Week 1 Impressions?

[Max Fischer]

My thoughts on Week 1 --

 

 

Bills - Very encouraging start. Four turnovers and Buffalo still dominated the Super Bowl Champs in LA.  ⬆️

 

Chiefs - Tyreek who? Yes, Cards are beat up and overrated, but Good Gawd they look Super Bowl sharp.   ⬆️  

 

Chargers - Continue to improve. Herbert looked very good against Raiders and the defense played well. ⬆️

 

Vikings - How do you stop Justin Jefferson? Defense is good, but Packers offense may be much worse. Eagles next ⬆️

 

Ravens - Checked the box versus the pathetic Jets. Looked fine overall, we'll know more next week versus Dolphins.  ⬆️

 

Dolphins - Definitely better, though jury may be out after playing at home against an apparently awful Pats team. We'll see against the Ravens in Baltimore.  ⬆️

 

Giants - Daboll upset Titans. Jones is still meh to blah, but Daboll got a lot out of a fairly talentless roster (other than Barkley). Carolina, Dallas and Bears next.  ⬆️

 

Bears - Likely their Super Bowl versus 49ers, and might not win another game, but they deserve the up arrow. ⬆️

 

 

Eagles - Decent against Lions but could be a mirage. Will reserve judgment until next week's Vikings game.

 

 

Raiders - Adams is a problem, but so is Carr. They have improved overall, lost a close game at LAC, but something about Vegas seems off.  ↔️

 

Saints - They beat the Falcons, but not in a good way. That defense. Woof. Tampa game will be interesting. ↔️

 

Tampa Bay - They beat the Cowboys, but not in a good way. Offense looks old and slow.  Saints game will be interesting. ↔️

 

49ers - Trey wasn't good, but neither was the Chicago weather. No excuses, should have won, but will reserve judgement. ↔️

 

Colts - Ryan 352 yards, Taylor - 161 yards, dominated all other stats but looked like the lesser team versus Texans. Weird.  ↔️ 

 

Commanders - They beat the Jaguars. That's about all of the good news.  ↔️

 

Steelers - Won a strange game versus Cincy, but may as well pull trigger at QB because the defense will have issues if Watt is out for significant time. ↔️

 

Browns - Needed 58 yarder to beat Panthers. Watson is no doubt a much better QB, but I don't see a tough team. ↔️ 

 

Texans - They could be in a lot of close games, but might not win any of them.  Credit Lovie for the opportunity to pull off the Colts upset. ↗️

 

Lions - Like the Texans, Detriot might not win many games, but Dan Campbell seems to be moving the team in the right direction. ↗️

 

Falcons - Hung tough against Saints. A few talented players but very thin roster. Where was Kyle Pitts?  Rams game could get ugly but that's next week.  ↔️

 

 

Panthers - Good comeback vs Browns, and could have won. Not sure what to take from this game. ↔️

 

Jaguars - Same as above. ↔️

 

Bengals - Looked like last year's Bills-Steelers opener. Steelers defense came ready and Cincy still in pre-season form. Probably a fluke. ↔️

 

 

Rams - Got mauled in the second half. Strange that Super Bowl champs seem to lack an identity. Could get straight versus Falcons and Cards. ⬇️

 

Titans - Fluke or trend?  Giants are not good but Tennessee couldn't seem to put it together. Play like that against the Bills and it could be over at halftime.  ⬇️

 

Cowboys - Oh boy, where to start? How about, their QB is out for weeks and it might not matter that much. ⬇️

 

Packers - Vikings look to be a pretty good team but Holy Hell, the Pack looked terrible. Lucky to have CHI, NE, NYG, NYJ and Washington in next six games. ⬇️

 

Cardinals - Losing Watt and Hopkins hurt vs Chiefs, but not as bad as the coaching. Good luck with Murray's contract. Raiders and Rams are next.  ⬇️

 

Patriots - Mac Jones is the best average QB in the league. And now hurt. What is this team?  Are six wins possible?  ⬇️

 

Jets - Still a very bad team. Flacco threw 59 times against Ravens. His arm might fall off. When will the Jets win?  Next they travel to Browns. 🤡

[C.Biscuit97]

It will be funny to look back at this at the end of season. 

[dpberr]

I didn't see a defense that can stop the Bills.  

 

Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers looked tired and uninterested.  

 

Cardinals, Colts and Cowboys looked completely unprepared.  

 

Frank Reich would have been fired today if the Colts lost.      

[zow2]

For whatever reason,  Mahomes with Coach Reid just dominate out of the gate every season.  It's like their offense are ahead of the whole league for a few weeks, then the league starts to figure them out and catch up.  I wonder if that will be the same with Buffalo this season.

Can anyone figure out how to cover Kelce?  Anyone?

 

 

[C.Biscuit97]

Just now, dpberr said:

I didn't see a defense that can stop the Bills.  

 

Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers looked tired and uninterested.  

 

Cardinals, Colts and Cowboys looked completely unprepared.  

 

Frank Reich would have been fired today if the Colts lost.      

Rodgers looked that way in last years opening loss.

 

cowboys are terrible and I’m sick of hearing about them.

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

17 minutes ago, dpberr said:

I didn't see a defense that can stop the Bills.  

 

Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers looked tired and uninterested.  

 

Cardinals, Colts and Cowboys looked completely unprepared.  

 

Frank Reich would have been fired today if the Colts lost.      

 

Brady was getting beat up quite a bit in that one which I'm sure is frustrating.

 

I stayed away from with the colts in survivor pool because i hate division matchups not involving the Jets.  I also avoided the bears with poor weather.  

[dakrider]

No huge surprises I don't think.  Chiefs and Chargers will be two biggest threats to Bills.  Chargers defense looks good.  
We'll see what the Broncos do but I think their still a rung down from those two.

[Chris from Rochester]

Mahomes somehow looked better without Hill. I am concerned about them. Hope I'm wrong.

[Big Turk]

1 hour ago, dpberr said:

I didn't see a defense that can stop the Bills.  

 

Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers looked tired and uninterested.  

 

Cardinals, Colts and Cowboys looked completely unprepared.  

 

Frank Reich would have been fired today if the Colts lost.      

 

If the greatest defensive mind and coach in NFL history hasn't figured one out and has lost by 29, 29 and 30 points in his last 3 games that don't involve 70+ mph winds, along with 2 games that didn't have the Bills punt an one that was the only perfect offensive game in NFL history, I don't give much of a chance to the other teams in figuring one out.  

 

There are no good options to defend Allen, only ones that hurt less at the time.

[Gisele]

I'm sorry, I don't do impressions... my training is in psychiatry.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

Lucille Ball as Harpo Marx.

[GunnerBill]

My impression overall - in a league where barely anyone uses the run to set up the pass anymore, teams pass when everyone knows they are passing and where it is all about scoring offensive lines are more determinative than ever. 

 

Bengals, Rams, Cowboys, Packers, Raiders all have good or great at Quarterback and lost in large part because they couldn't protect their passer. 

 

The Bengals run to the Superbowl with bottom 5 OL was a one off. You have to be able to protect in this league. 

[Nextmanup]

I was hoping for and expecting a drop-off in KC, but we didn't get it.  They look as dangerous as ever.

 

Miami is for real and will be our toughest division competition this year.

 

NE looks lost; you can literally SEE the physical/athletic limitations to Mac Jones' game when you watch him play.

 

I still think our toughest test is KC.

 

 

10 minutes ago, Gisele said:

I'm sorry, I don't do impressions... my training is in psychiatry.

Of course.

 

 

[Sestak4ever]

It’s always interesting to assess the first few weeks of the season to try to determine how the off season affected each team. We all know, however, that a lot will change by weeks 6-8.  See how teams react to their starts and who makes the proper moves and adjustments.

[PromoTheRobot]

I've been saying the Patriots would be crap. Week One bore that out.

[MJS]

We're not supposed to trust week 1. Strange things always happen. We need to have a few games before knowing what some of these teams are actually like.

[PromoTheRobot]

5 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:

I was hoping for and expecting a drop-off in KC, but we didn't get it.  They look as dangerous as ever.

 

Miami is for real and will be our toughest division competition this year.

 

NE looks lost; you can literally SEE the physical/athletic limitations to Mac Jones' game when you watch him play.

 

I still think our toughest test is KC.

 

 

Of course.

 

 

 

Miami is not "for real." 

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

27 minutes ago, Chris from Rochester said:

Mahomes somehow looked better without Hill. I am concerned about them. Hope I'm wrong.

Screw Kermit. His sandlot playing style works but a good defense can work 

 

Week 1 is not always a true barometer of reality.  

 

 

[LeGOATski]

"Colts - Ryan 352 yards, Taylor - 161 yards, dominated all other stats but looked like the lesser team versus Texans. Weird.  ↔️ "

 

Because of the Texans' all-stars Jerry Hughes and OJ Howard.

[Rc2catch]

Carr with Adams looked terrible. Yeah they hooked up and got some stats, but he had tunnel vision and constantly forced it to him. It seemed more about getting Adams his targets and not about throwing to the open man. When Bosa and Mack are teeing off you might wanna consider Renfrow 5 yards out instead of Adams 35 yards out in triple coverage. 
Daboll has some stones.. He was just chewing out Jones for the pick in the end zone and next drive 4th and 2 let Jones keep it and convert. Then going for the 2, just big ole stones. Maybe those Giants repeat our playoff Tyrod year when we really had no business backing into the playoffs.. 

 

Oh almost forgot Tennessee. Henry looks like he can’t cut to the right, he kept doing this little hop and got flattened a couple times for it. They didn’t look nowhere near as physical in years past. I had some worries they’d grind us but I’m not too worried after seeing them

Edited September 12, 2022 by Rc2catch

[ColoradoBills]

20 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

My impression overall - in a league where barely anyone uses the run to set up the pass anymore, teams pass when everyone knows they are passing and where it is all about scoring offensive lines are more determinative than ever. 

 

Bengals, Rams, Cowboys, Packers, Raiders all have good or great at Quarterback and lost in large part because they couldn't protect their passer. 

 

The Bengals run to the Superbowl with bottom 5 OL was a one off. You have to be able to protect in this league. 

 

So true.  Also, bad OLs stunt young QB development.  For me, putting together a decent OL has to be one of the hardest things for

a GM/HC to accomplish.  You have 5 starters, and you just can't throw $s at it.  Add at least 2 decent depth players and putting it all together

for even 1 season (let alone multiple) has to be a nightmare.

 

A team can have some weaker starters on the DL or WRs and still get production.  It just takes one or two weak links on an OL for the

whole unit to be subpar.  Having the right high $ vets as anchors, a few guys on rookie contracts and some vet fillers all coming together

to make a good unit just adds up to more misses (as a whole) than hits.

 

Then trying to figure out schemes of blocking vs the players talent and having a balance of some sorts, between pass protection and

run blocking.........well, I wouldn't want to try to figure it out.

 

An OL coach like Kromer would have to have input as to what he needs.  I'm hopeful that is what's happening in Buffalo.

[Sestak4ever]

48 minutes ago, Chris from Rochester said:

Mahomes somehow looked better without Hill. I am concerned about them. Hope I'm wrong.

Saw an interesting stat that the Cards blitzed Mahomes on 54% of his drop backs and he burned them. Fortunately we have a defensive front four that can create all the pressure needed and drop 7 in coverage. That is the best way to beat Mahomes. Beane and McDermott have built this team with that in mind and have done a great job.

[GunnerBill]

1 minute ago, Sestak4ever said:

Saw an interesting stat that the Cards blitzed Mahomes on 54% of his drop backs and he burned them. Fortunately we have a defensive front four that can create all the pressure needed and drop 7 in coverage. That is the best way to beat Mahomes. Beane and McDermott have built this team with that in mind and have done a great job.

 

Lunacy. The book on Mahomes is out by now. You DO NOT blitz him. You drop guys, play coverage, disrupt the passing lanes and make him dink and dunk. You make him stay patient and precise. 

[Rc2catch]

2 minutes ago, Sestak4ever said:

Saw an interesting stat that the Cards blitzed Mahomes on 54% of his drop backs and he burned them. Fortunately we have a defensive front four that can create all the pressure needed and drop 7 in coverage. That is the best way to beat Mahomes. Beane and McDermott have built this team with that in mind and have done a great job.

Yeah Arizona never stood a chance. They hit him a couple times but there was never any real pressure. He looked like he was just going down the list making sure everyone active got a catch. 

[zow2]

Buffalo just needs to get the #1 seed.  That's the whole purpose of this regular season.  So every game, especially an upcoming AFC game vs Tenn is huge.

 

Hoping the Raiders, Chargers, Chiefs Broncos...and the Ravens, Bengals, Steelers cannibalize each other and make the road a bit easier.

[C.Biscuit97]

Just now, GunnerBill said:

 

Lunacy. The book on Mahomes is out by now. You DO NOT blitz him. You drop guys, play coverage, disrupt the passing lanes and make him dink and dunk. You make him stay patient and precise. 

The only counter I have to this is the Cards are really banged up in the defensive backfield and maybe thought there only chance was to force the action. Stupid though.

[ColoradoBills]

4 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said:

The only counter I have to this is the Cards are really banged up in the defensive backfield and maybe thought there only chance was to force the action. Stupid though.

 

OK, but then it could be said you'd want to add as many defenders as possible, zone it up and keep everything in front of them.  Mahomes may still score

but at least he'll do it at a slower pace.  It's a tough choice, although what they did sure didn't work.

[Chris from Rochester]

13 minutes ago, Sestak4ever said:

Saw an interesting stat that the Cards blitzed Mahomes on 54% of his drop backs and he burned them. Fortunately we have a defensive front four that can create all the pressure needed and drop 7 in coverage. That is the best way to beat Mahomes. Beane and McDermott have built this team with that in mind and have done a great job.

 

That's a great point. I knew they blitzed him but didn't realize it was that much. 

[GunnerBill]

6 minutes ago, Chris from Rochester said:

 

That's a great point. I knew they blitzed him but didn't realize it was that much. 

 

The highest blitz % against him in his pro career.

[Warcodered]

 

 

At a certain point a team has to legitimately be cursed.

[Big Turk]

The Broncos are overrated.

[newcam2012]

11 hours ago, dpberr said:

I didn't see a defense that can stop the Bills.  

 

Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers looked tired and uninterested.  

 

Cardinals, Colts and Cowboys looked completely unprepared.  

 

Frank Reich would have been fired today if the Colts lost.      

The Chargers look to be the team to beat besides the Bills. My Early rankings are:

1 Bills

2 Chargers

3 KC

4 Bengals

[Jauronimo]

Week 1 of 2022 might the worst week of football ever played.  Half of the slate were true trash classics.  These are the types of wins and losses fanbases remember for decades.  

 

ATL and New Orleans - another epic ATL choke in one of the sloppiest games I have ever seen

PIT and Cincinnatti - epicly bad clock management by cincinatti gifted the inept Stillers one last chance at a long field goal after both kickers missed game winning opportunities

Seattle and Denver - Hackett runs the clock on himself and basically concedes the loss rather than give his team a chance to win

Cleveland vs Carolina - 2 backup QBs battled it out in a punt fest punctuated with a few field goals

Indy and Texans - Houston gave Indy every chance possible to win but Reich, a guy who ***** comebacks, couldn't engineer a way out of a steamy makeout session with his sister and the game ends tied.

San Fran and Chicago - this game was played on a pond for some reason.  Neither QB completed 50% of their passes.  

Titans and Giants - the Titans simply did everything they could to lose.  Muffed punt, missing field goals, they would not be denied

[BillsfaninSB]

1 hour ago, Big Turk said:

The Broncos are overrated.

Maybe but we just need them to do the Bills bidding and beat the Chiefs and Chargers at least once. 

[GunnerBill]

2 hours ago, BillsfaninSB said:

Maybe but we just need them to do the Bills bidding and beat the Chiefs and Chargers at least once. 

 

I think you have a better shot with the Raiders. Denver still 4th best in that division to me.

[newcam2012]

9 hours ago, Jauronimo said:

Week 1 of 2022 might the worst week of football ever played.  Half of the slate were true trash classics.  These are the types of wins and losses fanbases remember for decades.  

 

ATL and New Orleans - another epic ATL choke in one of the sloppiest games I have ever seen

PIT and Cincinnatti - epicly bad clock management by cincinatti gifted the inept Stillers one last chance at a long field goal after both kickers missed game winning opportunities

Seattle and Denver - Hackett runs the clock on himself and basically concedes the loss rather than give his team a chance to win

Cleveland vs Carolina - 2 backup QBs battled it out in a punt fest punctuated with a few field goals

Indy and Texans - Houston gave Indy every chance possible to win but Reich, a guy who ***** comebacks, couldn't engineer a way out of a steamy makeout session with his sister and the game ends tied.

San Fran and Chicago - this game was played on a pond for some reason.  Neither QB completed 50% of their passes.  

Titans and Giants - the Titans simply did everything they could to lose.  Muffed punt, missing field goals, they would not be denied

It was one of the most exciting week one NFL games I've seen. Sure there were mistakes and sloppy play but that's part of the game too. As a fan, I think it's super exciting when games are decided in the f8nal seconds, big field goals to win or lose the game, and games decided in OT. Not sure what you are looking for when watching games. Based on your opinion the Bills game sucked too because they had 4 turnovers and the Rams generally sucked. 

 

I disagree with your premise that it was the worst week of football ever played. What makes a good football game to you? 

[T master]

The scary thing to think about is if in this game the Bills were shaking off the rust of the off season & then as they did last year hitting their stride say by mid season OMG i can't wait to see just how dominate this team will be when they do get in that groove !!! 

[newcam2012]

19 hours ago, ColoradoBills said:

 

OK, but then it could be said you'd want to add as many defenders as possible, zone it up and keep everything in front of them.  Mahomes may still score

but at least he'll do it at a slower pace.  It's a tough choice, although what they did sure didn't work.

I never really expected the Ariz defense to effectively stop the Chiefs and Mahomes. What surprised me was their lack of offense. I thought Coach Kingsbury would dail up a dynamic offensive scheme. Murray would use his legs and arm to keep the game close. After the game, I just thought wow Murray isn't worth all that money. It's only week one but I sure am glad the Bills have Allen. 

[uninja]

20 hours ago, C.Biscuit97 said:

The only counter I have to this is the Cards are really banged up in the defensive backfield and maybe thought there only chance was to force the action. Stupid though.

“Our defensive backfield is weak, the strategy will be to weaken it even further, hoping that sending extra rushers against a blitz ninja will work!”

 

Narrator: It did not. 

2 minutes ago, newcam2012 said:

I never really expected the Ariz defense to effectively stop the Chiefs and Mahomes. What surprised me was their lack of offense. I thought Coach Kingsbury would dail up a dynamic offensive scheme. Murray would use his legs and arm to keep the game close. After the game, I just thought wow Murray isn't worth all that money. It's only week one but I sure am glad the Bills have Allen. 

they REALLY miss Hopkins. 
 

He’s like one of 5 WRs where you can just go “***** it he’s down there somewhere” and heave it at him. Also with Hopkins out there, a lot of attention comes off other players. 

[newcam2012]

8 minutes ago, uninja said:

“Our defensive backfield is weak, the strategy will be to weaken it even further, hoping that sending extra rushers against a blitz ninja will work!”

 

Narrator: It did not. 

they REALLY miss Hopkins. 
 

He’s like one of 5 WRs where you can just go “***** it he’s down there somewhere” and heave it at him. Also with Hopkins out there, a lot of attention comes off other players. 

No doubt that is a huge blow to their offense. However, elite QBs have to play better than that. Murray looked very ordinary against a so so defense.