2015 NFL Playoff Picture: Week 2
By Martin Bater
Mandatory Credit: Ray Carlin-USA TODAY Sports
If someone went into a coma on Saturday night and woke up on Tuesday, that person would not believe you if you told them what happened during Week 2 of the 2015 NFL regular season.
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The Washington Redskins earned their first win of the year and are now apparent favorites in the NFC East after Tony Romo’s injury. The Raiders, Jaguars, Buccaneers and Browns also got back to .500 with clutch performances by young starting quarterbacks Derek Carr, Blake Bortles, Jameis Winston and Johnny Manziel respectively.
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The New York Jets won convincingly at Indianapolis, are 2-0 and may boast the best defense in the league (eat your heart out, Rex).
Meanwhile, the Indianapolis Colts and Philadelphia Eagles not only are 0-2, but their offenses are in complete and total disarray.
The Seattle Seahawks, Baltimore Ravens, New Orleans Saints and Houston Texans are also winless so far.
That creates a jumbled playoff picture that is impossible to decipher at the moment with no tiebreakers and so much uncertainty in both conferences.
The criteria, for now, remains the same as last week: Every team must be at .500 or better to be considered and the quality of their respective performances is also taken into account.
That is why teams like the Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins and San Francisco 49ers are not included despite the fact that they are 1-1.
The Bills gave up 40 points at home, while the Dolphins and Niners didn’t look like playoff teams. Simple as that.
So let’s take a look at the 2015 NFL Playoff picture, starting with the bubble teams in the NFC.
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