Your weekly NFL grades are here
Sep 20, 2026
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Welcome to the Week 2 grades! The second week of the season is always a big one, especially for all the teams with an 0-1 record. If there’s one thing you don’t want ever want to do in the NFL, it’s start the season at 0-2.
Since the playoffs expanded to 14 teams in 2020, only eight out of 51 teams have bounced back from an 0-2 start to make the postseason. Basically, the odds are NOT in your favor.
That’s not great news for the Texans, Titans, Colts, Dolphins, Commanders, Buccaneers and Falcons, all teams that are now 0-2 after losing on Sunday. Of course, we did see three teams make the playoffs last season after starting 0-2, so getting to the postseason isn’t impossible, but all of the teams above have dug themselves into a big hole that won’t be easy to get out of.
With that in mind, let’s get to the grades, starting with a Saints team that avoided an 0-2 start by stunning the Ravens in Baltimore.
New Orleans 24-17 over Baltimore Kansas City 33-30 over Indianapolis (OT) New England 20-3 over Pittsburgh Cincinnati 20-6 over Houston Minnesota 9-3 over Chicago Green Bay 20-17 over New York Jets (OT) Philadelphia 24-20 over Tennessee Cleveland 23-19 over Tampa Bay Carolina 34-3 over Atlanta Denver 20-13 over Jacksonville Las Vegas 26-14 over L.A. Chargers Dallas 37-20 over Washington Seattle 31-7 over Arizona San Francisco 35-13 over Miami Buffalo 41-31 over Detroit (Thursday)
