NFL Week 2 Power Rankings: Chiefs rise to No. 2 while Super Bowl teams fall, but don’t overreact to wild start

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We’ve had one week of the NFL season and let’s just say it’s already nuts.

The San Francisco 49ers, considered a possible Super Bowl team, lost on the road to the Chicago Bears, who are far from it. 

The Houston Texans and Indianapolis Colts tied in a game that the Texans actually dominated.

The Cincinnati Bengals lost a game in overtime to the Pittsburgh Steelers thanks to a blocked extra point on the final play in regulation, a game that started with Joe Burrow looking awful.

The New Orleans Saints needed a late kick to rally to beat the Atlanta Falcons as their supposedly dominant defense sure didn’t look that way in that game.

It was just a weird open to the season. The only two constants were the dominance shown by the Buffalo Bills and the Kansas City Chiefs. They both opened on the road with statement victories that featured high-flying offenses with their star passers putting on impressive shows.

The Bills remain in the top spot of my Power Rankings, with the Chiefs now in the second spot. Just remember, though, it’s just one week for all 32 teams. That means overreactions all this week leading into the second week.

Such as: 

The Packers are done.

The Patriots can’t score.

The Eagles are going to the Super Bowl.

Maybe one or two of those will be true, but not yet. It’s way too early. We can’t get a true gauge on this league until October. We really won’t know the true contenders until November, when separation really begins. 

So take that into account when reading these Power Rankings. Just because a team pulled off an upset doesn’t mean they should shoot up 10 spots. Let it play out for a bit.

The Bears won’t finish with a better

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Esports: Cherry Creek claims Super Smash Bros. Ultimate title

LAKEWOOD – As esports strategies the end line on its journey to turning out to be a Colorado Superior Faculty Functions Association-sanctioned activity in Colorado, the just state topped its first Super Smash Bros. Greatest champion.
 
At Localhost on Thursday, Cherry Creek Smash was the final crew standing in the higher-motion smashing title, besting ThunderRidge Eco-friendly Group, 2-1, in the championship match.
 
The Cherry Creek Smash squad – Luke Russell, Ray Camp and Arin Singh – is the first to get a Super Smash Bros. Top championship in Colorado and also is the state’s past with esports as a pilot system, as the exercise is established to get comprehensive sanctioning starting upcoming faculty calendar year.
 
“We had been rather assurance likely into it but it was truly near in the finals,” said Singh, who received the decisive third set in the finals. “The dude I performed at the stop was actually excellent and I know him from other tournaments I engage in. It feels truly cool to be the first individuals to earn the first Smash condition championship.”
 
In the finals, groups of 3 players faced off in a greatest-of-three match. To get, a crew should acquire two out of 3 sets, every single of which is finest-of-5 online games.
 
Cherry Creek received the initially established and ThunderRidge took the second. In the pivotal third established, Cherry Creek, which also experienced a fight with Pueblo West Smash Varsity in the to start with match of the day, broke a 2-2 tie to appear absent victorious.
 
“It actually arrived down to it and it was a seriously great matchup,” Cherry Creek mentor Alex Bak explained. “That middle established was challenging, but it was a genuinely fantastic match and most people actually had exciting.

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Super short workouts can be surprisingly effective

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It sounds like one of those outrageous infomercial claims — get fitter and healthier from as little as one minute of exercise. But In this case, the assertion isn’t too good to be true. There’s now a strong body of research showing that even workouts of 10 minutes or less can produce real and meaningful results, says Jenna Gillen, an exercise physiologist at the University of Toronto. Gillen’s work has shown that even a one-minute bout of exercise, done right, can improve your fitness and health.

Of course there’s a caveat: to get results from such short workouts, you have to be willing to push yourself hard, Gillen says. Numerous studies have shown that intense interval training protocols can get results from relatively short workouts. Gillen and her colleagues at McMaster University wanted to know just how short that workout can be.

The answer, from a study they did in 2016 was: one minute of intense exercise in a workout lasting 10 minutes total (including the warm up and cool down), three times per week.

Even a little exercise can mean big improvements in your health

Gillen’s team randomly assigned participants to three groups. One pedaled an exercise bike at a moderate level of effort for 45 minutes, three times per week. A second group did thrice weekly the 10-minute workouts that included three segments of 20 seconds of all-out sprint cycling, for a total of one high-intensity minute each workout. (The rest of the time was easy spinning.) A third group served as a control and did nothing.

After 12 weeks, both exercise groups had improved their insulin resistance and also increased their fitness (as measured by their capacity to use oxygen during exercise) by about 19 percent. The gains were similar between

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Beyond The Summit and Papa John’s announce Super Smash Bros partnership

Esports match operator Further than the Summit (BTS) has entered a partnership with pizza cafe chain Papa John’s.

The year-extended offer will see both equally events collaborate on a Tremendous Smash Bros-targeted group campaign.

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Activations include creating a content sequence concentrated on regional Smash communities as very well as developing commercials that charm to supporters and other gaming communities. In addition, the two events purpose to unify 12 big Smash tournaments, hosted by 9 distinctive event organisers, below the Papa John’s banner.

Along with a unified Smash tournament circuit, BTS and Papa John’s will create a ‘pathway to pro’, delivering aspiring gamers with a probability to exercise in opposition to professional players at a person of the tournaments.

Michelle Cheng, Vice President of Income and Marketing at Further than The Summit, spoke on the offer: “Smash needs players to bodily be alongside one another and contend side by aspect. There’s almost nothing additional on-brand with the philosophy of Papa Johns, then Smashers sharing a box of sizzling, top quality pizza immediately after an powerful gameplay. Pizza delivers men and women with each other. Who turns down a scorching slice of Papa Johns right after a long day at a area tournament?” 

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Papa John’s is no stranger to esports. In 2019, the pizza chain partnered with NBA 2K League franchise Magic Gaming in an initiative that gave supporters discount rates on its food.

Anne Fischer, Main Promoting Officer at Papa John’s, also commented:

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HBCU Students Compete as Madden 22 Tournament Finalists and Interns at Super Bowl LVI

Esports is a very lucrative business and is giving educational opportunities for many HBCU students.  The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) has been “implementing a conference-wide Esports platform starting in September 2020.”   The NFL is using esports to connect with students, athletes, and business professionals through the 2nd annual Madden NFL 22 x HBCU Tournament.

The National Football League unveiled its strategy for the top HBCU student finalists who participated in the 2nd annual Madden NFL 22 x HBCU Tournament with a once-in-a-lifetime experience during Super Bowl LVI week. 

15 students from HBCU schools in the SWAC, MEAC, and CIAA will journey to Los Angeles for a week filled with job shadowing opportunities and events with the NFL as well as the finals competition of the Madden NFL 22 x HBCU tournament. 

Madden NFL 22 HBCU Top Student Finalists

Madden NFL 22 HBCU Top Student Finalists

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Name Madden Gamer Tag HBCU School

Andre Kenyoda Patterson Jr

Slattlyfree

Albany State

Javion D Jackson 

Javion142

Albany State

Eric Demetrius Minor Jr. 

ThatGuyDj

Claffin University

Christopher Webb

Sbc_gaming_1of1

Delaware State

Donavan Burrell

Tissue20

Florida A&M

Tykevious Dequante Ivory

Equipedbulldog2

Fort Valley State

Donald Ray White III

DonTnp4L

Grambling State

Malik Seay

kreamyshots

Howard

Malay Robinson Jr

JoseHndrx

Morgan State

Nicholas Harris

BlackTrident4H

Norfolk State

DaSean Wade Neclos Jr

ThaRealSuave

N.C. A&T

Quran Rubin Coy Watts

callingwolves_

N.C. A&T

Christopher James Pitts

Sametarsier8657

St. Augustine

Carlik Humes

Freakylikky

VA Union

Rodney Jimmel McKay Jr

RockoTuff

VA Union

To conclude the week, each student finalist will receive a ticket to attend Super Bowl LVI, on February 13, 2022, at SoFi Stadium. The Madden NFL 22 x HBCU Tournament is driven by the NFL’s commitment to inclusivity and accessibility in both traditional sports and esports.

Throughout the week, the NFL Football Development team will host the

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Los Angeles Rams win Super Bowl LVI with 23-20 comeback win over Cincinnati Bengals | NFL News

Los Angeles Rams receiver Cooper Kupp named Super Bowl MVP after 92-yard and two-TD game; Odell Beckham Jr exits with knee injury in the first half; Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow sacked a joint-Super-Bowl-record seven times

Last Updated: 14/02/22 6:51pm


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Highlights of Super Bowl LVI between the LA Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals

Highlights of Super Bowl LVI between the LA Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals

The Los Angeles Rams came back to beat the Cincinnati Bengals in stunning fashion in Super Bowl LVI, lifting the Vince Lombardi Trophy after a 23-20 win at home in SoFi Stadium.

Story of the Game

Trailing 20-16 with six minutes and 13 seconds to go, Matthew Stafford – who gets a ring in his first season in Los Angeles – led the Rams on a 15-play, 79-yard drive capped with a one-yard touchdown pass to Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp, who also converted a key fourth down play earlier on the same series.

Joe Burrow and the Bengals would get the ball back with a minute and 25 left but, with the Rams pass rush repeatedly getting home in the second half, Aaron Donald delivered the game-ending hit on fourth down.

Aaron Donald sacked Joe Burrow to seal the win for the Rams in Super Bowl LVI

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Aaron Donald sacked Joe Burrow to seal the win for the Rams in Super Bowl LVI

Aaron Donald sacked Joe Burrow to seal the win for the Rams in Super Bowl LVI

Burrow was sacked a league-high 51 times in the regular season and was taken down a playoff-record nine times in Cincinnati’s divisional round win over the Tennessee Titans, but he was only dropped once in the first half by the much-vaunted Rams pass rush – with Donald

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