2019-20 NFL Week 1

Games I saw some of:

Packers 10-3 Bears
Man, the Bears offense was a steady stream of dumb penalties and bonehead plays, though when they weren't shooting themselves in the foot you could kinda see how it could work; Bears D was pretty tough, held Aaron Rodgers to 10 points, got no help from the offense tonight. The Packers offense didn't tear it up but they looked pretty comfortable at getting 5-10 yard chunks, could be a dangerous offense this season; the Packer D was pretty good, impressed with the secondary. Definitely came away more impressed by the Packers, if Rodgers stays healthy and this D stays together, I can see them being really good; as for the Bears, I'm already backing away from winning the division, that D will keep them in games but Trubisky has got to learn to win them (and I'm dubious of that happening).

Redskins 27-32 Eagles
Redskins rocked out in the 1st half (up 20-0 at halftime) but even when they were rolling it didn't feel real, always felt like the Eagles could still get the W if they just wanted it. And in the 2nd half, apparently, they wanted it and the pretty much pummeled Washington after halftime, started slow but rolled once they put their minds to it. Fun to see Desean Jackson back in an Eagle uni, Wentz looked good, the offense spread around nicely, defense kinda sucked in the 1st half but solid in the 2nd; decent performance from the Redskins but I reckon they're gonna be good-bad all year.

Bengals 20-21 Seahawks
Hey, man: Andy Dalton does not suck, he's not great but he's not bad and that alone is a decent place to start for a team. Early in the season, yes, but I don't think the Seahawks are actually even this good and I think the Bengals can be better. The Seahawks kinda waffled most of the game, the defense is okay, the team around Russell Wilson is so-so and Wilson is too valuable to be allowed to do anything, I don't see where the offense is gonna come from for the Seahawks (of course, I've thought that for the last few years). I don't know that the Bengals are gonna win games but I think they're gonna cover spreads, they're gonna be in games and if they can learn to steal W's, I think they could actually be okay.

Giants 17-35 Cowboys
Dang, that Cowboys offense looks for real, defense wasn't bad either. Giants kinda suck on both sides but Saquon Barkley is an unholy badass (wasted on a crappy team), gonna be tough for the Giants to win 4 games this year, I expect Eli to long gone by Halloween. The Giants are so bad, its a little hard to tell how good the Cowboys are (they looked good, though), seems like a playoff team to me.

Steelers 3-33 Pats
This game was not as close as the score indicates--frankly I thought Brady was not that good on this night, he seemed like he was just going through the motions. The Pats D looks pretty great, the receiving corps looked good (and that's before the arrival of Antonio Bryant and their #1 draft pick), seems like they might be pretty good this year. Steelers sucked so bad tonight that I got nothing out of watching them, they can't be this bad, so hard to tell where they fit in the AFC North.


Games I saw none of:
Titans 43-13 Browns
19 penalties on the Browns, there you go. Titans can't be this good (not sure they looked good anyway); Browns probably aren't this bad but the hype has been deflated now, right?

Ravens 59-10 Dolphins
Yup: Ravens are good, Dolphins are bad. The score is eye-popping but the result isn't really much of a surprise.

Falcons 21-28 Vikings
The Falcons look pretty lackluster; feels like the Vikings might fit right in with the Bears and the Packers.

Bills 17-16 Jets
Ha! NYJ was up 16-0 late in the game, the final score crawls by and they just lost. Jets gonna Jet, man. What's up with the Bills? If their weirdo QB turns out good then they might could be good.

Rams 30-27 Panthers
This score feels about right: the Rams won on the road, scored points, made the plays down the stretch; Panthers put points on the board but got snaked by a better team. Feels like both of these squads are gonna be good.

Chiefs 40-26 Jags
The Chiefs are so good on offense and so bad on defense, this score looks right. The big story is that new Jags QB Nick Foles broke his collarbone which will take him out of action for a while (the whole season?), though fortunately their backup (already can't remember his name) played pretty well. But the Chiefs D is not good, man, so hard to tell anything about the Jags offense here.

Colts 24-30 (OT) Chargers
I dunno what to make of this. The Chargers should have advanced enough by now to actually win the easy game but they just don't do that, they don't finish off the easy wins, every game is a struggle with these guys. As a result, its hard to tell whether the Colts have seem real spunk to them or whether they just overachieved against a classic underachiever. 

Lions 27-27 Cards
Two bad teams. The Lions had this in hand and they let the rookie QB come back on them, exactly what a veteran defense with some moxy should not allow. The Cards are gonna scuffle all year long but seems like Kyler Murray is gonna be fun to watch, might even steal some W's. 

Niners 31-17 Bucs
Two bad teams. How much longer is Jameis Winston gonna last? Yeah, he's got skills but if every pass goes to the other team, then who cares how nice the spiral is? And did we learn anything about the Niners from this? A nothing game.

Texans 28-30 Saints
The Saints ought to be better but they got the W, that's all that matters (according to Parcells). The Texans...I dunno, lost a heartbreaker. I didn't see any of this (wish I had!) so got no feel for the feel of it.

Broncos 16-24 Raiders
I think both of these teams are bad. Division games are unpredictable, so don't get too excited about this. I think the Broncos are gonna be up/down all year and there's no reason at all to think the Raiders are any good.