#42 NFL Week 2 Preview with Hal Bent who covers the Patriots for Scout Media.

Week 2 of the 2017 NFL season kicked off Thursday night with the Texans knocking off the Bengals 13-9 in a game that was infinitely more boring than the score indicates. Only two games went down to the wire in week 1, but week 2 will hopefully bring more entertaining games. And to help us preview those games, it is a pleasure to welcome our good friend Hal Bent back to the program. Hal covers the Patriots for Scout media, MusketFire.com and Cover32.com. Hal’s Twitter handle: @halbent01 Other Twitter handles: @MusketFire, @Cover32_NE 1. What did you think of Deshaun Watson’s first NFL start? Can he grow into a pocket passer? 2. Is this the final season for Marvin Lewis and Andy Dalton in Cincinnati? 3. Patriots/Saints How much harder will it be for the Pats to stop Brees without Dont’a Hightower? Do you expect the Pats to pepper Brandin Cooks with even more targets than usual given his return to NOLA? What’s the matchup that will decide this game? Who wins and why? 4. Eagles/Ch