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.
I will 100% take an ugly 49ers win, especially this early in the season.
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.
If McCaffrey can stay healthy (big if I know), San Francisco will always have a chance. Seattle had no answer for that guy.
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.
Ha! It’s definitely funnier if he now plays well in Indianapolis, so I’m rooting for him.
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.
For most QBs, wasn’t bad. But looking at Goff? (Ahem). He had nothing on GB.
Though I wonder how many people started Travis Etienne in their fantasy team this week. That was some game.
I have him on my bench, dammit. At least I survived Week 1 in the Guillotine league without him.
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.
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.
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.
That falling down pick six he threw was pretty pathetic.
He definitely needs to be monitored.
Come on Ravens!
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.
We might have the game of the year in week 1
That was one helluva game!
Buffalo all the way back for the win,
That Bills comeback was one of the craziest things I’ve ever seen in the NFL.
We also have our first scorigami of the year, thanks to the Ravens and Bills.