# NFL Week 1 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 5, 2013, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/668059 "2013-09-05T08:18:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 6, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/668059/21 "2013-09-06T02:14:23Z")
Bill Belichick just laughed out loud. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/668059/22 "2013-09-06T02:17:12Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Bill Belichick just laughed out loud. Can Belichick’s laughter catch passes from Brady? Anyway- weird, sloppy game so far. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/668059/23 "2013-09-06T03:00:08Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Frisking? Are you serious? Apparently that happens before every game and before the second half. Officials pat down random players to check for illegal substances applied to the uniform. Like silicon, or something else that would make them harder to tackle. [Cite.](http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/nbc-camera-catches-officials-patting-down-baltimore-ravens-022047548--nfl.html) ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/668059/24 "2013-09-06T03:40:12Z")
Hmmm…since Wes Welker is on one of my fantasy teams, I won’t bitch about that first down he stole. And I will celebrate his 2 TDs so far. Also got Manning in that league, so it’s a good night for me. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/668059/25 "2013-09-06T04:47:10Z")
For all fantasy owners facing Manning this week, I feel your pain. I was kibitzing in a non-SDMB league about his 6 TDs, and by the time I sent the message it was 7. I’m afraid to look again. Maybe he could throw one of those to Torrey Smith? ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/668059/26 "2013-09-06T05:07:26Z")
I have both Manning and Thomas. Finished the evening with 73 points. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/668059/27 "2013-09-06T05:28:16Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Hmmm…since Wes Welker is on one of my fantasy teams, I won’t bitch about that first down he stole. And I will celebrate his 2 TDs so far. Also got Manning in that league, so it’s a good night for me. My roommate has Welker and Manning. It’s been a happy night. ---
**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 6, 2013, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/668059/28 "2013-09-06T12:24:56Z")
“We gave him _how_ much money?” -Ozzie Newsome. ---
**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 6, 2013, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/668059/29 "2013-09-06T12:35:42Z")
Was that Manning’s biggest day ever? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/668059/30 "2013-09-06T12:52:16Z")
If you have Trevathan in your fantasy league do you have to subtract points for a play that stupid? ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/668059/31 "2013-09-06T13:01:58Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > And of course, **NYG** @DAL! Big Blue has yet to lose in the new Cowboys Stadium. However, the Cowboys are undefeated in season openers against the Giants. Clearly this game will end in a tie. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/668059/32 "2013-09-06T13:05:24Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > If you have Trevathan in your fantasy league do you have to subtract points for a play that stupid? It was a fumble, so yes. ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/668059/33 "2013-09-06T13:13:55Z")
So happy I’m not facing Manning in any league this week. Good for him though. Like many others, I didn’t think he would be able to come back from his injury with this much success. I will have fun watching Denver this season (except for the Manning bowl). ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/668059/34 "2013-09-06T14:34:46Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > If you have Trevathan in your fantasy league do you have to subtract points for a play that stupid? How hard is “Score first, then celebrate” to understand at this point? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/668059/35 "2013-09-06T15:04:49Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > How hard is “Score first, then celebrate” to understand at this point? There were other big screw-ups in the game - John Harbaugh (not calling for a challenge), Brynden Trawick (running into Jacoby Jones), and Wes Welker (fumbling the punt return) are all good examples - but I’d give the dunce cap to Danny Trevathan because his screw-up was so avoidable. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/668059/36 "2013-09-06T15:25:13Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > How hard is “Score first, then celebrate” to understand at this point? Yeah. I was flashing back to Leon Lett, except without the heroics of Don Beebe. I ROFL’d after I picked my jaw back up. I ROFL’d more after a brief sideline shot of Del Rio ripping the young man a brand-spanking new asshole. That guy can jaw, can’t he? I hope Trevathan remembers this little life lesson for the rest of his career. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/668059/37 "2013-09-06T17:04:12Z")
Shame, because Trevathian was having a great game otherwise. He really stoiod out in coverage. My Julius Thomas desperation pick in the Big League seems to have worked out rather well. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/668059/38 "2013-09-06T17:07:48Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > Yeah. I was flashing back to Leon Lett, except without the heroics of Don Beebe. It’s more like the DeSean Jackson thing from a few years ago. It’s just dumb. Why the urge to drop the ball and celebrate the instant you cross the goal line? Get halfway into the endzone and then do whatever you want. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/668059/39 "2013-09-06T17:41:40Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > He really stoiod out in coverage. Especially on the interception during the same play. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/668059/40 "2013-09-06T18:53:37Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > It’s more like the DeSean Jackson thing from a few years ago. It’s just dumb. Why the urge to drop the ball and celebrate the instant you cross the goal line? Get halfway into the endzone and then do whatever you want. Didn’t Jackson do it twice before he learned? I can forgive Welker the dropped punt. Yes, it was a bad play, but he is not the normal punt returner handling the punt in rainy weather. It was costly but these things happen. I have to give Trevathian and Trawick a tie. Both of those cost thier teams dearly and were completely avoidable if they had used thier heads. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/668059.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/668059.md?page=3)