Was it opposite day in the early action?
Quick Shots:
What a weird day in the NFL and it gets no stranger than Dolphins 31, Bears 13. Rex Grossman was horrible. Joey Harrington was horrible. And I wasn’t there, but I’m sure the food at Solider Field was probably horrible too. Harrington threw two picks, but managed to throw three touchdown passes against a great Chicago defense. Grossman threw three picks and looked a shade worse than how he did against Arizona on Monday night a few weeks ago…The second head-scratchier of out of the early games was the Lions trouncing the Falcons 30-14. Two main takeaways from this contest: One, Detroit’s offense is damn good under Mark Martz. And two, Atlanta’s defense is atrocious without John Abraham. Roy Williams is starting to be a dominant wide out and Kevin Jones runs as hard as anybody in the league…I’ve never seen a team handle an opponent on both sides of the ball, but lose by 14. Despite the 24-10 score, the Packers outplayed the Bills on Sunday, yet two Brett Favre interceptions (one was returned for a TD) killed Green Bay and made the most-awful J.P. Losman a winner…Larry Johnson is starting to run over opponents on a consistent basis like everybody thought he would coming into the year. Johnson rushed for 172 yards and one score in the Chiefs 31-17 win over the Rams. Despite a great day by Marc Bulger (354 yards, one TD) St. Louis can’t defend the run and just came out flat in this contest…Looking at the score, you’d think that the Giants almost let one get away against the Texans. But New York’s 14-10 win over Houston came without several key starters, including Plaxico Burress. Tiki Barber scored his first touchdown of the season and rushed for 115 yards on 17 carries. Despite a nice effort by the defense, Houston’s lack of a running game killed the Texans in the end…Was there a better offseason signing than Drew Brees for the Saints? What a day by Brees, who threw for 314 yards and three touchdowns in New Orleans 31-14 pounding of the Bucs. Devery Henderson caught only three balls, but finished with two touchdowns and 111 receiving yards. With the Falcons losing, New Orleans is back in the drivers seat in the NFC South…Here is when you know you had a good day: The Redskins gave up 378 yards on defense, yet still beat division rival Dallas 22-19. Clinton Portis had a fantastic 38-yard run for a TD in the first half and Mark Brunell (192 yards, one TD) actually looked like an NFL quarterback…I think it’s clear after the Ravens 26-20 win over the Bengals on Sunday that Baltimore is the obvious class of the AFC North. The Bengals are just bad and even let Steve McNair throw for 245 yards…The ass-kicker of the day goes to the Jaguars. Jacksonville cruised to a 37-7 win over the Titans as backup QB David Garrard threw for 177 yards and three touchdowns. On the ugly side the quarterback picture, rookie Vince Young threw three picks, including one that was returned for a score…
Most impressed with: The Dolphins and Lions get my vote for most impressive in the early games. Not only did the beat good teams, they also beat the snot out of them.
Least impressed with: Rex Grossman, Michael Vick, Brett Favre and Vince Young did a nice job aiding in their teams losses on Sunday. Vick sure came back to earth didn’t he?
