As we get ready to head into Week 2, I’d like to bid a fond farewell to Week 1, which will almost certainly go down as the most bizarre NFL week of the year.
I haven’t checked the NFL record book yet, but I believe it was the first opening week ever where a player got handcuffed by police three hours before his game, only to be released a short time later so that he could play in the game where he would score a touchdown and do a celebration that involved a teammate handcuffing him.
As I’ve always said, there’s no better touchdown celebration than fake handcuffing your teammate. OK, so I’ve never said that, but I might start staying it. I haven’t decided.
Anyway, Hill won’t have a lot of time to mentally recover from his run-in with police and that’s because the Dolphins play on Thursday this week against the Bills at Hard Rock Stadium.
So who’s going to win the AFC East showdown? Let’s get to the Week 2 picks and find out.
NFL Week 2 picks
Buffalo (1-0) at Miami (1-0)
Thursday, 8:15 p.m ET (Amazon Prime)
We have officially reached my favorite part of the NFL season, which is where I have to ask my wife what our login password is for Amazon, which will be immediately followed by her telling…