It was a week of attrition among NFL quarterbacks. Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger hurt his elbow and is out for the season. Drew Brees injured his thumb and will miss six weeks for the Saints. Sam Darnold missed Monday night’s game with mono, and his backup — last year’s Vikings backup, Trevor Siemian — hurt his ankle. Eli Manning played poorly enough in a loss to the Bills that he’s being benched in favor of rookie Daniel Jones — not an injury, but a wound to the pride.
Perhaps the nicest thing you can say about Kirk Cousins’ Week 2 performance, in which he missed several throws and was intercepted late, is that he managed to emerge injury-free despite being pressured on 65.