Around the NFL in 1 sentence: Week 1

Each week, we will go through game by game and in one sentence, touch on what we learned about each team that week.

Week 1

 

Broncos 49, Ravens 27

Broncos: Peyton Manning and his receivers are scary good.

Ravens: This is not the same defense/team without Lewis and Reed.

 

Patriots 23, Bills 21

Patriots: The Patriots still struggle against the Bills, and should be happy they didn’t play a better team in week 1.

Bills: EJ Manuel was impressive and could give this team a chance in a weak AFC East

 

Bears 24, Bengals 21

Bears: The Bears still have a very good defense and a much improved and more balanced offense.

Bengals: A talented team that showed terrible discipline and composure.

 

Dolphins 23, Browns 10

Dolphins: A good start for Tannehill, but a worrisome start for the running game (23 carries for just 20 yards).

Browns: A good defense with a very unreliable offense.

 

Lions 34, Vikings 24

Lions: High powered and exciting offense, but severely undisciplined team (including coaches).

Vikings: Adrian Peterson is incredible, but Christian Ponder is bad…real bad.

 

Colts 21, Raiders 17

Colts: Luck is good, clutch, but unfortunately cannot play defense.

Raiders: Pryor is mobile enough to keep the Raiders in games, but bad enough to easily take them out of games against good defenses.

 

Saints 23, Falcons 17

Saints: Drew Brees and Sean Payton own the Falcons (Brees now 12-4 against Atlanta – best record against any other team).

Falcons: Despite a 70% career winning percentage, Matt Ryan and Mike Smith suck against Drew Brees and Sean Payton (3-7 all-time; 2-6 when both Brees and Payton are present).

 

Jets 18, Bucs 17

Jets: Still suck.

Bucs: Terrible start to a very important season.

 

Titans 16, Steelers 9

Titans: A good start and good win for a team that may be floating around the wild card cut line.

Steelers: The sound heard at Heinz field may have been the sound of a window closing and a seat heating up.

 

Seahawks 12, Panthers 7

Seahawks: A win is a win.

Panthers: At some point and time, Cam Newton is going to be judged the way other QBs are judged… wins – at which point the national media will pretend to be shocked at his 39% career winning percentage.

 

Chiefs 28, Jaguars 2

Chiefs: A much better team that essentially received a week 1 bye.

Jaguars: Tim Tebow has to give this team a better opportunity to win than Sunshine and Henne.

 

Rams 27, Cardinals 24

Rams: A solid team that lacks something needed to be a playoff team.

Cardinals: Greatly improved from 2012, but lacking a killer instinct.

 

49ers 34, Packers 28

49ers: Kaepernick may just be the real deal.

Packers: Incredible offense with an unreliable defense.

 

Cowboys 36, Giants 31

Cowboys: Needed 7 turnovers to barely beat a mediocre Giants team at home.

Giants: Most difficult team in the NFL to get a grasp on.

 

Eagles 33, Redskins 27

Eagles: Chip Kelly’s offense is very exciting, but Vick’s fragile body and inaccurate arm will let the air out of this bubble soon enough.

Redskins: Extremely overrated team with a suspect defense and lacking options on offense.

 

Texans 31, Chargers 28

Chargers: Rivers has the worst 4^th quarter QBR (7.7) and a league high 13 4^th quarter turnovers since the start of 2012…not good.

Texans: Good, but vulnerable.