TRUE OR FALSE: Cowboys NFL's best team? Bengals in real trouble? Patriots cooked? Josh Allen BACK?
In Week 2 of the 2023 NFL season ...
All of that is true -- undeniably so -- but not every narrative currently flowing through the NFL world is that cut and dried.
So, with takes flying across all 32 league outposts, it's time for a game of TRUE OR FALSE, Schein Nine style.
I'm obsessed with the Cowboys, who just made quite a mark on the New York/New Jersey area. The 'Boys deserved all of the praise they received for lambasting the Giants at MetLife Stadium, 40-0. Seven days later, they manhandled the visiting Jets at Jerry World, 30-10. Unsurprisingly, Dallas' +60 point differential leads the league by a considerable margin.
Mike McCarthy has done a fantastic job juggling his dual roles as offensive play-caller and head coach. This team comes out ready to rock on both sides of the ball. In prior years -- heck, basically since the Jimmy Johnson days -- Dallas routinely messed around to start a season, playing down to the level of inferior competition. But on Sunday, McCarthy's charges played brilliant, disciplined, hardnosed, team-oriented football in every single phase. Dan Quinn's defense is amazing, suffocating opposing quarterbacks with relentless pressure and tiny throwing windows. Dak Prescott was brilliant against Gang Green, connecting with CeeDee Lamb 11 times (on 13 targets) for 143 yards, while also spreading the ball around to a bevy of backs and tight ends.
But despite all of that, I have to say the statement above is false -- just barely.
To me, it's still the 49ers by a hair. Reminder: Back in the preseason, I picked the Niners to win Super Bowl LVIII and Kyle Shanahan to earn Coach of the Year honors. That team has done nothing to sway my bullishness. In the opener, San Francisco hit the road and promptly
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