# NFL Season #106, Week 1 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [September 1, 2025, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-season-106-week-1/1022666 "2025-09-01T22:18:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-season-106-week-1/1022666/81 "2025-09-07T23:13:34Z")
Even though they lost this game makes me feel good about Seattle. The defense was solid, and the offense did enough. Darnold did what he had to, playing conservatively until the end of both halves. First half they got down for a last second FG to have a lead at halftime. And at the end he got it down field quickly and if it wasn’t for that one disaster (that I don’t blame him for) it would have been another late game winning drive on his resume. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-season-106-week-1/1022666/82 "2025-09-07T23:38:10Z")
I will 100% take an ugly 49ers win, especially this early in the season. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-season-106-week-1/1022666/83 "2025-09-07T23:43:22Z")
Texans lost to the Rams on a fumble in the red zone with less than 2 minutes left, trailing by 5. Falcons lost to TB on a missed chip shot FG at the buzzer which would have tied the game. Titans lost at Denver, recording 4 3-and-outs in the 4th quarter. Browns and Jets both lost in no small part because of a missed extra point. Oh, what might have been. Life in the NFL. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-season-106-week-1/1022666/84 "2025-09-07T23:44:01Z")
If McCaffrey can stay healthy (big if I know), San Francisco will always have a chance. Seattle had no answer for that guy. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-season-106-week-1/1022666/85 "2025-09-08T00:09:19Z")
Justin Fields looked good for the Jets. I would trade Russell Wilson for him in a heartbeat. Rodgers looked good enough for the Steelers. Their defense, not so much. > [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > Danny Dimes having a day! Ha! It’s definitely funnier if he now plays well in Indianapolis, so I’m rooting for him. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-season-106-week-1/1022666/86 "2025-09-08T00:17:54Z")
Fields looked solid, but I would bet that once teams see how the Jets are deploying him, they’ll adjust and the bottom will fall out before midseason. Unless the Hall/Allen tandem can consistently dominate the Jets will struggle to move the chains. Generally it seemed that, across the league, both Special Teams and the running game struggled. I didn’t really see any team that looked like a complete train wreck at QB which is a surprise on Week 1. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-season-106-week-1/1022666/87 "2025-09-08T00:46:19Z")
For most QBs, wasn’t bad. But looking at Goff? (Ahem). He had nothing on GB. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-season-106-week-1/1022666/88 "2025-09-08T00:51:42Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > Generally it seemed that, across the league, both Special Teams and the running game struggled. Though I wonder how many people started Travis Etienne in their fantasy team this week. That was some game. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-season-106-week-1/1022666/89 "2025-09-08T00:55:09Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Though I wonder how many people started Travis Etienne in their fantasy team this week. I have him on my bench, dammit. At least I survived Week 1 in the Guillotine league without him. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-season-106-week-1/1022666/90 "2025-09-08T00:56:37Z")
Yeah. Plenty of middling and unimpressive days from the passers. But none that I would call a crisis. In most years is seems like someone has a Levis-level implosion in week 1. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-season-106-week-1/1022666/91 "2025-09-08T00:59:10Z")
I started him Dynasty. I would take a victory lap, but it’s not like I had anyone else viable to play. That said, lots of talking heads predicted a big day from the Jags running game because of that dismal Panthers front. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-season-106-week-1/1022666/92 "2025-09-08T00:59:47Z")
Given the history, the team they were playing, and garbage time padding of stats , I would say Bryce Young’s 18-35 154, 1 td, 2 int was pretty Will Levis-esque. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-season-106-week-1/1022666/93 "2025-09-08T01:01:18Z")
That falling down pick six he threw was pretty pathetic. He definitely needs to be monitored. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-season-106-week-1/1022666/94 "2025-09-08T02:47:31Z")
Come on Ravens! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-season-106-week-1/1022666/95 "2025-09-08T03:23:58Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > I will 100% take an ugly 49ers win, especially this early in the season. You and me both. At the end there I really thought Darnold was going to pick us apart and score their winning TD. He started doing that, until the Bosa play and recovery. The Tonges TD catch for the winning score was damned lucky, and a great play by him. He sure rescued Purdy because I thought that pass was picked. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-season-106-week-1/1022666/96 "2025-09-08T03:35:58Z")
We might have the game of the year in week 1 ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-season-106-week-1/1022666/97 "2025-09-08T03:39:16Z")
That was one helluva game! ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-season-106-week-1/1022666/98 "2025-09-08T03:39:23Z")
Buffalo all the way back for the win, ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-season-106-week-1/1022666/99 "2025-09-08T03:39:28Z")
That Bills comeback was one of the craziest things I’ve ever seen in the NFL. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-season-106-week-1/1022666/100 "2025-09-08T03:59:13Z")
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