# NFL Week 1 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 13, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/731081 "2015-09-13T15:18:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 13, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/731081/1 "2015-09-13T15:18:22Z")
Here we go. Thursday PIT 21 NE 28 Sunday early IND @ BUF CAR @ JAX KC @ HOU SEA @ STL CLE @ NYJ GB @ CHI MIA @ WAS Sunday late NO @ ARI CIN @ OAK BAL @ DEN TEN @ TB SNF NYG @ DAL (of course) MNF PHI @ ATL MIN @ SF Threads: [Fantasy football discussion](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=766479) [Daily Fantasy Sports betting](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=768195) [SDMB Pick 'em and survival](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=765927) - still a little time to sign up, and I think late signups are available for pick 'em [season prediction thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=767912) ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/731081/2 "2015-09-13T15:34:37Z")
Now I’ve seen everything, RG III is taking reps as a scout team safety?? Washington couldn’t be a bigger train wreck. What’s next? Cleaning the locker room toilets? > **[Report: RG3 played scout-team safety this week - ProFootballTalk](https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/09/13/report-rg3-played-scout-team-safety-this-week/)** > > Through chronic stupidity sometimes comes a flash of potential wisdom.At a time when Washington isn’t willing to do the smart thing and cut quarterback Robert Griffin III, they’re doing a mind-boggling thing. Via Jeff Darlington of NFL Media, Griffin... ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/731081/3 "2015-09-13T15:46:15Z")
Well he’s already with subway who has a opening for a fat guy turned skinny guy. Maybe RGIII can gain 300 pounds and then lose it. Also Why the hell aren’t they showing GB-CHI here? It’s a division game season opener![sub] and I have Rodgers in fantasy[/sub] ---
**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 13, 2015, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/731081/4 "2015-09-13T17:31:05Z")
Mccown lasted one drive. It’s alcoholic time already. For fucks sake. ---
**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 13, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/731081/5 "2015-09-13T17:50:20Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Mccown lasted one drive. It’s alcoholic time already. For fucks sake. Hey, Johnny F. got the TD! First one! ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/731081/6 "2015-09-13T17:51:33Z")
But Manziel looked pretty good (for that one drive, anyway). Also: the Browns are stupid. They got a penalty on the extra point, pushing it back 10 yards, making it a 38-yard try. Really they should have just gone for two right there, but ok, whatever. However, then they get another penalty on the re-kick, meaning a PAT try would have to be a 48-yarder … and they still kicked it! (It was good, btw.) That’s just dumb, though I expect that a lot of NFL teams are going to screw this up. ---
**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 13, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/731081/7 "2015-09-13T17:58:50Z")
Gipson intercepted a pass intended for Marshall and Marshall just took it back. It was very “only in Cleveland” ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/731081/8 "2015-09-13T18:04:29Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > But Manziel looked pretty good (for that one drive, anyway). > > Also: the Browns are stupid. They got a penalty on the extra point, pushing it back 10 yards, making it a 38-yard try. Really they should have just gone for two right there, but ok, whatever. However, then they get another penalty on the re-kick, meaning a PAT try would have to be a 48-yarder … and they still kicked it! (It was good, btw.) That’s just dumb, though I expect that a lot of NFL teams are going to screw this up. Wouldn’t (after the first penalty) the 2 point conversion be spotted at the 12? You’re a lot more likely to make a 38 yard kick than to get in the end zone on one play from the 12 - never mind the 22. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/731081/9 "2015-09-13T18:32:05Z")
Wilson to Lynch, no Trumaine Johnson picks it … How do these passing rules work? The defender dives for the ball, grabs it low and rolls to his feet with the ball in his hands. Except, his momentum drove the ball into the turf. How is that not a trap? The player catching the ball is supposed to control it and keep it off the ground. I would have ruled that incomplete. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/731081/10 "2015-09-13T18:38:12Z")
The Bears are taking a lead into halftime against Green Bay on opening day. This half of a game could be the high point of their whole season. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/731081/11 "2015-09-13T18:57:46Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > Wouldn’t (after the first penalty) the 2 point conversion be spotted at the 12? Yeah, that’s what I would think. They can’t wipe out the penalty just by changing the method of their try. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/731081/12 "2015-09-13T19:07:38Z")
Buffalo up big on Indy, didn’t expect that. ---
**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 13, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/731081/13 "2015-09-13T19:08:58Z")
Bills and Chiefs, nice. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/731081/14 "2015-09-13T19:13:08Z")
Those Browns uniforms are possibly the worst of the modern era. Yuck. Waiting for my Saints to open the season at Arizona in the second game… ---
**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 13, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/731081/15 "2015-09-13T20:14:59Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Gipson intercepted a pass intended for Marshall and Marshall just took it back. It was very “only in Cleveland” Nah, that’s one of those things Marshall does that sucks you in and makes you love him. Did it more than once in Chicago. The guy is a horse. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/731081/16 "2015-09-13T20:17:46Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > Wouldn’t (after the first penalty) the 2 point conversion be spotted at the 12? You’re a lot more likely to make a 38 yard kick than to get in the end zone on one play from the 12 - never mind the 22. Oh yeah. Duh. ---
**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 13, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/731081/17 "2015-09-13T20:19:45Z")
Thank you Jay Cutler. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/731081/18 "2015-09-13T20:22:36Z")
Strongly rooting against the Seahawks in the OT game. I’ve had just about enough of wacky Russell Wilson and egomaniac Lynch. ---
**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 13, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/731081/19 "2015-09-13T20:23:19Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > The Bears are taking a lead into halftime against Green Bay on opening day. This half of a game could be the high point of their whole season. We’ll see. I had very low expectations going into this one and even though we lost and Cutler had a classic Cutler game (not handling the blitz in the red zone, interception on the deciding 4th quarter drive) I feel like the arrow is pointing up. They looked professional, the game plan was right, Forte, Bennett, Jeffery and Royal all played solid games, the Long experiment at RT had a lot more good than bad in it, and the defense was much more competent than it had any business being. Still a lot of holes in the roster and we have no depth, but Green Bay had to make some highlight reel plays to earn this one. I don’t think we’re going to be a sub 6 win team this year, which I think a lot of people felt was in the cards. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/731081/20 "2015-09-13T20:29:12Z")
The whole AFC East won. Amazing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1/731081.md?page=2)