Week 1's biggest surprises are now Week 2's biggest questions

One week after starting the NFL season with plenty of skepticism and little buzz, the Steelers, Colts and Jets will be among the most closely watched teams of Week 2 as fans and analysts search for clues to one of the most unexpected questions of the young season

One week after starting the NFL season with plenty of skepticism and little buzz, the Steelers, Colts and Jets will be among the most closely watched teams of Week 2 as fans and analysts search for clues to one of the most unexpected questions of the young season.

Can the quarterback trio of Pittsburgh’s Aaron Rodgers, the Jets’ Justin Fields and Indianapolis’ Daniel Jones look this good again?

Each had been cast off by their former team during the offseason, and another bad performance in Week 1 threatened to write them off with their new one, too.

When media outlets published preseason rankings of the league’s starting quarterbacks, all three routinely ranked in the bottom half; the NFL’s own website ranked Fields and Jones 30th and 31st in a 32-team league. Rodgers, a former four-time league MVP, was 21st.

That lack of confidence was justified. Jones had a 1-5 record in season openers with the Giants. Then, in his first start with the Colts since supplanting Anthony Richardson on the depth chart, Jones led Indianapolis to points on each of its first seven drives to blow out the Dolphins, 33-8, and win the Colts’ first Week 1 game in 12 years. Jones combined for three touchdowns. It was the first time since at least 1978 that a team scored on every possession of a game, according to league research.