NFL Week 1 Round-Up
Patriots
Patriots
What a night for the New England Patriots, they got to hang banner number 6 minutes before waxing the Steelers 33–3. This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone but the Patriots are heavy favorites to win lucky number 7. Brady went for 341 yards and 3 touchdowns in an offense that was built to keep it on the ground. While the entire league is shifting to spread offenses and small fast defense, Belichick has been getting bigger on his O-line and backfield with the intention of playing between the tackles, but that was all before Josh Gordon got reinstated or Bill Belichick pulled Antonio Brown out of his old whithered bag of tricks.
Speaking of:
This offense can attack you in a million different ways and if someone figures out how to slow it down, they still have to figure out how to score on the Patriots defense. This could be the most talented team of the Brady/Belichick era and 19–0 is a very real possibility.
Browns
FRAUDS! Boy did they have us fooled. ESPN was talking about them being in the Super Bowl, THE SUPER BOWL! On paper Odell Beckham Jr, Jarvis Landry, Nick Chubb, and Baker Mayfield looks like a winning combination. However, you can always count on the Browns front office to overlook something and it turns out they forgot to build an offensive line. OPPS! Baker was sacked 5 times to the tune of 41 yards, that’s not going to do it, boys. Finally, we have to mention Odell Beckhams watch, he wore a $200,000 watch during a real NFL game. He had 7 receptions for 71 yards, so it’s difficult to complain about the effort but come on dude, you can’t convince me that he wasn’t worried about breaking it every time a ball game his way. I wear a reasonably inexpensive watch and every time I hit it on a door I panic, now he’s wearing a house on his hand while getting tackled by linebackers? That’s the epitome of playing distracted.
Lamar Jackson
Have a day Lamar! 17–20 for 324 yards, 5 touchdowns, and 0 interceptions, but more importantly 3 rushes for 6 yards. This dude is a quarterback and I don’t care who knows it. 59–10 is impressive in the NFL it doesn’t matter who you play, the Dolphins may not but a defensive juggernaut but they're still filled with NFL size and speed.
I have something I need to get off my chest about Lamar. I spent the entire offseason thinking Trace Mcsorley would take the job from not only him but RGIII by the end of the season. If Lamar plays like this Trace may never take a meaningful snap for the rest of his career. This week the Ravens have their home opener against the Cardinals, another cupcake game, I’m excited to see him build on his performance and hopefully gain some confidence before the Patriots roll on November 3.
Nick Foles
This poor guy, broken left clavicle, otherwise known as his non-throwing arm. I think everyone in the NFL was excited to see Foles get another crack at a starting job. After what he did the last two years in Philadelphia, he earned another shot. The Jaguars put him on the IR and picked up Josh Dobbs from the Steelers to back up Gardner Minshaw, nothing against these two but the Super Bowl MVP looks like he isn’t going to have any issues taking his job back when the time comes.
Since we are already talking about Super Bowl 52, I’ll just leave this right here:
