The fascinating question now, of course, is what the Buccaneers do after their Week 3 matchup at home with the winless Steelers. Jameis Winston will be eligible to return from his suspension, but how on earth can you possibly take Fitzpatrick out of the lineup when he's playing well? I don't doubt that the Buccaneers will end up returning to Winston at some point during the season, but is there a rush to replace Fitzpatrick? If they bring in Winston now and he struggles, can they resist the calls from the Bucs fan base -- and the locker room -- to go back to Fitzpatrick? Would they be wrong? The 35-year-old Fitzpatrick isn't Tampa's quarterback of the future, but given Winston's repulsive behavior off of the field, should he be in that conversation anyway?

These are two huge wins in the bank for the Buccaneers, who seemed likely to start the year 0-3 given their schedule. Instead, after entering the season with a 6.8 percent chance of making the postseason, the Bucs are all the way up to 53.9 percent. Even if Fitzpatrick turns back into a well-educated pumpkin, he might have done enough to inspire Tampa into its first playoff run since 2007.

There's no joy in a player's career ending, although Davis might have created a new definition for retiring on your own terms after what happened on Sunday. The former Colts star was inactive in Week 1 after signing a one-year, $5 million deal with the Bills this offseason. Pushed into the lineup in Week 2 against the Chargers, he struggled on 29 snaps during the first half before doing the unthinkable. Davis apparently made the decision to retire from football, leaving the stadium at halftime before posting a curiously lengthy farewell on Twitter hours later.

You can't fault Davis for moving on if the 30-year-old felt like he couldn't physically keep up with younger players, and given that the Bills had been outscored 75-9 through six quarters, there wasn't much entertainment value in sticking around. I have so many questions about this. Did he leave his playbook and gear, or did he just walk out in full pads to his car past some confused stadium employees? Did Davis grab some Powerades for the road? Did the Bills do a roll call at halftime and realize Vontae wasn't around? Did he unfriend everyone on the Bills roster on social media as he was walking to his car? Nothing has ever simultaneously seemed more spontaneous and more calculated than retiring at halftime of a football game in which you're playing. This even brought Philip Rivers some joy.

The Bills are a mess, even beyond the Davis retirement. Coach Sean McDermott stripped defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier of playcalling duties at halftime, which seems harsh given that Frazier's defense had been forced to face five possessions starting on their own side of the field over the first six quarters of the season. The defense did almost entirely shut down the Chargers after halftime, with Rivers & Co. netting a mere 61 yards across six drives, but the Chargers were already up 28-6 at halftime, with the Los Angeles quarterback starting 15-of-16 for 178 yards with three touchdowns.

Josh Allen looked far more like an NFL quarterback than Nathan Peterman and had a long completion (on an underthrown pass, ironically) to Zay Jones, but the Bills' first-round pick took five sacks and was knocked down eight times in his first career start. His next two games come on the road against the Vikings and Packers. The Bills are posted as 16.5-point underdogs in Minnesota. No season should be over after two weeks, but it already feels like Buffalo is playing out the string in advance of the 2019 offseason.

The Jaguars got their revenge. After spending the entire offseason ruing their missed opportunity to beat the Patriots and advance to Super Bowl LII, the Jaguars beat up the defending AFC champions for 60 minutes in Jacksonville on Sunday and claimed what ended up being a pretty comprehensive victory. And they did it in a game in which Bortles quite comfortably outplayed Tom Brady.

Bortles has had excellent games before, of course, but they've mostly been against middling competition. Even in the playoff win against the Steelers, his performance was more about picking up key first downs and big plays as opposed to being the focal point of the offense. He threw for only 214 yards in that game, and while he posted a 293-yard performance against the Patriots the following week, the Jaguars didn't have enough confidence in Bortles to put the game on him in the fourth quarter.

That changed on Sunday. As Warren Sharp noted on Twitter during the offseason, the Jaguars got remarkably conservative and predictable during the fourth quarter of that loss to the Patriots, which let the Patriots back into the game. I mentioned on SportsCenter this past week that the Jaguars ranked seventh in the league in yards per attempt since the beginning of 2017 when they let Bortles throw on first down, and if they wanted to keep the Patriots' defense on the field, their best tactic was to throw the ball.

In a way, the absence of Leonard Fournette as a crutch might have forced the Jaguars to throw the ball more frequently. No matter why they did it, though, Jacksonville was a step ahead of the Patriots all day on first down. New England played a lot of man coverage across the board and dared Bortles to make passes to a bunch of no-name receivers, but the wildly underrated Keelan Cole became a household name by making one of the catches of the season, while Dede Westbrook turned a drag route upfield into a 61-yard touchdown pass to give the Jags critical breathing room in the fourth quarter.

In all, Bortles was 13-of-19 on first downs for 204 yards with three touchdowns, 10 first downs, and a passer rating of 143.4. The former first-round pick had previously never thrown for more than 175 yards on first down in a Jaguars victory before. The likes of Cole, Westbrook and Corey Grant -- two of whom are undrafted free agents -- played key roles in moving the chains.

And while Bortles had a deserved history of producing numbers that were more impressive than his actual level of play, the UCF product was as good -- if not better -- than his numbers suggested on Sunday. His one interception was a pass into admittedly snug coverage that still hit Austin Seferian-Jenkins in the hands. Despite losing left tackle Cam Robinson early in the game, Bortles had the pocket awareness to avoid being sacked.

Bortles also converted three third-and-mediums with his feet as a scrambler, coming up a yard short of a fourth before the Jags decided to hard count into a false start in the third quarter in New England's side of the field. It was the only misstep for Jacksonville's decision-making and playcalling on Sunday. (The Jags might have decided to go for it later in the play clock, but their pre-snap movements suggested their lineup was likely posturing.)

Bortles lost Robinson and didn't have Fournette, but he was also aided by a pair of Patriots injuries. Trey Flowers and Patrick Chung both left the game with concussions, and neither was replaced particularly well. The Patriots didn't manufacture a pass rush without Flowers, while the Jaguars picked on Duron Harmon in Chung's absence.

The natural follow-up for the Jaguars after their most significant regular-season win since last year's Steelers victory will be to avoid the emotional letdown after beating the Patriots. I'm not sure that emotional letdown is a real thing. Over the past five years, leaving Week 17 aside, teams that have beaten the Patriots during the regular season have gone 9-6 the following week. The Jaguars get to face the Titans next week in a matchup in which they could be throwing one of the league's best defensive lines up against a beat-up Titans offensive front and former Jaguars quarterback Blaine Gabbert. Afterward, they get the Jets at home. There's a reasonable chance the Jaguars get out to a 4-0 start before they travel to face the Chiefs in a fascinating Week 5 matchup. It would be hard for Jalen Ramsey to find a flaw in Mahomes' game these days. Then again, it also would be hard to find a flaw in what Bortles did on Sunday.

The Browns are thisclose to being 2-0

The Browns were strictly sadness for the vast majority of their 0-16 campaign last season. They started just two fourth-quarter drives with a win expectancy of 51 percent or more all season. The results aren't yet there, but the Browns have packed more memorable moments into the fourth quarters of their first two games in 2018 than they did the entirety of 2017. In fact, the Browns are a competent kicking game away from standing as one of the league's biggest surprises at 2-0.

Kicker Zane Gonzalez could soon be Cleveland's ex-kicker, the harsh reality of a brutal two-game span. One of the few holdovers from the Sashi Brown regime spared by new general manager John Dorsey, the Arizona State product was below-average on field goals and extra points as a rookie, but the Browns only brought in Ross Martin to compete with Gonzalez this summer.

In the season opener, Gonzalez had his game-winning field goal attempt from 43 yards out blocked by the Steelers in overtime. He hit three extra points amid nasty weather in Cleveland. In the friendly confines of the Superdome against the Saints on Sunday, though, Gonzalez had no luck. He hit two 39-yard field goals but missed two field goals and two extra points wide, including what would have been an extra point to take the lead with 1:24 left and a 52-yard field goal to force overtime with eight seconds to go.

Former seventh-round pick Zane Gonzalez had a miserable game against the Saints in Week 2. AP Photo/Bill Feig

By win probability added, the Browns kicker actually didn't put on the worst performance of the day. That particular ignominy belonged to Vikings kicker Daniel Carlson, who missed three field goals -- including two game-winners in overtime -- during the 29-29 Packers-Vikings tie. With Dorsey having nothing invested in Gonzalez and Dan Bailey still looming as a free agent, though, it would be a shock to see the Browns resist the urge to upgrade on an easy scapegoat in Gonzalez.

To be fair, Gonzalez is taking more blame for this than he deserves. Regardless of whether he made that extra point at 18-18 or missed it, the Saints marched right down the field on the Browns for 50 yards in two plays to get in field goal range. If anything, they should have scored a touchdown, only for Drew Brees to miss a pair of would-be touchdown throws on second and third down.

What is exciting and fun about the Browns is how they're competing. Tyrod Taylor struggled enough over the first two weeks to inspire reasonable calls for Baker Mayfield, but the former Bills quarterback responded with a gorgeous 47-yard touchdown pass to Antonio Callaway on fourth-and-5 to push the Browns into what seemed like would be a stunning lead. After the Saints kicked the field goal, Taylor followed up by driving 41 yards on two plays to set up a game-tying field goal from 52 yards out.

We're also seeing an impressive young defensive line forming from Brown's final draft with the team in 2017. Myles Garrett has already announced himself as a burgeoning star and had two sacks with two forced fumbles in the opener, but one of the breakout defensive linemen of 2018 through two weeks is third-rounder Larry Ogunjobi, who did consistent damage against one of the league's best interior offensive lines Sunday. After picking up a sack in the opener, Ogunjobi followed up with two sacks for 21 yards, with a third negated by an illegal contact penalty. He also threw in a third-and-1 stuff of Mike Gillislee to force a punt. It's a lot easier to find a kicker than it is to find an interior disruptor. The Browns might be ruing their kicking game, but this was the sort of performance that actually bodes well for their future.

Saquon Barkley is great (but the Giants' offense is not)

Through two weeks, Barkley has somehow simultaneously managed to satisfy believers who think the Penn State back's talent should allow him to transcend modern opinions about running backs and skeptics who think the Giants don't have the infrastructure to allow Barkley to succeed. His 68-yard touchdown run in the opener was a thing of magic, the sort of run the Giants couldn't have imagined coming from any back wearing a blue uniform since Tiki Barber. Barkley also has made the first tackler miss as much as any other back in football; there was one catch on Sunday against the Cowboys where the second overall pick managed to turn what should have been a significant loss into a 9-yard gain by breaking a tackle and falling on top of and over his eventual tackler.

The Giants offense has also simultaneously managed to reduce Barkley into Theo Riddick, and while Riddick is a useful player, he's not someone worth a top-two pick. Barkley has that one 68-yard run, but otherwise, his 28 carries have produced just 66 yards and six first downs. When the Giants faced a fourth-and-inches situation early in the game, they chose to punt in lieu of handing the ball to the player their general manager said "... was blessed by God" in April. On two later fourth-and-1 tries, Pat Shurmur curiously chose to utilize Eli Manning on a pair of sneaks for his first rushing conversions since 2010. I suspect even Eli would say that if his foot speed had been blessed by a deity, it would qualify as a cruel one. Even if you want to give Barkley credit for distracting linemen from the Manning sneak, it's remarkable that the Giants didn't give him the ball on fourth-and-short earlier in the game.

Saquon Barkley has 236 yards from scrimmage through two weeks, but the Giants are 0-2. Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports

In the passing attack, meanwhile, Barkley has essentially served as a dump-off for Manning when the pass rush inevitably gets to the 37-year-old passer. Barkley has 16 catches through two weeks, including a team-high 14 during Sunday's 20-13 loss to the Cowboys. Those 14 receptions went for just 80 yards, which is more efficient than a run, but less efficient than just about every single sort of pass. Those 14 targets produced just two first downs, and those 80 yards are the fewest for any 14-reception game in league history.

This isn't Barkley's fault. It's quite clear that the Giants are operating with one hand tied behind their backs because of their offensive line, and unsurprisingly, tackle Ereck Flowers looms as the biggest problem. He was a mess against Calais Campbell and the Jaguars in Week 1, getting beaten for a sack on the very first play and taking two penalties before allowing a pressure that created Myles Jack's pick-six.

To be fair, Flowers had a better game against Cowboys star DeMarcus Lawrence on Sunday. Flowers stayed off the stat sheet, and Lawrence's sack wasn't directly against Flowers. On the other hand, though, the Giants gave Flowers help off and on throughout the night, which opened up opportunities elsewhere on the line. The Giants struggled mightily against twists and stunts, failing to diagnose Dallas' games and leaving Manning open to free rushes and big hits. Dallas sacked Manning six times, marking the first time since 2014 the longtime Giants starter has been sacked six or more times.

Things aren't going to get better soon. Starting center Jon Halapio was carted off in an air cast, while neither of the 2017 starters at the pivot remain on the roster. Weston Richburg signed a big-money deal with the 49ers, and capable fill-in Brett Jones was dispatched to the Vikings for a 2019 seventh-round pick. Flowers gets J.J. Watt next week and Cameron Jordan the week after. Barkley is going to have to make his own holes for the foreseeable future.

A.J. Green's hot start

As the Bengals have gotten out to a surprise 2-0 start with consecutive 34-23 victories over the Colts and Ravens, Green has had a strangely entertaining start to the year. If you play fantasy football, you know what sort of impact the star wideout has had. He won some matchups before Thursday night was over by racking up three touchdowns in the first half alone, a feat that hadn't been accomplished since Dwayne Allen did it for the Colts in December 2016. Green has a league-leading four scores through two games after racking up eight a year ago. He has 161 receiving yards to go with a 36-yard pass interference call. Green also fumbled twice in the Colts game, matching his total from 2017.

Quietly, the Bengals are suddenly favorites to make it to the postseason, having upped their playoff odds per the ESPN Football Power Index from 19.7 percent before the season to 57.1 percent now. Their offense is full of weapons even after losing Joe Mixon to arthroscopic knee surgery, and while they'll need to find a power back to rotate alongside Gio Bernard, the North Carolina product should be playing behind a much-improved offensive line. While the Giants are stuck starting Flowers at right tackle, the Bengals have enjoyed the luxury of benching first-round bust Cedric Ogbuehi, in part because their starter at right tackle is Bobby Hart, whom the Giants released for disciplinary reasons in December.