Week 2 NFL Picks and Kicks

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Week 2 is here, and the hot takes are flying! We open with some wild stories — from “Phillies Karen” to a Bills fan banned for life (but how do you even enforce that?) to Jalen Carter putting Dak on notice. Then it’s time for the Report Card: Chargers and Packers shine, while Miami and Seattle stumble.

In Pick it or Kick it, we debate Daniel Jones’ breakout performance, Ed Oliver’s defensive heroics, and whether the Bills might already be the best team in football. We look ahead to Week 2’s most and least interesting matchups, locks, upsets, and hot takes like “Mike McDaniel will be the first coach fired” and “It’s more likely the Chiefs lose the West than the Ravens lose the North.”

Plus, Pickers the Game returns — who’s still alive after Week 1? Then it’s deep dives with Cheese Chat (Packers’ stro ...