By Gus "Walk-Off" Fields
Patrick Mahomes found Travis Kelce to put Kansas City ahead of the Colts, and for a Chiefs team looking to find its footing, it was the kind of connection that used to be automatic. Add it to a week where Kansas City looked, as the BBC put it, "back to their best."
But the bigger story out of Week Two was written in ice packs and injury carts. Washington's Jayden Daniels was carted off after hurting his left elbow on the final play of the first half against Dallas, forcing him from the game. A few time zones over, Chicago's Caleb Williams also went down with a serious injury, according to the BBC's roundup of the week's headlines — though specifics of his injury weren't detailed in the reporting we have.
In Dallas, there was a happier headline: Dak Prescott threw his way past Tony Romo into franchise history, becoming the Cowboys' all-time leader in touchdown passes with 249 in his career, breaking Romo's long-standing mark in Sunday's win over the Commanders.
And in Nashville, the story wasn't X's and O's at all — it was the thermometer. Field temperatures at Nissan Stadium reportedly hit 157 degrees Fahrenheit during Philadelphia's 24-20 win over Tennessee, hot enough, per ESPN, to melt players' cleats and send Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni to the sideline for an IV. After the final whistle, Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts had words for Titans defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons during a postgame handshake, telling him Philadelphia had "finished what you started."
Two huge quarterback injuries, a franchise record, and a field hot enough to melt rubber — that's a lot of football news for one Sunday, and it's only Week Two.
Final score's the last thing that mattered here.
— Compiled from reporting by ESPN and the BBC.
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