NFL 2025/26 Season

   

 Can do an hours shopping if I want to.

  

 I suspect he will be snapped up very quickly after that game. Chicago wasted him. 

 Nice to see Kansas be beaten for a change. But a few of those Mahomes throws were quite epic. 

 (Hollywood Brown is a bit of a klutz. Messed up several downs.)

 

 I suppose a team who was led by old Big Ben for so many years isn't all that fazed by Rodgers' age.

 But this new trend of kickers attempting 60 yard FGs is changing the face of the game. If your kicker is not capable of potting them from at least fifty yards...he's not worth having in the team. 

 

 

 

Okay so what did we learn from week 1.

1. We learned that the Eagles are still good, but we get a better guide on that in week 2. Dallas offense looked okay and the defense looked better than expected so if they stay healthy they could get more than the five weeks I predicted.

2. Kansas City will still be a play off team but they will need to improve to win the division this season. The Chargers looked very good for the whole 60 minutes and Herbert showed very good game management which could see his performance improve significant. 

3. Arizona looked good in patches but they will need to improve to have a post season run. The Saints are in for a long season.

4. Not much happening in the Panthers Jags game but Lawrence and his offense did look as though they had improved but that was against Carolina and I will reserve my judgement until I see them take on a high level defense.  

5. Tampa nearly squandered a good effort by losing but they showed that they are still the dominant force in that division. Should sweep the falcons now and beat the other two division mates, and that will set up their 12 wins for the season. Atlanta still falling short looks like it will be a season long thing, once again. They do have a good offense but that defense will be the poor side of their effort.

6. It looks like Tomlin's non losing season streak will continue. Rodgers played well but they did only just get over the top of the Jets so I am not as enamoured of the performance as others are. The Jets were not terrible but their history tells me it is downhill from here, I could be wrong.

7. Cincinatti looked as though they will be struggling once again. That defence was almost nonexistent against a lacklustre offense. 

8. Miami are in huge trouble. The defence made the Colts offense look like the number one offense in the league. Their offense was very underwhelming and that is with Tyreek Hill there, if he is traded the offense will become almost irrelevant. The Colts looked good but I think any other team in the league would have looked good against the Dolphins.    

9. Geno led Vegas to a well deserved win, and they looked more balanced against an admittedly disappointing Patriots defence. New England have a long way to go to be a better team than last season, but not giving up yet. 

10. Washington looked like a team that will warm into the season. Good enough to dominate the Giants, but their real test comes this week when they take on Green Bay. The Giants looked inept offensively and the talk is that Russ Wilson is not long for the bench.

11. I see everyone is saying Denver looked poor against the Titans, I suppose that is also due to the Titans not being looked at as string competition. I disagree. I thought Cam Ward looked satisfactory in the first three quarters, especially as his o-line allowed him to get sacked six times. Tony Pollard was doing a great job until Denver's vaunted defence stepped up and the Broncos only scored two touchdowns themselves so the Titans defence was not bad. 

12. San Francisco got the win, but they also won the injury lottery with three huge injuries affecting them over the next four weeks at least. Seattle showed they are not a bad team but that division is tough and I still think they do not make the play offs from this division, although the 49er's injuries do make it easier.

13. Green Bay looked sensational in Wisconsin. The Lions have had a good recent record at Lambaugh, but they were totally dominated from start to finish. The doubts about the Lions during the off season were brought to light here. They are going to miss the two departed co-ordinators and  while they faced to my eye the logical NFC favorite, they will find this season a real struggle and no surprise if they missed the post season.

14. I thought both the Rams and Texans played below their best. It has now been a season and one game since we saw CJ Stroud's best, was his rookie year the anomaly, or can he get back to his best. Are the Rams the real deal or not? Jury is still out.

15. Best game of the week and we took two things from Baltimore. Buffalo is a quality team on both sides of the ball. Baltimore are still finding ways to lose big games against quality opposition.

16. Are Chicago a play off quality team? On the week 1 performance I would say no, but They showed signs of being a good team so we will reserve the judgement. Minnesota looked dreadful in the first 3 and a half quarters, but JJ McCarthy got going late and the offense looked awesome when he started sticking his passes. he will not lead the Viking to 14 wins but they can win 10.

MVP of the Week: Many contenders here. J-LO led the Packers well. Trevor Lawrence was very good against the other No.1 draft QB, and Josh Allen led his team well in the final 8 minutes. Rodgers turned the clock back. Geno Smith was good for the Raiders, however for me the first MVP for this season was Justin Herbert. For all his talent, biometrics and skill he has not had a great career so far. In Brazil he played the perfect game against Mahomes. Got a lead and did what all QB's need to do in the 4th quarter against him and keep possession. The defence then did their job by stifling the Chiefs offense when they got possession. By far and away Herbert's best 60 minute performance in his NFL career.

Best Team Performance of Week 1: I do not think there is any doubt here, the motherloving Green Bay Packers were so far in front of anyone else it is daylight second. Ominous performance and show of strength for the rest of the league.

Need To improve: Obviously I could have placed Miami, Carolina, New Orleans, Cleveland or Giants here, but I have gone for Detroit. They had questions over their season, and off their week 1 performance they are in for at least some teething issues with their new coordinators. Goff had a bad game with turnovers and while they were up against a team who will no doubt be in superbowl contention.

                  

 

 Before that it was funny.

 

 Sorry, Voyager. I reckon the Pack were going half-hearted most of the game...yet still won.

 They beat the Commanders, by the way...

 

Eagles beat Chiefs 20-17

The Chiefs used to win all the close ones.

"The percentage of Super Bowl winners who started the regular season 0-2 is very low. Since 1990, only three teams have won the Super Bowl after starting 0-2: the 1993 Dallas Cowboys, the 2001 New England Patriots, and the 2007 New York Giants. This means only about 1.1% of teams that start 0-2 have gone on to win the Super Bowl. In total, three teams out of 279 that started 0-2 have won the Super Bowl since 1990, which is approximately 1.1% of such teams."

 

 

 Nothing  shaky about his winning drive

 I hate losing.