He might as well have told them to get white and mouthy. San Diego (+6.5) at New England This week’s minor Patriots kerfuffle came when Tom Brady told fans to get drunk for this week’s game, and the excitable modern media machine blew it out of proportion, and he sort of backpedalled. 3) I hope Tony Romo quarterbacks the Cowboys forever. 2) In this regard, Tony Romo is basically a young old Brett Favre. Pick Pittsburghĭallas (-3) at San Francisco Quick Tony Romo thoughts: 1) Tony Romo is the Rembrandt of late-game failure, and Sunday night’s game against the Jets may have been his Night Watch. Seattle (+14) at Pittsburgh Unless the Steelers all spent the entire lockout getting fat as Haynesworths - a daunting task, to be sure - it seems safe to bet that the degree of shame-fuelled fury they will unleash on the Seahawks will take rather a long time for the forensic crews to sort out. It’s satisfying, watching a master patiently setting up an entire fan base for disappointment like that. Redskins fans, who have suffered so long, rejoiced. Circle of life, or something.Īrizona (+3.5) at Washington In Week 1, the widely mocked Rex Grossman was … good! He threw for 305 yards, two touchdowns, no interceptions, and had Cam Newton’s QB rating. Which, in turn, will become 50% of the available sample size, and become a little more than half of the basis for the wild overreaction people will have in assessing Week 3. Still, what happens now is that Week 1 immediately becomes 100% of the sample size of all analysis of the league, and will therefore be the basis for the wild overreaction people will have assessing Week 2. Darren Rovell of CNBC reported the Washington Redskins removed 10,000 seats from FedEx Field because they could not be sold, which actually makes perfect sense when you consider the fact that Dan Snyder is the least likable owner in football, even when you count all the other billionaire robber barons who are kicking around. Kick returns were supposed to have been neutered by the new rule that moved kickoffs up, and there were three kickoffs returned for touchdowns in Week 1, all of 102 yards or more. Somewhere, Brett Favre felt a great disturbance in the force, as opposed to the usual middling disturbance in his pants. Seriously, McNabb threw for 39 yards while playing the whole game. Remind me not to go to the Titans offensive co-ordinator for investment advice, OK? But it didn’t end there! With Peyton Manning out, NFL teams passed for a combined 7,842 net yards in Week 1, the most in NFL history, despite starting quarterbacks included Andy Dalton, Kerry Collins, Tarvaris Jackson, Colt McCoy, Luke McCown, Alex Smith, Chad Henne - who threw for 416 yards, which was only the fourth-most in Week 1 - and the dried husk of Donovan McNabb.
(The Bills, and Lions, for that matter, haven’t been to the playoffs since Napster was invented, back before the war.) Without a real off-season and piloting a team that was 2-14 last season, Cam Newton threw for 422 yards, the most in a debut in NFL history meanwhile Tennessee’s Chris Johnson, who just signed a US$53-million extension, carried the ball nine times. The Detroit Lions won, AND the Buffalo Bills won, AND the Bills recorded the biggest margin of victory in Week 1, over a team that went to the playoffs last year. This also happened: The Pittsburgh Steelers, a popular Super Bowl pick, lost 35-7. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.