Week 1 Commentary

To make up for my lack of comments earlier, I'll try to update throughout the day with some thoughts about today's games.


5:34 PM Less than a minute to go in the first half, and LDT has 9 carries for -1 yard?

4:28 PM I need to ask, what's up with these green dots on the back of players' helmets?

4:12 PM I'm sorry, Bills fans. What an incredible effort by the Broncos to get into field goal range, hustle the field goal unit onto the field, and then nail a game-winning kick as time expired. The game finished in such a rush, the field goal net was still being raised as the Broncos were getting the kick off.

4:05 PM From the announcer of the Bills-Broncos game: "I can't believe Jay Cutler did that." How often we hear things like this will be a telling sign of the sort of year the Broncos will be in for.

3:55 PM The first batch of games are coming to a close, with some of my predictions looking better than others. It's looking like my Houston and Minnesota picks will hold up. As for my upset special - the Jets over the Pats - not so much. Four games right now are within 3 points, should be a good finish to the 1 o'clock games.

3:15 PM Atlanta and Kansas City each got on the board with a field goal, leaving Cleveland as the afternoon's last scoreless team.

3:02 PM Moss is up to 6 catches for 157 yards, including a 51-yard touchdown catch. Think the Patriots are missing that 4th round pick?

3:00 PM Who will be the last team to score this afternoon? Kansas City, Cleveland, and Atlanta are still looking to put their first points on the board.

2:31 PM At the half, Randy Moss has 4 catches for 87 yards. Thought this was worth mentioning.

2:24 PM The first half of the Bills-Broncos game ends with a handful of momentum shifts but ended as a bit of a wash as neither team could turn any edge into points. First, the Bills squandered a huge kick return and a trip to the red zone with a failed screen pass and a sack to set up a missed field goal. Next, the Broncos drive to around the Bills 25, only to set up a Jay Cutler interception. The Bills respond with a short drive to set up a field goal try, only to take themselves out of range with a penalty. The half ends with a J.P. Losman interception that could have been returned if intercepting lineman Elvis Dumervil had any sort of foot speed. An interesting finish, but in the end, it's all for naught as neither team could tack any points on to the board.

1:50 PM It looks like the blowout of the week is coming from Cleveland, where the Steelers lead the Browns 17-0 after the first quarter. Ouch.