NFL Quick Hits: Week 1

So far through Week 1, here are my thoughts/observations:

-Julio Jones is going to be a monster. Although Flowers didn’t play, no one could really slow him up in the secondary. He’ll get his first real test next week against Champ Bailey and Tracy Porter.

- Speaking of the Broncos, Peyton Manning is back. As Stu says in the Hangover, “He’s still got it.” Broncos are going to be a very good team, their defense is nasty.

- To all those who think that the Colts should regret not drafting RGIII and getting Luck instead: Please shut your mouth. It’s one game; you can’t compare people with such an enormously small sample size. We can have that discussion in a few years, not now.

-That being said, RGIII looked great and Luck struggled. Luck got thrown up against a tough defense in his first game, we’ll see how he rebounds next week.

- Dear Coach Shanahan, Let RGIII throw the ball deep every once and a while. He was kind of good at it at Baylor. Just saying.

-Brandon Weeden…….. Ouch. Better luck next week.

-Same goes to you Tannehill.

-Also Vick, Stafford, Brees: Not typical outings from these guys. All but Brees got the win though…. so I can’t knock them there.

- The 49ers are going to make a run at the Super Bowl this year. They made a strong Packers offense look relatively weak for most the game before giving up some points at the end.

-Hopefully Crabtree (Personal Favorite) is finally putting it all together. Looked good today, finally working hard to help him get better.

-Adrian Peterson is not from this planet. Who comes back that quick from an ACL tear?

- The Cowboys could be a sleeper team in the NFC this year. Romo played well and the defense played much better than last year.

- The Steelers need help on the O-line. Not having Ryan Clark hurts too, but that wasn’t the only issue tonight.

-Poor Fred Jackson, first game back from a broken leg and then sprains his knee.

-Lucky Buffalo Bills, Spiller is a beast.

- Houston is going to be a major threat, if Schaub and Johnson stay healthy (unlike last year) the Super Bowl isn’t out of the question.

- The Jets found an offense between last week and this one. Let’s see if they can repeat the success against a formidable Steelers D next week.

- Kevin Kolb- QB or illusion? I vote illusion.

- Josh Freeman has returned, has a good wide out in Vincent Jackson and a decent running game now. Tampa will be much improved.

-Do the Patriots finally have a defense to go along with their offense? Jones and Hightower both make impacts in their debut and Tavon Wilson also had a pick. If they do,they won't lose much this year. 

That’s it so far, updates will come after the games tomorrow night.

Looking to see who comes out on top in the Baltimore vs Cincy game.  Yearly division title contender vs the up-and-coming Bengals. I’m thinking the Ravens pull it off.

And I think the Raiders beat the Chargers. Though, I also think Phillip Rivers hangs on to the ball this year and doesn’t hand it over to the other team so much. Run DMC should have his way and I think Palmer will do well with all that speed at WR.

At least I hope Carson does, he’s my fantasy football qb…..

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