Two other key matchups see divisional rivals with 1-0 records face off on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The Green Bay Packers (-2.5) host the Minnesota Vikings at Lambeau Field, and are hoping that their offense can be a bit more dynamic than in their opening week 10-3 win over the Chicago Bears. The Packers will likely need to score more points this week to deal with a Vikings offense that features wide receivers Adam Thielen and Stefon Diggs, who Green Bay had no answer for in last year\u2019s two meetings.<\/p>\n
In late afternoon action, the Kansas City Chiefs (-7) will visit the Oakland Raiders, who are playing their final season in the Bay Area before moving to Las Vegas. Kansas City quarterback Defending NFL MVP Pat Mahomes will almost certainly put up big numbers once again in Week 2. But Raiders quarterback Derek Carr says he won\u2019t get caught up in trying to outgun his counterpart.<\/p>\n
Three years ago, I\u2019d be out there trying to throw haymakers every play,\u201d Carr told reporters. \u201cNow I\u2019ve played so many football games and they come down to the wire so many times. There are no 20-point plays. There\u2019s no nine-point first-down throws.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The NFL weekend wraps up with a Sunday night game between the Philadelphia Eagles (-2) and the Atlanta Falcons, followed by the Cleveland Browns (-6.5) visiting the New York Jets \u2013 who will be without quarterback Sam Darnold, out with mononucleosis \u2013 on Monday Night Football.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The New Orleans Saints will look to get revenge for their controversial loss in last year\u2019s National Football Conference (NFC) Championship game when they travel to take on the Los Angeles Rams in the premier matchup of Week 2 of the National Football League (NFL) season. The Rams are a two-point favorite over the Saints […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":114872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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