Week 2 of the 2019 USL Championship season provided some answers but also raised some new questions about which teams are contenders and which are pretenders.

Before New Mexico United and Fresno FC kick off Week 3 tonight in the Championship’s Game of the Week on ESPN3 (9 p.m. ET | Match Center | Preview), I took some time to provide some insight on the questions that fans across social media have been asking since Saturday night.

Let’s get started.

Reddit user @phat7deuce asks: It's only Week 2, so it's not time to overreact to anything...but let's do it anyway. What are we overreacting to – who are our "way too early" concerns and who are we way too excited about?

It’s never too early for some overreactions! In the East, I’m a little bit worried about Nashville SC – the team I predicted to lift the USL Cup this year – because the offense just hasn’t been there so far. Falling at home to a gritty Saint Louis FC isn’t a huge deal, but the fact that Gary Smith’s side has managed just two goals in two games with all its new offensive weapons is. In the West, I think it’s fair to express some concern with San Antonio FC’s defense, which has conceded six times in two games. Offensively, SAFC has created the most chances of any team so far (34, 10 more than any other team) but has just one point to show for it because of some lackluster defending.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, I think the Tampa Bay Rowdies could be a team that we might be getting way too excited about. The Rowdies have yet to concede a goal and have allowed just one shot on target in its opening two games. Don’t get me wrong, I think Tampa Bay is a playoff team, but I expect its results will even out potentially starting this weekend in Saint Louis. In the West, I’m not sure if one game makes us officially excited about Tulsa Roughnecks FC but its 5-3 comeback win at Orange County SC was certainly eye-opening. However, Tulsa has only created eight chances over its first two games and still managed to score six goals thanks to a league-high shot conversion rate of 50 percent. I don’t think that’s sustainable.

@sixpointweekend asks: So North Carolina FC has two wins from two, scored five and gave up one and is still top of the Eastern Conference. It's still early but...are we a playoff team this year?

Speaking of potential overreactions… Everyone is on the North Carolina FC hype train and I’m on-board as well. While my colleague Nicholas Murray ranted and raved this offseason about the improved Charlotte Independence, I quietly suspected that NCFC was a playoff team and predicted that Dave Sarachan’s side would claim the Southern Derby over its in-state rival and the Charleston Battery. While the opening-day thrashing of Louisville City FC probably raised expectations a bit too high, results like Saturday’s 1-0 win at Bethlehem Steel FC are exactly the ones that propel sides into the postseason come October. NCFC’s matchup with Charleston after the upcoming bye week will be another good litmus test.