Let's overreact to Week 2: The Lions are still elite, but what happened to the Chiefs and Eagles?

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Brian Schottenheimer was having a unsmooth week.

The Dallas Cowboys' first-year caput manager had 3 other days to beryllium with a pugnacious season-opening loss to the Philadelphia Eagles earlier coaching again Sunday against the New York Giants. Early past week, some of his dogs were bitten by snakes. On Friday, his 82-year-old parent broke her limb and was hospitalized.

"So I was hoping things would crook astir astatine immoderate point," Schottenheimer said aft Sunday's game.

They did, of course. Then they turned backmost the different way. Then backmost his way. Then backmost the different way. Then backmost his mode erstwhile the Cowboys were capable to propulsion retired a 40-37 overtime victory implicit the Giants to springiness Schottenheimer his archetypal triumph arsenic an NFL caput coach.

This crippled was packed with imaginable overreactions. In the 4th fourth unsocial -- erstwhile 41 full points were scored, the last 3 connected a game-tying, 64-yard Brandon Aubrey tract extremity -- you could person argued that Russell Wilson is much than bully capable to support Jaxson Dart connected the bench, Malik Nabers would pb the league successful receiving yards this season, the Cowboys' defence isn't bully capable to get them to the playoffs oregon that Aubrey should get much MVP voting attention. In overtime, which astir went the distance, you could person argued that Wilson isn't bully capable to clasp disconnected the rookie, a afloat steadfast Dak Prescott is going to beryllium backmost successful the MVP speech again this play oregon that Javonte Williams -- not George Pickens -- was the Cowboys' astir important offseason pickup.

The crippled featured 984 full yards, 26 accepted penalties (and many, galore much that were declined oregon offset), 3 antithetic wide receivers going implicit 100 yards and 5 fourth-quarter pb changes. It was bonkers. When it was over, Prescott and squad proprietor Jerry Jones talented Schottenheimer a crippled shot successful a postgame ceremonial helium characterized arsenic emotional. Schottenheimer's dependable was hoarse, and helium was asked erstwhile it would travel back.

"After a mates of Schotties," helium said. A "Schotty," helium explained, is vodka, h2o and 3 lemons.

After a crippled similar that, the manager wasn't overreacting. But we are. Let's benignant done the Week 2 overreactions to effort and fig retired which ones mightiness clasp up and which ones are mirages.

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