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“Football fans in the city of Houston and surrounding areas. The XFL Houston Roughnecks are good. I mean really good!”

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On this past Sunday the Roughnecks (2-0) defeated the visiting St. Louis Battlehawks (1-1) by a score of 28-24 to remain undefeated after two weeks of play. Although Houston didn’t have the offensive outburst they had in Week 1 against the L.A. Wildcats, they played good consistent football on their way to a win in front of a home crowd that reached over 17,000 for the second consecutive week at TDECU Stadium.

“Everyone is buying in to the hard practices,” said cornerback Jeremiah Johnson whose 64-yard interception played a major role in the Roughnecks victory. “I think we practice harder than anyone else in the league. And we’re having fun together. I think the fan- base that we have, brings the energy towards it. It’s just an all-around team effort, from special teams to offense to defense, we just have fun and compete.”

That fun and energy that Johnson speaks of radiates throughout the stadium from on the field to the stands where Roughnecks fans make sure to bring the noise on every play. It was that noise that caused the Battlehawks to have two false start penalties from their own one-yard line when they were trying to make a comeback in the second half.

“We were backed up on the goal line and jumped offsides like two or three times,” St. Louis head coach Jonathan Hayes told the media after the game. “Let’s be honest. We played well enough to win, but we didn’t deserve to win.

Two players who deserve all the accolades and praises they are getting from the national media are quarterback P.J. Walker (170 yards passing and 3 touchdowns), who also leads the league in touchdown passes with seven and wide receiver, and Cam Phillips (8 catches, 63 yards receiving, 3 touchdowns) who is the league leader for receiving touchdowns with four.

“P.J. [Walker] has been great, just trying to keep things alive, and keeping his eyes down the field,” said Phillips.

The Charlotte N.C. native (Phillips) also received the Week 2 XFL Star of the Week after he garnered over 60 percent of votes from the fans (19,000 total) on Twitter at @XFL2020 during the 24-hour voting window.

“They’re very hard workers, they both study the film, and they’ve bought into what we’re doing,” Roughnecks head coach June Jones said on the performance of Walker and Phillips in Sunday’s game. “There so many intricacies of what we’re doing. We didn’t do very well tonight, but those two guys made some plays. That’s what you have to do. Players make plays.”

Houston gets its first taste of life on the road as they head to Florida to take on the Tampa Bay Vipers who are seeking their first victory in the XFL. Game time is 1pm CST on ABC.