4 Things We Learned in NFL Week 1 and 4 that Aren’t What They Seem
Quarterbacks struggled, both old and new, and offensive lines matter a lot. Here’s everything we learned in NFL Week 1…
NFL OPENING SUNDAY CAME AND WENT WITHOUT A HITCH, at least in a pandemic sense. There were plenty of hitches if you’re a fan of the Colts, Eagles, or Cowboys. Last year’s NFC champ San Francisco is 0–1 at the bottom of its division, and the presumed worst two teams in the NFL, Jacksonville and Washington, are both 1–0.
The NFL is always topsy-turvy and unpredictable, and there’s nothing like waiting eight months for football then wildly overreacting to everything we see in a one-game sample. Still, each NFL game is 6.25% of the whole, not insignificant, and this was our first real football with no preseason action.
So what four things did we learn in NFL Week 1, and what four things are not necessarily what they might have seemed? Let’s dive in…
