NFL Week 1 Review

The most important thing about week 1 (if I am wrong, please let me know and I apologize if I jinx it) was that I did not hear John Mellencamp singing Our Country. Has Chevy shelved these ads? I saw one during a CFB telecast last week, but NFL games were remarkably silent. Unfortunately, the new commercial from hell is for Heinekin's Draught Keg. Not only does the music absolutely suck, the chick/robot is utterly disturbing. This commercial airs not only during games, but on every channel, every night. I am scared out of my mind right now that this chick will show up with her six arms and ability to clone herself and chop me up in the middle of the night since I don't drink Heinekin.

And now a game by game breakdown of Sunday's (and Thursday's) games:

Saints vs. Colts - Indy D may have turned the corner during the offseason last year and only appear to be getting better. Saints O looked slow. They better get it together cause Carolina looked strong.

Broncos-Bills - Denver needed a last second (and I mean last second) rushed field goal from Jason Elam to beat the Bills. Two questions - (1) Why did the Bills go for a long pass on 3rd and 5 with just over 2 minutes left when if they had run the ball, they could have brought the clock down to the 2 minute warning? (2) Why didn't Cutler spike the ball before the field goal? Prayers go out to Kevin Everett, who was taken to the hospital and is currently in ICU after spinal surgery due to a vicious collision on a kickoff return.

Steelers-Browns - Wow, do the Browns look terrible. I think it is time to usher in the Brady Quinn era. Steelers looked strong, but that could just be the Browns looking really bad.

Packers-Iggles - Favre looks old, Eagles have poor special teams and Mason Crosby is the man. Neither of these teams should do anything this year.

Panthers-Rams - This is the Carolina team that we have been expecting the past few years. St. Louis should still contend, but Steven Jackson should remember to hold onto the frickin ball. St. Louis will be better and Carolina should give NO all they can handle in the NFC South.

Falcons-Vikings - Adrian Peterson looks like the wunderkind he was before injury derailed his senior season at OU. If he can have more games like this, maybe the Vikings aren't as bad as expected. On the other hand, the Falcons are terrible and are in the driver's seat to drafting Brian Brohm.

Patriots-Jets - This game was more about Tom Brady than it was about Randy Moss. Brady finally has the receivers in place, especially little man, Wes Welker. Indy-NE will be fun whenever they play each other. Jets? Eh.

Dolphins-Redskins - Boring game, but exciting finish. Especially at the end of regulation when the hail mary was seemingly knocked down by the Dolphins only for Antwaan Randle El to catch it and try to get to the end zone, only to fall just short. It would've been interesting if he tried to turn back left and go to the far side of the field. Even with Trent Green, the Dolphins offense is no bueno.

Titans-Jaguars - Neither team looked that good, but where did Chris Brown come from. Wow. People somehow are still going to credit the victory to Vince Young even though his stats were a pathetic 11-18 for 78 yards and a pick, to go along with 11 carries for a mere 22 yards for an amazing 47.9 QB rating. Thankfully, the Titans have a decent defense.

Chiefs-Texans - The Texans looked good. The Chiefs looked awful. Next week's game between Carolina and Houston will us a lot more about the Texans. Matt Schaub looked good and did stuff David Carr could/would not do. Can't say enough about Matt Turk and that punt before halftime that killed off any chance the Chiefs had of making it a game at the half.

Lions-Raiders - Say it with me. Jon Kitna!!!!!! When the boy say he goin for 4,000 yards this year, ya betta recognize.

Bears-Chargers - Bears defense still good. Bears offense still very suspect. Chargers look good to take AFC West with few problems despite slow start. SD D looks very good.

Bucs-Seahawks - I had no idea this game was being played. Sorry.

Giants-Cowboys - Both offenses look good, both defenses look like shite, especially that of the GMen sans Umenyiora. The big question coming out of this game is whether Eli Manning is healthy and whether Ward can come in for Jacobs as the starting rb.

Tonight we have a doubleheader - Ravens @ Bengals and Cardinals @ 49ers.