NFL Week 3 Preview | Coach's Week 2 Power Rankings — Afternoon Drive with the Coach Tuesday 9/22/26

Coach opens show No. 3 of Afternoon Drive with his Week 2 power rankings: 1. Bills, 2. 49ers, 3. Chiefs, 4. Seahawks, 5. Rams — three NFC West teams in the top five. Buffalo is 2-0 after dropping 36 on Houston and 41 on Detroit, and Josh Allen already has nine total touchdowns (NFL.com/Yahoo). San Francisco won its first two by 20-plus, including the 27-7 opener over the Rams in Melbourne (49ers.com), and the Rams earn their spot after Monday night's 28-6 win over the Giants, with Aaron Donald back and making a difference (NFL.com).

Then it's every Week 3 game in two minutes or less (full schedule). Coach likes the Packers over the Falcons on Thursday night, says Deshaun Watson has earned the start at home against Carolina off the Browns' win in Tampa (with Todd Monken's "very young player" sound) (PFT), asks whether Aaron Rodgers has anything left in Pittsburgh, and takes the Colts and the points at home against Houston. He defends Chris Jones' "two middle fingers" backing of Harrison Butker after the Chiefs' 33-30 overtime win (Yahoo), rides the Bills to cover against the 0-2 Chargers, takes the Lions over the Jets, and breaks down Washington life without Jayden Daniels (dislocated elbow; Marcus Mariota expected to start) (NFL.com). Late window: Carson Wentz and the 2-0 Vikings at 0-2 Tampa, Ravens–Cowboys at Rio de Janeiro's Maracanã (CBS Sports), Kirk Cousins' Raiders at the Saints (Coach's pick: New Orleans), and Rams at Broncos on Sunday night. It closes on Monday night's Eagles at Bears — with Caleb Williams nursing a hamstring and Tyson Bagent in concussion protocol, Case Keenum could start for Chicago (NFL.com); Coach says he'll take Philly -3.5 "all day."

Along the way: the Jalen Hurts doppelganger meme, the Taylor Swift "that's my husband" moment, Romeo Doubs' $68M Patriots deal versus keeping Stefon Diggs (Heavy), and a pile of Super Chats from Jimmy Fingers, Morris, Big Cheesy, Dan and the rest of the chat. Picks are Coach's opinion and lines move — check current odds before you play. Housekeeping: Afternoon Drive is live every Tuesday and Thursday at 2 PM ET; Thursday's show covers Falcons–Packers and the big college football stories; Coach and Company is live weekdays at 10 AM ET; Coach and Bro follows at 2 PM ET Wednesday. This episode is sponsored by BlueChew — promo code COACH.

Episode Timestamps Time Segment 00:00 Welcome to Afternoon Drive — show No. 3 01:55 Coach's Week 2 Power Rankings: Bills No. 1 05:25 The Jalen Hurts meme + first Super Chats 07:25 TNF: Falcons at Packers 09:15 Panthers at Browns — Deshaun Watson and Todd Monken 15:25 Bengals at Steelers — does Aaron Rodgers have anything left? 17:50 Texans at Colts — is C.J. Stroud a franchise QB? 20:15 Chiefs at Dolphins — Mahomes, Chris Jones and Harrison Butker 25:20 Chargers at Bills 28:05 Jets at Lions — Dan Campbell the head coach 30:25 Seahawks at Commanders — Jayden Daniels injury 33:20 Titans at Giants — Jaxson Dart and Jameis Winston 36:25 BREAKING: Bears QB room — Case Keenum? 37:50 Super Chats: Romeo Doubs vs. Stefon Diggs 40:45 Patriots at Jaguars 44:45 BlueChew Gold presents: "Just Wrestling" 46:50 Vikings at Buccaneers 49:45 Ravens vs. Cowboys in Rio 52:30 Raiders at Saints 54:45 Rams at Broncos — Sunday Night Football 57:30 Could Netflix come calling? Why BTT built its own thing 59:10 MNF: Eagles at Bears 62:05 Final Super Chats + sign-o