As a lot as optimism is a ceremony of passage coming into the NFL’s opening week annually, so, too, is the rampant overreaction to the outcomes from Week 1 within the days after.
Right here’s a have a look at some overreactions to Week 1 outcomes:
The Patriots, who misplaced at Miami final Sunday, are on a downslide.
Not so long as Invoice Belichick is the HC of the NEP will the Patriots tumble to irrelevance. Although there definitely are points to be addressed, Belichick’s groups are notoriously sluggish starters. Additionally, the Patriots virtually all the time have bother at Miami.
The Cowboys are carried out after the lack of quarterback Dak Prescott within the Sunday night time opener.
Firstly, Prescott shall be again — hopefully inside six weeks or so. Secondly, the Cowboys stay a fairly gifted workforce. Thirdly, the NFC East is maybe the weakest division within the NFL, so Dallas isn’t prone to fall too far out of the race.
The defending-champion Rams are experiencing the post-Tremendous Bowl hangover and can battle to make the playoffs.
The Rams misplaced to a Payments workforce that could be destined for the Tremendous Bowl this season with quarterback Josh Allen, who’s an early favourite to win the league’s MVP award. The Rams stay essentially the most gifted and well-coached workforce within the NFC West. E-book your playoff tickets.
The Seahawks have moved on seamlessly with Geno Smith having changed Russell Wilson at quarterback.
Smith has been a backup most of his profession for a cause. He’s not an elite quarterback. Although he had a robust sport towards the Broncos, I’m not a believer that he could be trusted as an every-week starter — although he does have some terrific skill-position expertise in receivers DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett, and tight finish Noah Fant.
Aaron Rodgers and the Packers may not win the NFC North for a change.
Although Rodgers spoke with an elite degree of vanity within the lead-up to this sport about his workforce’s division dominance, don’t consider for a second that Inexperienced Bay’s 23-7 loss to the Vikings means Minnesota is poised to take over the division.
The Packers, don’t neglect, misplaced 38-3 to the Saints in Week 1 final season and went on to win the division with 13 victories. I belief Rodgers much more than I do Minnestoa quarterback Kirk Cousins even though the Vikings’ Justin Jefferson (184 receiving yards and two TDs final week) may emerge as the most effective receiver within the league this season.
Mitch Trubisky is the long-term reply at quarterback for the Steelers.
Regardless of the Steelers’ opening win, there are nonetheless reside Over/Beneath bets on what number of video games it’ll be earlier than Trubisky is changed by first-round draft decide Kenny Pickett. The Steelers beat the Bengals largely as a result of their protection pressured 5 turnovers.
The Bengals are in bother after their loss to Pittsburgh. Sure, Joe Burrow was intercepted a career-high 4 occasions. Even after these turnovers, he threw a game-tying TD go within the closing seconds of regulation, however kicker Evan McPherson’s additional level was blocked, sending the competition to extra time. Bear in mind Burrow is coming off a disjointed summer time that included an appendectomy, so a sluggish begin will not be utterly surprising. He stays among the best quarterbacks within the sport, and the Bengals stay gifted, younger and hungry. I nonetheless think about them among the best groups within the AFC.
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