If only something—ANYTHING—interesting would happen one of these weeks in the NFL.

Seriously. This column isn't going to write itself.

In case you missed it, that was sarcasm. Or Garda-casm, take your pick.

So far this season, it's as if the football gods said 'Hey fans, we know the lockout sucked. Here—rub some awesome on that bitterness.'

Here's what caught my eye this weekend.

LIONS AND BILLS AND REDSKINS—OH MY!

If you had asked me to name the teams I thought would be undefeated two games in, these three would have been marked as 'unlikely', and two of them as 'not a damned chance'.

Yet so far the Detroit Lions, Buffalo Bills and Washington Redskins are playing good football. We knew the Lions, if healthy, had an explosive team so perhaps it isn't quite fair to name them here. It's not just that they won, though, but how they won.

The Lions win with a relentless defensive pressure as much as with their dynamic offense. I knew it would come together, I just thought it'd take longer.

You can't say enough about how well the Bills have played on both sides of the ball either. This is a team which isn't going to collapse and give up. Led by a quarterback who, I'll be honest, I didn't think was more than a place-holder. I thought 2010 Ryan Fitzpatrick was an illusion.

However, down 21-3 and having thrown for just 102 yards and a pick, Fitzpatrick came out and led his team back. That's not the Bills I remember from the last few years.

I'm buying the Bills.

I'm not quite buying the Redskins, though. Yes, they beat the New York Giants, their division rival. The Giants team they faced was banged up, and missing key players while the Skins were playing at home on the emotion of 9/11.

Don't get me wrong. The team—especially Rex Grossman—has been playing well. I just don't believe Grossman can keep throwing to the receivers he has as often as he has and be effective. Grossman has thrown the ball 77 times, tied for sixth in the league.

For what it's worth, I'm not buying on Chad Henne or Jay Cutler keeping up their paces either.

So far though, those three teams have been pleasant surprises this season.

NEW YORK QBs ARE RIDDLES, SHROUDED IN MYSTERY, WRAPPED IN INTERCEPTIONS

I finally figured out how to describe Jets QB Mark Sanchez. It struck me last night while watching Eli Manning pout his way to an unimpressive 28-16 victory over the St Louis Rams.

Sanchez is a more smiley version on Eli Manning. He's Manning in Gang Green.

Think about it. Manning is wildly inconsistent, throwing an excellent pass one second and a boneheaded interception the next. Sanchez does that but looks less like Oscar the Grouch while doing it.

(I said it last night on twitter, but have you ever seen anyone not a teenager wear petulance like a badge of honor the way Manning does onfield? Maybe Jay Cutler. I swear all either of them needs is a Morrisey t-shirt and a bad haircut and they're totally Emo.)

The difference may be that Sanchez is still inexperienced but as I said on last week's Hard Count, that excuse is going to stop flying soon.

Fellow Footballguys writer Sigmund Bloom tells me to chill. This is who Sanchez is and he shows up when it counts. He's right and part of any Jets fan angst is because there was hope he could be more than a young Eli Manning.

That's really who he is right now. He comes up bigger in big moments right now, but he's a guy with a decent arm, who makes some great plays and occasionally makes horrific reads. The biggest difference is that Sanchez's bad reads end up interceptions, while Eli's fall to the ground.

Mostly sadly, with a big Eeyore sigh, gripping their Cure T-shirts.

So who knew? New York has two Eli Mannings. At least on of them smiles.

WHO NEEDS AN OLINEOHGODMYVICK

I knew the Eagles' offensive line was going to get Michael Vick killed, I just didn't think they'd do it themselves.

Vick sustained a 'mild' concussion and just needs to pass a baseline test.That won't be tough (especially for an Eagles team which sometimes seems to ignore... er I mean have players pass dubious concussion tests) but we all know that a player who has had one concussion is more likely to have another if hit often enough. we know Vick will get hit often enough.

By the way, the blood he kept spitting up—much to the excitement of the booth—was because he bit his tongue when his chin collided with the shoulder of his tackle. The announcers made it sound like he had brain hemorrhaging. I'd love to hear these guys call a NASCAR wreck.

All this was while he was in the pocket, by the way. Not even out running, though he took shots in both week 1 & 2 while running.

The Eagles offensive line is getting Vick killed with often brutal play. Sure, they have stretches where they are able to keep him upright.

More often than not, though, he's under pressure and getting hit.

This is an incredible offense. The weapons they have aside from Vick? Astounding.

Those weapons will be less so with Vince Young—or since Young is hurt, Mike Kafka—under center.  Kafka has some talent but neither he nor Young are Vick.

The Eagles better figure out what the heck is going on if they want to make the playoffs, much less the Super Bowl.