The return of Patriots football with a prime time match up against an early NFC favorite, doesn’t get much better than that! After all, the Patriots win 12-plus games every year, and they’re a pretty good team. “Other than that, he was not a factor”.
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Chicago Bears (14) vs. Houston Texans (23) – Brock Osweiler, the former Denver Bronco, got the win in his first start for the Houston Texans.
Butler, the Cardinals punter, hurt his ankle on his first punt. Now it’s time for the Jimmy G show. Had a great drive down the field, I’ve got to make the kick.
Garoppolo completed 24 of 33 passes for 264 yards and did not throw an interception. I’ll attribute it to nerves.
Hogan wasn’t the only one who felt that way. This was a New England Patriots team that entered the game as 9.5-point underdogs, their biggest margin since Super Bowl XXXVI in 2002.
Before Jimmy Garoppolo put on his impressive showing Sunday night in Arizona, the scouting report on him was that he showed good mobility. That’s what he did last night, especially in the first half.
Chargers head coach Mike McCoy wouldn’t admit after the game that Allen would miss the rest of the year. Tuck the ball and take the sack.
“I think all of the good quarterbacks are good at that”, Belichick said.
-Safety Devin McCourty and tight end Martellus Bennett raised clenched fists at the conclusion of the National Anthem Sunday night in Arizona, as the Patriots teammates added their names to the growing list of players using the pregame ceremonies to send a message. Patriots turned the ball over 3 times, Garoppolo fumble, Blount fumble, Bolden fumble, although the Bolden fumble was recovered by the Patriots. It’s a good start to the season.
Thankfully for Belichick and the Patriots, the decision didn’t come back to haunt them.
It was a pivotal play early and following a field goal late in the quarter; the Pats went into the second quarter up 10-0. Yet two touchdowns and a field goal put the game into overtime in the final nine minutes of regulation. Garoppolo looked ready for the spotlight on the Patriots last drive. Possibly the most back-breaking third down giveaway was a 32 yard gain on a third and 15 at the New England 20. Who knows. Would my stress level have been lower if Brady was under center? “I think he is as fine a coach as anybody I’ve coached with and I’ve had the opportunity to coach with a lot of them, certainly”. That would be ridiculous considering Garoppolo has one game under his belt and Brady’s played 225 career games.
But the Patriots needed a little help. To top it off, Fitzgerald was putting on a clinic against Logan Ryan. If you don’t spend all your waking hours on Twitter, however, and you actually have a life, you might have missed the glorious observations straight from the few-years-ago brain of New England’s very own Jimmy Garoppolo. That’s what I saw in the game. With Garoppolo under center I was hoping to go 2-2 which seems like a forgone conclusion at this point. His “technique” includes chasing down receivers and attempting to hit the ball out of their hands. Here’s to hoping we don’t pay this guy next offseason. “It’s a tough environment to play in”. “I don’t even have words to express what this probably means to the whole team”. Many fans, rightfully so, want Mike Leach to un-retire after that botched snap on the missed field goal that would have won the game. “. But me and Cat (Catanzaro) have a job to do and I’ll definitely take some blame on that one”.
Meanwhile, Brady’s seemingly nowhere near retiring.
Brady was missing due to his part in the “Deflategate” scandal, in which the Patriots were found to have tampered with the inflation of footballs in a playoff game.
The Bucs are one of those “trendy teams” who many believe can go from last place in 2015 to a potential playoff berth this season, and after one game that can’t be disputed. 70 yards on 22 attemps with 1TD isn’t a attractive stat line and yet it still makes his performance look better than it actually was.
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Minnesota Vikings (25) vs. Tennessee Titans (16) – The Vikings didn’t let losing their starting quarterback Teddy Bridgewater for the season keep them from winning their season opener against the Tennessee Titans. The move leaves Zac Dysert as the only quarterback on the practice squad.
