Week 2 is in the books, and #NFL players are moving full steam ahead both on the field and on Twitter.
As we did last week, we’ve recapped the most popular games on Twitter. The most tweeted-about were:
Week 2 made some interesting history: It’s now in the record books for having the most NFL teams with a 1-1 record ever: 20 total.
2012 NFL season sets record for most 1-1 teams nfl.com/news/story/0ap…
— NFL: AroundTheLeague ( @NFL_ATL) September 17, 2012
There are hundreds of current and former NFL players on Twitter. On Sunday, Hall-of-Famer @BarrySanders live-tweeted commentary during the #SNF match-up between the @49ers and @DetroitLionsNFL:
Welcome to #SNF #DETvsSF it’s game time! Let’s go @ detroitlionsnfl #ROAR
— Barry Sanders ( @BarrySanders) September 17, 2012
Way to go Staff and Megatron. That’s what we’ve been waiting for. Let’s build on that! #SNF #DETvsSF
— Barry Sanders ( @BarrySanders) September 17, 2012
The @Redksins suffered an unfortunate set of injuries with @adamcarriker94 and @rak98 confirmed to be out for the remainder of the season.
Shanahan says Adam Carriker is done for the season with a quad tendon tear. 5-month recovery time.
— Redskins ( @Redskins) September 17, 2012
Shanahan says #Redskins OLB Brian Orakpo tore a different part of his left pec, also done for the season (four month recovery time).
— Redskins ( @Redskins) September 17, 2012
And the saga continues, as the replacement officials took more heat due to controversial calls throughout Week 2:
Can we please work harder to end this replacement referee insanity?
— Sports Illustrated ( @SInow) September 16, 2012
Finally, the week wrapped up with @M_ryan02 getting his first #MNF victory and keeping his team atop the #NFL:
Only six undefeated teams in NFL after week two: Falcons, 49ers, Eagles, Texans, Chargers, Cardinals. #atlden12
— Atlanta_Falcons ( @Atlanta_Falcons) September 18, 2012
You can continue to follow the action on our NFL Get Started page that lists each NFL team’s accounts, the league’s latest tweets, and more.
Omid Ashtari (@omid)
Head of Sports & Entertainment
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