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Charles McDonald

Four Verts: Kyler Murray is pushing backyard football to the max and the Browns are dumping on defenses

Two weeks down, 16 to go.

The NFL season is at the perfect point for hot takes and overreactions. Opinions are being set in stone about potential playoff contenders while some fans (Rise Up!) are already reading mock drafts for the 2022 NFL Draft.

The most fun aspect of this part of the calendar is taking these tiny sample sizes and expanding them to a full season. Whether it’s a gaudy stat projection going off of two games or making blanket statements on which teams are bound to miss the playoffs, this is where the NFL and its storylines start to take fold.

Let’s talk about some trends, baby.

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