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Every NFL team begins the season with hope. We never know when a 4-12 team will suddenly turn things around the next year by discovering a magical rookie quarterback. Of course, we also dont know when an 11-5 team will suddenly encounter a cascade of injuries that drops them to the bottom of the league.Two?games into the season, however, and the picture has already become much clearer. Fans often overreact to how well or how badly teams play early in the season, but we absolutely dont overreact to how important those initial wins and losses are in the standings. Those games have the biggest impact on changing our expectations for which teams will make the postseason. Sixty-one?percent of teams that start 2-0 will make the playoffs, compared with 41 percent of 1-1 teams and just 10 percent of 0-2 teams.So we know that 2-0 teams have helped themselves immensely with early-season wins. But which teams have helped or hurt themselves most? To answer that question, we turned to the 50,000 season simulations we do each week for the Football Outsiders playoff odds report, and we compared this weeks simulations with those we did two weeks ago before the 2016 regular season began. You can find the full playoff odds report on?FootballOutsiders.com, and a full explanation of the simulation at the end of this article.Heres a look at the five teams that have seen their playoff odds improve the most and the five teams that have seen their odds drop the most?in the first two weeks of the season.Better odds1. Philadelphia EaglesOdds before season: 26.2 percent Odds now: 49.0 percentNo team has improved its playoff odds more than Philadelphia, in part because, according to Football Outsiders numbers, no team has played better than Philadelphia in the first two weeks. Of course, thats before opponent adjustments, which we dont apply to our metrics until after Week 4. Cleveland and Chicago arent the toughest?teams to play. But even after we account for the quality of those teams, these Philadelphia wins will still look impressive. Nike Shoes Wholesale China . The phone hearing is scheduled for 4:30pm et/1:30pm pt. Winchester, who was not penalized for the hit, appeared to make contact with Kellys head early in the first period of Thursdays game in Boston. Nike Shoes Clearance Sale . Barcelona also left injured defenders Carles Puyol, Javier Mascherano and Jordi Alba out of its squad for the trip to Glasgow. That means that Marc Bartra will probably start again in the centre of the defence alongside Gerard Pique. http://www.discountshoesnike.com/ . To the surprise of many, it isnt the Wolverines but their in-state rivals the Michigan State Spartans. Discount Nike Shoes For Sale . Reassurance came from Paul Tesori, his caddie and close friend whose newborn son is in intensive care in a Florida hospital. "Paul sent me a text this morning, just told me he loved me and wanted to go out and fight as hard as I would any other day," Simpson said Sunday after doing just that. Nike Shoes Wholesale Free Shipping .5 million, one-year contract on Friday. Hawkins, who turns 41 in December, will compete with Rex Brothers for the closers role at spring training. MOBILE, Ala. -- Xavier Johnson rushed for 154 yards and three touchdowns, both career bests, and South Alabama became bowl eligible with a 35-28 win over New Mexico State on Saturday.Johnsons 35-yard scoring run with 2:28 to play capped a 21-point fourth quarter for the Jaguars (6-6, 2-6 Sun Belt) for a 35-21 lead.Conner Cramer and Johnathan Boone connected on a 35-yard score with 25 seconds left for the Aggies (3-9, 2-6).Johnson scored on a 51-yard run on South Alabamas first possession and Larry Rose III, who ran for 170 yards, had a 30-yard score for the Aggies in the seccond.ddddddddddddCramer, who ran for 110 yards, had a 41-yard scamper in the third quarter that tied the game at 14 before the teams combined for 35 points in the fourth quarter.Roses 1-yard plunge in the first minute of the fourth quarter put NMSU up. On South Alabamas next snap, Dallas Davis and Josh Magee hooked up for a 76-yard score before an 86-yard drive ended in Dami Ayoolas 2-yard run, putting the Jags up 28-21. Davis threw for 239 yards. ' ' '