Peyton who?
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are 2-0 thanks to their defense. No surprise there.
The theme is the same for the Indianapolis Colts, if you can believe it.
For the second straight week, Tony Dungy's high-scoring team didn't get many points. Once again, though, the defense was decisive in a 10-3 home victory over Jacksonville on Sunday.
"It's classic, old-school, defensive football," defensive end Dwight Freeney said. "I think it's just a matter of playing together, knowing the scheme and getting comfortable with the scheme. It's like being in your house for a long time."
Indy had six sacks against the Jaguars (1-1), three by Montae Reagor, and has given up all of 10 points in two weeks. In most recent seasons, the Colts gave up 10 points in a couple of quarters, not games.
"They've gotten faster," said Jaguars quarterback Byron Leftwich, who hobbled in the final moments after injuring his left leg. "That's their style. They're just running around, trying to make plays."
The Bucs won a Super Bowl doing that three years ago. They are doing it again, beating Buffalo 19-3. Tampa Bay held the Bills (1-1) to 145 yards.
"We never got our running game, our passing game or anything else going," said receiver Eric Moulds, who had one catch for 8 yards.
Like the Colts, who got 128 yards rushing from Edgerrin James, the Bucs used a strong running game. Rookie Carnell "Cadillac" Williams ran for 128 yards and a touchdown. Last week, he gained 148 yards.
"He has intense stamina," Bucs coach Jon Gruden said, noting how a sore foot didn't slow Williams. "This guy is a workaholic and he is at his best when a game is on the line."
There are two Monday night games: Washington at Dallas and the Saints at the New York Giants in a game rescheduled from Sunday and switched to Giants Stadium because of the devastation in New Orleans caused by Hurricane Katrina.
At Cincinnati, Chad Johnson caught a 70-yard touchdown pass on the game's second play, and the Bengals (2-0) romped against the spiraling Vikings (0-2), rolling up 337 yards and a 27-0 lead in the first half.Daunte Culpepper threw a career-high five interceptions, three to Deltha O'Neal. The Vikings turned over the ball seven times.
In their first regular-season meeting since their thrilling Super Bowl after the 2004 season, neither team played that well. But Stephen Davis scored three touchdowns for the host Panthers (1-1), all on 1-yard runs in his second game back from microfracture surgery on his right knee.Tom Brady finished 23-of-44 for 270 yards, one interception and one fumble for the Patriots (1-1). He threw a 1-yard TD pass to Deion Branch early in the first quarter, the 100th passing touchdown of his career. Mike Vrable returned an interception 24 yards for a touchdown for the Patriots.
At Oakland, the Chiefs (2-0) needed a defensive stand in the dying moments for their fifth straight win over Oakland (0-2).After Samie Parker's fumble set up a final drive for Oakland, Kerry Collins led the Raiders to the 10 with 1:58 to go. He threw an incomplete pass to LaMont Jordan on third down and then lofted a last-ditch pass to Jerry Porter in the back corner of the end zone. Porter had the ball on his fingertips, but Benny Sapp knocked it away.
At Philadelphia, Donovan McNabb threw four of his five touchdown passes in the first 19 minutes, including two to Terrell Owens, who went over 10,000 yards receiving for his career.McNabb played three quarters, finishing 23-of-29 for 342 yards and tying his career best for TD passes. Owens had five catches for 143 yards - all in the opening 19 minutes - in his first game against his former team. L.J. Smith caught a career-best nine passes for 119 yards and one TD for Philadelphia (1-1).Alex Smith, the top pick in the NFL draft, made his debut for San Francisco (1-1), playing the last series.
At Seattle, the Seahawks (1-1) took a 21-0 halftime lead and held on. Shaun Alexander ran for 144 yards and a touchdown and Matt Hasselbeck threw for 281 yards and two more TDs. When the Falcons (1-1) came back, the defense held firm.Michael Vick left in the fourth quarter with leg cramps.
Trent Dilfer won for the first time in nine trips to Green Bay, giving new coach Romeo Crennel his first win for Cleveland (1-1).Dilfer threw an 80-yard touchdown pass to Braylon Edwards and a clinching 62-yarder to Steve Heiden with 1:50 remaining.Brett Favre broke John Elway's single-stadium NFL touchdown record of 180 on a 4-yard toss to Tony Fisher with 4 seconds left. Favre also went over 50,000 yards passing, joining Dan Marino and Elway, but the Packers (0-2) still lost.
At Denver, Jason Elam's 41-yard field goal with 5 seconds left won it after Ron Dayne came in and ran six times for 39 yards on the winning drive, including an 11-yard gain on fourth-and-1 from the Chargers 33.It saved the Broncos (1-1) from going 0-2 for the first time since 1999. Instead, San Diego dropped to 0-2.San Diego's LaDainian Tomlinson set an NFL mark by rushing for a TD for the 14th consecutive game.
At Chicago, the Bears (1-1) scored touchdowns on offense, defense and special teams.The Bears' Thomas Jones had 139 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries, and Kyle Orton threw for a touchdown and did not throw an interception. Mike Brown returned an interception 41 yards for a score and Bobby Wade ran a punt back 73 yards for a TD.Joey Harrington of Detroit (1-1) threw a career-high five interceptions.
Rob Bironas kicked field goals of 39, 29 and 47 yards as the NFL's youngest team beat struggling Baltimore (0-2).The rebuilding Titans (1-1) had replaced five starters on defense this offseason, but they easily outplayed visiting Baltimore's Pro Bowl-stocked unit with six sacks and two turnovers, including linebacker Brad Kassell's 21-yard interception return in the fourth quarter.
Kurt Warner threw for 327 yards in his first game against St. Louis (1-1), the team he led to the 1999 championship, and drove host Arizona (0-2) to the 5 in the final seconds. But a sack by Adam Archuleta and a false start by offensive tackle Leonard Davis preserved the Rams' victory.
Although his passes sometimes wobbled and showed little zip, Chad Pennington threw two touchdown passes, including a 1-yarder to Jerald Sowell in the fourth quarter, to help atone for six fumbles last week in a loss to Kansas City. Pennington, coming off offseason rotator cuff surgery, went 7-of-7 for 74 yards to give the Jets (1-1) the clinching TD against the visiting Dolphins (1-1).
