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What we learned from Week 1
Kevin Jairaj, USA Today
Where do we even start? Welp, let’s start with Dak Prescott and the Cowboys. Did you stay up and hear the news? No worries. We did.
The quarterback exited last night’s 19-3 loss to the Buccaneers midway through the fourth quarter with a hand injury. He’ll undergo surgery and miss a number of weeks, team owner Jerry Jones said. Dallas will turn to backup Cooper Rush in Dak’s absence. Can Rush keep the season afloat, or should the Cowboys consider a more drastic move? Decision time.
Other early takeaways:
Relax, it’s Week 1
- Bengals QB Joe Burrow had an uncharacteristically bad game in an overtime loss to the Steelers: I mean, four interceptions?! But had it not been for a last-second blocked extra point attempt, we wouldn’t even be here. It happens.
- The Packers’ young receivers may drive Aaron Rodgers into retirement, but Green Bay is also a chronic slow starter at this point. In three of their four years under Matt LaFleur, the Packers have scored 10, 3 and 7 points in Week 1.
- It’s not just that the Patriots lost 20-7 to the Dolphins, it’s that there was never any hope it would turn out otherwise. Not only was there no big fourth-quarter comeback, but it’s hard to believe anybody was expecting one, Steve Buckley writes. To make matters worse, quarterback Mac Jones suffered a back injury.
As good as advertised
- Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs sent the rest of the NFL a message with his 360 passing yards and five touchdowns in a 44-21 win over the Cardinals. In the first game of the post-Tyreek Hill era, the QB connected with nine different skill-position teammates over his 30 completions. Whew.
- As previously recapped, Josh Allen looked like his MVP-caliber self in the Bills’ season opener Thursday, passing for 297 yards and three TDs in an efficient 31-10 win over the Rams.
Clock Mismanagement
Geno’s Revenge
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Russell Wilson returned to Seattle with what we expected to be a far superior Broncos team to the Seahawks squad he left behind. A baffling night — and an ugly 17-16 Seattle win — tossed those preconceptions in the trash.
A few things that actually happened:
- Geno Smith, Wilson’s former backup, started 17-of-18 through the air and finished 23-of-28 for 195 yards and two touchdowns. He was crisp and efficient, in both the passing and quote game. “They wrote me off. I ain’t write back, though,” he said afterward.
- The Broncos fumbled twice on the Seattle 1-yard line.
- New Denver coach Nathaniel Hackett will be lambasted in today’s news cycle after wasting 30 seconds at the end of the game with good field position … all to attempt a 64-yard game-winning field goal. Hilariously, Brandon McManus had two tries after the Seahawks called a timeout just before his first attempt sailed wide left. His second attempt did the same. Peyton Manning almost had an aneurysm on air thanks to the sequence.
- Wilson, arguably the best player in Seahawks franchise history, got booed before his first snap Monday.
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