New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) passes the ball during the second quarter against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium.
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Many fans will see it as a slight, but there are certain realities to unconvincingly beating one of the worst teams in the NFL – one of those is not getting high marks from the media.
The second-best bet takes place in Philadelphia, where the Eagles (0-1) hope to bounce back from a tough road loss to the Atlanta Falcons on Monday night with a victory against the Dallas Cowboys (1-0) on Sunday afternoon.
The common theme seems to be having the Bears at #27 on power rankings and thats the case for FOX Sports as well. If you recall, the Patriots were ranked number two behind Seattle in the first set of power rankings just last week. They handed Dallas a 28-17 defeat, prompting then-coach Jim Harbaugh to proclaim: “There’s been a lot of rhetoric”. Should make things interesting in Buffalo. They played a good all-around game at home to beat the Vikings, shutting down Adrian Peterson and Teddy Bridgewater in the process. The Rams were hardly intimidated. The saving grace for the Colts is they play in a lousy division. Lots of offense and a good quarterback matchup, too, so this is worth checking out. Taylor also added 41 yards on the ground, an element the Bills would not have gotten from Cassel or third-stringer E.J. Manuel. The loss of Terrell Suggs to an Achilles injury is even worse. Tavon Austin is electric. However, Green Bay lost those three games at Seattle’s CenturyLink Field and will be home this time around. Forte is still underrated by many, but all of his fantasy owners should be excited for a big 2015 season. Looks like the Titans picked the right guy. Keenan Allen had 15 catches for 166 yards, while Melvin Gordon split carries with Danny Woodhead. The Bills have a much better defense than the Colts, and that helped tremendously. They wouldn’t have beaten many other teams playing like that. Hello, Carlos Hyde. They completely ran out of gas in blowing an 18-point lead.
Ross D. Franklin/AP Carson Palmer doesn’t always play football, but when he does, he does it well. So they forgot to wake up against the 49ers.
There was plenty of excitement in week 1 aside from the latest installment of wildly entertaining Rams-Seahawks games in the Edward Jones Dome. Now Bill O’Brien is mulling Ryan Mallett.
They did some nice things on offense and the defense looked improved against the Packers. Cousins’ turnovers must be making Dan Snyder antsy for RG3. But it was not all good news for the Cowboys.
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While it’s dicey to make projections based solely on the opening week, that first game cannot be dismissed, and some of last season’s playoff teams already are in uncomfortable positions. Rumors swirling that Chuck Pagano is already on the “hot seat”.
