Welcome to the new weekly column for the 2024 season, Monday Morning Overreaction (MMOR). As the name suggests, I’ll purposefully act like what we saw this week was some valid trend that’s indicative of how the rest of the season will go, rather than a semi-random one-week sample.

Overall, it’s been a weird start to the season as we try to sort out who’s good, who’s bad and who makes up the bulk of the any-given-Sunday coin flips. Here’s my best attempt in the form of Week 2 overreactions, loosely ranked in descending order of conviction.

The Thers will flirt with all-time bad: Frankly, I don’t think we’ve seen enough to declare yet, although a 73-13 cumulative score is disgusting. Here are some snippets from our long-suffering OBB Panthers fans: i) This team could’ve had Baker, CMC, DJ Moore and a solid D, which could compete for the NFC South, ii) This team could contend with the winless Lions and Browns for all-time infamy

• This would be worst for: DBB, 3 CAR wins. Plus the fandom of Panthers fans everywhere

Brian Daboll will be the first coach fired: Honestly, everyone in the building should be fired for paying Daniel Jones $40M/year, letting Saquon walk, and not having a contingency plan for an injured kicker

• This would be best for: All NYG fans
• This would be worst for: TPP, 7 NYG wins remaining

Top teams are vulnerable: The 5 teams in ESPN’s initial power rankings have combined for 6 losses (KC – 1, BAL – 2, SF – 1, DET – 1, PHI – 1). TPP (9 Ls all season from that group), GLG (10), RAS (13) all loaded up on these teams

• This would be best for: DBB, who had the fewest wins from the group

The NFC South is legit (minus the Thers, ATL TBD): New Orleans and Tampa are both 2-0 and went on the road against top NFC teams (Cowboys and Lions, respectively)

• This would be best for: RAS, 21 NO+TB wins (3 more than next highest)

The Vikes don’t suck: The Vikes are a surprise 2-0 after DBB nailed his island vs SF

• This would be worst for: TPP, 0 MIN wins remaining

Tua should retire: This isn’t exactly a hot take. I adore Mike McDaniel and find Miami’s speed-only offense enthralling, but Tua can’t be the one leading it any longer

• This would be best for: Tua and his family. It feels callous to immediately think of fake football implications with his injuries, but this would be best for TPP (8 MIA wins, 3 fewer than anyone)

Rams are washed: An older QB and injuries to just about everyone (Puka, Kupp, O Line)

• This would be best for: GLG, 7 LAR wins

A quick review of past takes (although we only have 1 weeks’ worth so far)

Takes that are looking right:

• Cardinals are frisky: Demo’d LAR
• Vikes don’t suck: 2-0
• Dak is overpaid: Demo’d by NO

Takes that are looking wrong:

• The Steelers won’t score a TD: The Steelers did in fact score one, singular TD. But they have more Ws (2) than TDs (1) because they held Denver to 6 points
• No Love: The Pack might be decent despite Jordan Love’s absence

Song of Week 2: What the f*ck is going on? (kindly skip to the :20 mark)