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In what may be the most gut wrenching defeat in the long
history of the Bears – Packers rivalry, the Bears blew a 20-0 lead and lost to
the Packers 24-23. The Bears began their
season in great fashion, with Mitch Trubisky leading the team down the field
for a TD. Trubisky capped the drive by
running the ball in from two yards out.
The Bears other TD came when newly acquired LB, Kahlil Mack, intercepted
a DeShone Kiser pass and ran it back 27 yards for the score. Packers QB, and longtime Bears killer, Aaron
Rodgers left the field on a cart in the first half but came back to kill the Bears
once again.
Does Matt Nagy have no sense of history?
The Packers comeback culminated on a 75 yard pass from
Rodgers to Randall Cobb for the game tying TD.
The extra point provided the winning margin. New Bears head coach, Matt Nagy gave the
Aaron Rodgers a gift of a last chance to beat the Bears.
With the ball around the Packers 15 yard line, late in
the fourth quarter, the Bears went for a pass play that fell incomplete. After that, the Bears settled for a field
goal and a six point lead. Anybody
familiar with the Bears history with Aaron Rodgers knew that was a
mistake. The Bears should have used two
running plays if necessary to pick up a first down and possibly run out the
clock.
Catch the ball!
The Bears did give the Packers another gift after that
when Kyle Fuller dropped an easy interception that could have closed the
Packers out. The Seahawks have a
linebacker, Shaquem Griffin, with one hand.
The Bears have gone one better, they have a defensive back with no
hands.
Maybe a new nickname is in order
After the Packers went ahead, the Bears had one more
chance to pull out a win. I have to say,
Bears QB, Mitch Trubisky, looked scared.
The “Pretty Boy Assassin” looked like a pretty boy afraid of
bullies. That’s got to get better.
The Bears have some real talent, but they’ve got it
pulled together. Right now the Bears
offense seems to have more flash than substance. The defense looked great for a half. Conditioning could be an issue.
And he has an all pro beard
Meanwhile, the most exciting player in the NFL had a
great day. That’s right, I’m talking
Ryan Fitzpatrick. Okay, Tyreek Hill is
probably the most exciting player in the NFL, but Ryan Fitzpatrick had a career
day in leading the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a 48-40 win over the New Orleans Saints. Fitzpatrick truly had a career day, but I
have to think the Saints defense is really, really bad. Fitzpatrick threw for 417 yards and four TDs
while throwing no interceptions. He even
ran for 36 yards. Drew Brees also seemed
to defy his age, throwing for 439 yards and three scores.
The Cowboys and Bills are who I thought they were
I expected Nathan Peterman to bad, and he was. The Baltimore Ravens swamped the Bills by a
score of 47-3. Peterman continues to be
the Urban Sombrero of NFL QBs. Hopefully
you get the Seinfeld reference. The
Bills could be in for a long season. The
Cowboys could be in bad shape themselves.
I haven’t been high on their prospects and I didn’t see anything to
change my mind in their 16-8 loss to the Panthers.
The Case of the missing Seahawks ground game
Case Keenum threw three picks and three TDs, but his performance
was good enough to help the Broncos defeat the Seahawks 27-24. The Broncos defense was keyed by Vonn Miller
who recorded three sacks, forced two fumbles and recovered one. The Broncos look to be mediocre this season,
as do the Seahawks. I read where the Seahawks
were supposed to rely more on the ground game this season. They had 16 rushes against the Broncos. I don’t see a burgeoning ground game on the
horizon.
So why does Sam Bradford make so much money?
Sam Bradford stayed intact for the whole game as the
Arizona QB, but the Cardinals put only six points on the board. The Redskins, behind new QB, Alex Smith, rang
up 24 points in their win over the Cardinals.
Alex Smith was Alex Smith, throwing for two TDs and 255 yards with no
picks. Ancient running back, Adrian
Peterson showed life, running for 96 years and a TD. I actually like the Redskins chances better
with Alex Smith at QB than Kirk Cousins.
Speaking of Cousins..
The Vikings do Vikings things
Cousins and the Vikings defeated the 49ers 24-16. Cousins, like Alex Smith played mistake free
football while 49ers QB, Jimmy Garoppolo threw three interceptions. The Viking defense will be tough again this
season.
The Chiefs may be the most exciting offensive team in the NFL
Tyreek Hill scored three touchdowns, two on pass
receptions and one on a punt return as the Kansas City Chiefs blew by the LA
Chargers 38-28. Chiefs QB, Patrick
Mahomes had a great game, throwing for four TDs. Philip Rivers threw for 424 yards and three
TDs in a losing effort.
Bengals press Colts Luck
Andrew Luck made his return to the Colts and threw 53
passes in the Colts 34-23 loss to the Bengals.
Bengals QB, Andy Dalton was solid in the win and RB, Joe Mixon ran for
95 yards and caught five passes for another 54 yards in Cincinnati’s victory. The Bengals could surprise this year.
The day was even longer for Titans fans
In what might be an even worse opener than the Bears, the
Tennessee Titans lost to the Miami Dolphins 27-20. The game was delayed by weather twice and
took seven hours to complete. The Titans
also lost three players to injuries, left tackle, Taylor Lewan suffered a
concussion, TE, Delanie Walker looks to be out for the season with a leg or ankle
injury and QB, and Marcus Mariota left the game with an elbow injury.
The Dolphins- Titans game did feature some big
plays. Jakeem Grant returned a kickoff
102 yards for a Dolphins TD and Darius Jennings took a Miami kickoff 94 yards
for Titans score. Dolphins WR, Kenny
Stills, had a big day. Stills caught four
Ryan Tannehill passes, two for touchdowns.
The longest one was for 75 yards.
The Giants have some growing up to do
The Jacksonville Jaguars defeated the New York Giants
20-15. Giants rookie RB, Saquan Barkley,
ran for 106 yards in 18 attempts. Most
of it came on a 68 yard TD run. The
Jaguars got a big play from their defense in the form of a 32 yard pick six by
LB, Myles Jack. Jacksonville QB, Blake
Bortles wasn’t particularly impressing, going 18-33 for 176 yards with one TD
and one pick.
Ho hum, another Patriots win
Tom Brady showed the king is still alive in the Patriots
27-20 win over the Houston Texans. Brady
threw for three TDs and Ron Gronkowski caught seven passes for 123 yards and a
TD. Texans QB, DeShaun Watson, had a
rough day, going 17-35 for 176 yards, one interception and one TD.
A tie is like kissing your sister, your ugly sister in this case
And finally, the Cleveland Browns came close to winning
their opener, but played to a 21-21 tie with the Pittsburg Steelers. The Steelers committed six turnovers and blew
a 14 point fourth quarter lead.
Meanwhile, the Browns had a chance to win the game in overtime, but
their 43 yard field goal attempt was blocked.
At least the tie broke the Browns 17 game losing streak.
Browns QB, Tyrod Taylor was 15-40 for 197 yards but
supplemented his production with 77 yards rushing and one TD. Ben Roethlisberger threw three
interceptions. Plenty of frustration to
go around in this game.
And that’s a look at Sunday number one in the NFL.
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