{"id":71673,"date":"2025-08-16T02:27:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T02:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/71673\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T02:27:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T02:27:10","slug":"2025-nfl-preseason-week-2-takeaways-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/71673\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 NFL preseason Week 2: Takeaways, analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NFL NationAug 16, 2025, 12:04 PM<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>NFL Nation is made up of 32 team-specific reporters who cover the NFL year-round across ESPN.com, ESPN television shows, ESPN Radio, ESPN+ and social media platforms. It was established ahead of the 2013 season.<\/p>\n

The second week of the 2025 NFL preseason<\/a> kicked off Friday as several teams prepared to give extended looks to their starters in a dress rehearsal for the regular season.<\/p>\n

To keep you updated on how teams fared, our NFL Nation reporters summarized the games below.<\/p>\n

Quick links:
Full schedule<\/a> | Where to watch<\/a> | Depth charts<\/a>
Fantasy football draft guide<\/a> | Sign up to play<\/a><\/p>\n

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Friday\"\"<\/p>\n

Titans: Rookie receiver Elic Ayomanor<\/a> had what he called his worst practice of training camp on Tuesday when he went up against the Falcons’ defensive backs. Ayomanor bounced back with a solid practice on Wednesday, and he carried that momentum over to game day.<\/p>\n

Ayomanor caught two passes for 47 yards and is becoming a problem working the middle of the field. Fellow rookie Gunnar Helm<\/a> is a playmaker, whether it’s finding holes in zone or running seam routes. Helm went up and grabbed a Brandon Allen<\/a> pass over two defenders for a 25-yard touchdown and finished with four receptions for 48 yards.– Turron Davenport<\/p>\n

Next game: vs. Minnesota Vikings<\/a> (8 p.m. ET, Friday)<\/p>\n

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Falcons: The Falcons’ wide receiver corps is not making things easy for the coaching staff with a little more than a week until cut day. Against the Titans, David Sills V<\/a>, Chris Blair<\/a> and Dylan Drummond<\/a> all had moments. Blair caught a 52-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Easton Stick<\/a>. Drummond has 12 catches in two preseason games.<\/p>\n

Sills, who has been Kirk Cousins<\/a> favorite target in practice, had two catches on the first series Friday and was then removed, potentially indicating that the coaches have seen enough and Sills has a 53-man roster spot already. Casey Washington<\/a> didn’t suit up Friday, meaning he’s a lock. — Marc Raimondi<\/p>\n

Next game: at Dallas Cowboys<\/a> (8 p.m. ET, Friday)<\/p>\n

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Friday’s late game<\/p>\n

Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> at Seattle Seahawks<\/a><\/p>\n

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Saturday’s games<\/p>\n

Miami Dolphins<\/a> at Detroit Lions<\/a>, 1 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

Green Bay Packers<\/a> at Indianapolis Colts<\/a>, 1 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

New England Patriots<\/a> at Minnesota Vikings<\/a>, 1 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

Cleveland Browns<\/a> at Philadelphia Eagles<\/a>, 1 p.m. ET (NFL Network)<\/p>\n

Carolina Panthers<\/a> at Houston Texans<\/a>, 1 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

San Francisco 49ers<\/a> at Las Vegas Raiders<\/a>, 4:05 ET (NFL Network)<\/p>\n

Baltimor Ravens at Dallas Cowboys<\/a>, 7 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Chargers<\/a> at Los Angeles Rams<\/a>, 7 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

New York Jets<\/a> at New York Giants<\/a>, 7 p.m. ET (NFL Network)<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a> at Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a>, 7 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

Arizona Cardinals<\/a> at Denver Broncos<\/a>, 9:30 p.m. (NFL Network)<\/p>\n

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Sunday’s games<\/p>\n

Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> at New Orleans Saints<\/a>, 1 p.m. (NFL Network)<\/p>\n

Buffalo Bills<\/a> at Chicago Bears<\/a>, 8 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

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Monday’s game<\/p>\n

Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> at Washington Commanders<\/a>, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NFL NationAug 16, 2025, 12:04 PM CloseNFL Nation is made up of 32 team-specific reporters who cover the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71674,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-71673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}