NFC East, AFC East clashes highlight NFL Week 2
Week 2 of the National Football League season has some great matchups, highlighted by a nationally televised tilt between NFC East rivals that will be played in front of the largest-ever crowd in NFL history on Sunday Night Football.
But the pigskin action begins with an AFC East clash as Bill Belichick and his New England Patriots visit rival New York Jets Sunday (1 pm ET, CBS).
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betED.com NFL Betting Odds have the Pats as 4-point favorites and the total at 46.
The Patriots have won eight straight when visiting the Jets since a 20-19 loss Sept. 11, 2000, during Belichick’s first season as head coach. That streak continued with a 19-10 win Sept. 14 last season but New England lost 34-31 at home to New York on Nov. 13.
The Patriots survived a Week 1 scare on Monday Night Football as Tom Brady’s 16-yard touchdown pass to Benjamin Watson with 0:50 on the clock lifted New England to a 25-24 win over the division-rival Buffalo Bills.
New England couldn’t cover as 10-point home favorites, while the score went over the 46.5-point total. The Jets
upset Houston Texans 24-7 as a 4.5-point underdog in Week 1, with the score going under the total of 45.
Another high-profile matchup Sunday pits the Pittsburgh Steelers against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field (4 pm ET, CBS).
betED NFL Odds have the Steelers as 3-point favorites versus the Bears, while the game’s total is sitting at 38.
Pittsburgh and Chicago last met in Week 14 of the 2005 season, a 21-9 Steelers home victory that was the first of eight straight wins on their way to winning Super Bowl 40.
The Steelers haven’t visited Soldier Field since a 37-34 overtime victory in 1995, their lone win in 11 visits to Chicago.
And on Sunday Night Football (8:20 pm ET, NBC), the New York Giants visit the Dallas Cowboys for the first regular-season game at brand new Cowboys Stadium, where an NFL-record crowd of 103,000 is expected.
The Cowboys are 3-point favorites and the total is 44.5.
Dallas is 13-6 SU in the past 19 games at home against the Giants.
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Week 2 Matchups
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 2009
St. Louis Rams vs. Washington Redskins
Houston Texans vs. Tennessee Titans
New Orleans Saints vs. Philadelphia Eagles
New England Patriots vs. New York Jets
Oakland Raiders vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Arizona Cardinals vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Cincinnati Bengals vs. Green Bay Packers
Minnesota Vikings vs. Detroit Lions
Carolina Panthers vs. Atlanta Falcons
Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Buffalo Bills
Seattle Seahawks vs. San Francisco 49ers
Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Chicago Bears
Baltimore Ravens vs. San Diego Chargers
Cleveland Browns vs. Denver Broncos
New York Giants vs. Dallas Cowboys
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 2009
Indianapolis Colts vs. Miami Dolphins
