Week 1 Thread

[revo]

Total dismantling of the Super Bowl champs.

If you drafted Cam Akers in Rd 4, you're already looking forward to baseball drafts.

Allen Robinson better do something to prove that it was indeed the QB last season.

What a debut for James Cook -- one carry, one fumble, one long night on the bench. Welcome to the league, kid.

[revo]

Rondale Moore OUT

[revo]

Rams rookie RB Kyren Williams needs ankle surgery, out 6-8 weeks

[madducks]

49ers TE George Kittle is OUT.

[madducks]

The Steeler's defense overcomes their still anemic offense. But they lose 2021 Defensive Player of the Year T.J Watt to a torn pectoral muscle. Sigh. It's going to be a long season.

[madducks]

Steelers-Bengals was a wild one. A potential game-winning EP by the Bengals blocked by Minkah Fitzpatrick at the end of regulation and potential game-winning FGs missed by both McPherson and Bosley in OT.

[revo]

Dak needs surgery on his thumb, out indefinitely

[Ken]

Dak needs surgery on his thumb, out indefinitely

0-18 possible?

[revo]

Some week 1 reactions:
- it will be a looong year for Cowboys fans. It may be a long year for Packers fans. Both came in light at WR and overconfidently thought they addressed it through the draft. OBJ is still out there, maybe give him a call.
- lots of pre-season darlings came up empty this week: George Pickens, Romeo Doubs, James Cook, Kadarius Toney, Skyy Moore, Travis Etienne, Trey Lance, Cam Akers, Jalen Tolbert, Tyrion Davis-Price & Kyle Pitts among others
- Did Mike Williams & Kadarius Toney miss the team bus or something?
- James Robinson & Darrell Henderson are going to be thorns in the side of fantasy owners all season
- Did Isaiah Pacheco just overtake CEH as the Chiefs' lead back?

[Hornsby]

Some week 1 reactions:

- Did Isaiah Pacheco just overtake CEH as the Chiefs' lead back?

Seems unlikely, Pacheco got 10 of his 12 carries in the 4th quarter when KC was already up by 30...

[revo]

Dak out 6-to-8 weeks

[chancellor]

Some week 1 reactions:
- it will be a looong year for Cowboys fans. It may be a long year for Packers fans. Both came in light at WR and overconfidently thought they addressed it through the draft. OBJ is still out there, maybe give him a call.
- lots of pre-season darlings came up empty this week: George Pickens, Romeo Doubs, James Cook, Kadarius Toney, Skyy Moore, Travis Etienne, Trey Lance, Cam Akers, Jalen Tolbert, Tyrion Davis-Price & Kyle Pitts among others
- Did Mike Williams & Kadarius Toney miss the team bus or something?
- James Robinson & Darrell Henderson are going to be thorns in the side of fantasy owners all season
- Did Isaiah Pacheco just overtake CEH as the Chiefs' lead back?

More reactions, just to pile on:

- The Bengals OL has improved from totally criminal to just mostly criminal. The run blocking was definitely improved, but the pass protection is gonna get Joe Burrow killed.
- Mitch Trubisky, game manager. Yeah, he wasn't great, but he did only one stupid thing and threw it badly enough that he got away with it. Color me surprised.
- Kudos to the Bears defense in really ugly conditions.
- I'm much more worried about the Packers DBs to play Joe Barry's system than I am the WRs. Losing Justin Jefferson once for a big gain? OK, mistakes happen. Missing him six times with no one within seven yards of him? Unacceptable.
- And if Matt LeFleur is concerned about low energy and negative attitudes, he needs to start with #12. Show some fire, and wipe that pissy-whiny face away for good. Please.
- Welcome back, Saquon Barkley. Just saw bits and pieces of this game, but he looked like a different runner.
- Also only saw about a quarter of the Chiefs game, but Mahomes made a few throws into ridiculously tight windows.
- Philly giving up a first for AJ Brown is looking pretty savvy right now.
- I agree with revo that Dallas' WR situation looks pretty bad right now, but keeping Amari Cooper wasn't the answer.
- Nick Chubb is a baaaaaaad man. I'd love to see his YAC numbers.
- Chris Godwin's injury looked nasty. Hope it's nowhere near as bad as it looked.

[Ken]

- Chris Godwin's injury looked nasty. Hope it's nowhere near as bad as it looked.

Agree with most of those, this one I had the opposite reaction. In fact the announcers said they couldn't tell if he injured it on his last play or perhaps on an earlier on and just stayed on.

[revo]

New Broncos HC Nathaniel Hackett decided on a 4th & 5 with a minute left to go to run down the clock and allow Brandon McManus to attempt a 64-yd FG instead of letting new $250m Russell Wilson try for a 1st down. Bizarre.

[Ken]

New Broncos HC Nathaniel Hackett decided on a 4th & 5 with a minute left to go to run down the clock and allow Brandon McManus to attempt a 64-yd FG instead of letting new $250m Russell Wilson try for a 1st down. Bizarre.

McManus had the distance (on both tries - including the first one when the Seahawks took a timeout), he was just wide left.

Wilson didn't look great though, I agree