NFL Week 2 scores may produce panic among fans of the Minnesota Vikings and the Dallas Cowboys, both of which suffered their second consecutive losses without a win this new season. But if you live in Chicago, you’re ready to crown Mike Martz, king of the Windy City.

Here are the scores and rundown of the games for NFL Week Two.

Miami Dolphins beat the Minnesota Vikings 14-10: Adrian Peterson was the whole show for the Vikings in their home opener.  He ran for 145 yards and scored the team’s only TD. Another poor day for Brett Favre included a fumble in the end zone resulting in Miami’s second and final TD of the day.

Green Bay Packers over the Buffalo Bills 34-7: The Green Bay home opener against the Buffalo Bills gave the home crowd a big win, but the Pack sputtered a bit until the second half. QB Aaron Rodgers turned it up a couple of notches as he passed for two TDs and ran for another. Fred Jackson scored the lone TD for the Bills.

Chicago Bears win over the Dallas Cowboys 27-20: It’s worry time in Dallas. Cowboys QB Tony Romo threw a ridiculous number of passes for the second game in a row. He was 39-51, which resulted in only one TD and 2 INTs. The Bears held the Dallas running game in check and Jay Cutler was 21-29 with 3 TDs. The highlight for Dallas was rookie Dez Bryant’s 62 yard punt return for a TD.

Pittsburgh Steelers over Tennessee Titans 19-11: The Pittsburgh Steelers are 2-0 without Ben Roethlisberger but it’s no thanks to Dennis Dixon. He left the game with an injury, replaced by Charlie Batch. Kicker Jeff Reed accounted for 15 of the Steelers points. Titans RB Chris Johnson was held to 34 yards from scrimmage and Kerry Collins, in for the sputtering Vince Young threw for the only Titans.

Philadelphia Eagles beat the Detroit Lions 35-32: In a wild and high scoring game in Detroit, the Philadelphia Eagles outlasted the Lions 35-32. Mike Vick had a great day at QB, subbing for the injured Kevin Kolb. But the Lions almost pulled it out, scoring 15 points in the fourth quarter. Lions rookie RB, Jahvid Best scored three times as did his counterpart on the Eagles, LeSean McCoy. Vick ended the day with 2 TDs 21-34 without an INT. Kolb is expected to return next week. QB controversy anyone?

New England Patriots visited the New York Jets and lost 28-14. The Jets had a controversial week with a sexual harassment flap and a bad loss to the Ravens. It made you think the Pats would roll, right? That’s why they play the game. Mark Sanchez didn’t turn the ball over on 21-30 passing and threw for three TDs. The Jets defense intercepted Tom Brady twice, both by Antonio Cromartie who had to pick up the slack for an injured. Darrelle Revis. LaDainian Tomlinson looked like he drank from the fountain of youth. He was the team’s most productive runner for the second week in a row, gaining 76 yards on the ground and added 26 yards receiving.

The Houston Texans came back to tie and then beat the Washington Redskins in overtime 30-27.  Matt Schaub who threw for more than 497 yards, pitched a pretty TD pass to trusty wide receiver Andre Johnson with a bit more than two minutes left in regulation to tie it up. The Redskins couldn’t seem to run the ball very much, except when Clinton Portis was near the goal line. He scored twice but gained only 33 yards. Donovan McNabb threw for 426 yards and one score. The Skins had a chance to win the game in OT, but as kicker Graham Gano ran up to the ball, Houston coach Gary Kubiak called a time out to ice him. It worked and his second attempt failed. The Texans were able to capitalize and won on Neil Rackers third successful field goal of the game. The two teams put up almost 1,000 yards of total offense.

The Denver Broncos skunked the Seattle Seahawks 31-14 and it was not pretty on either offense or defense for the Seahawks. The Seahawks came back down to earth in Week 2, after their win against the 49ers, and their defense let the Broncos run wild. Denver QB Kyle Orton didn’t have a pick and threw for 2 TDs on 307 yards. Knowshon Moreno and Correll Buckhalter both scored a Denver TD on the ground. Seattle QB Matt Hasselbeck went 20-35 and was picked off three times, in a game that was reminiscent of the 2009 season. Back to the drawing board for coach Pete Carroll.

The San Diego Chargers put a beat down on the Jacksonville Jaguars, 38-13.  Philip Rivers threw for 334 yards, two TDs and 2 INTs. Malcolm Floyd scored once on 95 receiving yards with fullback Mike Tolbert scoring two on the ground. The Jaguars decided that after four INTs and no TDs quarterback David Garrad should be replaced by Luke McCown. It looked like a good move as McCown moved the offense, but he left the game with an injury. A chastened Garrad returned to throw for the only Jags touchdown on the day, a pass to Mike Sims-Walker. Maurice Jones-Drew was held to 31 yards on the ground and 17 receiving yards.

The Oakland Raiders held off the St. Louis Rams, 16-14. After Raiders quarterback Jason Campbell got benched, Bruce Gradkowski did what he generally does for Oakland: he wins. He threw for the team’s only touchdown on the day, a pass to Louis Murphy. Kicker Sebastian Janikowski kicked three field goals and that was enough to beat St. Louis. Rams quarterback Sam Bradford had a decent game two for a rookie. He threw for two touchdowns, both to Mark Clayton and went 14-25 on the day with one INT.

Cincinnati Bengals win against Baltimore Ravens 15-10: Cincinnati evened its their record at 1-1 with a big win against their fierce division rival. Ravens QB Joe Flacco had the worst day of his pro career, going 17-39 with 4 INT’s and one TD. The Bengals got all their points from kicker Mike Nugent.

Atlanta Falcons over the Arizona Cardinals 41-7: . Matt Ryan threw for 3 TDs and running back Jason Snelling ran for two. The Cardinals offense was non-existent except for one 80 yard TD run by Tim Hightower. How’s that QB thing going for the Cards? Anyone? Other news from the Falcons sidelines, Michael Turner left the game with a groin injury in the 2nd quarter and did not play in the second half.

Kansas City Chiefs beat the Cleveland Browns 16-14: The newly invigorated KC Chiefs won their second in a row by beating the Cleveland Browns, who drop to 0-2. Seneca Wallace, subbing for injured Jake Delhomme, at QB for the Browns actually outplayed his counterpart, Matt Cassel but the KC defense and running game ruled the day.

Tampa Bay Bucs win against the Carolina Panthers 20-7:  Break up the Bucs! They are 2-0 after a beat down of the Carolina Panthers, 20-7. Bucs QB Josh Freeman threw for 2 TDs and the Bucs defense held the twin-towers of Carolina’s running game to under 100 yards. They also picked off Matt Moore once, which resulted in him being benched for rookie Jimmy Clausen, who fared no better.

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Paula Duffy is a national sports columnist for Examiner.com and the Huffington Post and regularly comments on sports/legal matters for radio affiliates of ESPN and Fox Sports. She founded the sports information site, Incidental Contact, is the author of a line of audio books designed for sports novices and in her spare time practices law in Los Angeles. 

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