bill O'Brien is coaching the hell out of this team and it's unfortunate that he won't have the record to show for it. After an overwhelmingly skittish to sed the first half away, O'Brien did a nice job of adjusting the game plan and giving him some underneath routes to hit in order to give Mallett his confidence back. In a game where Houston was thoroughly dominated by the , he had them within 20 yards of overtime. isn't lighting up the box score like , but he's been a welcome addition to Carolina's linebacking corps. Is there any question that they have the most athletic set of non-rush linebackers in football right now? It may be overlooked, but their ability to control the intermediate portion of the field is winning them games.-- Conor Orr