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It's time to play Tuesday Morning Quarterback (TMQ)!

"It's only week 1."

It's said all the time.  It's true.  There's a lot of football left.  Odd things have happened before.  Who knows?  Maybe three teams from the AFC North end up making it to the playoffs?!?  You just can't tell in week 1.  So why bother talking about it?  Because it's FOOTBALL!  And there was a lot to talk about in week 1.

Tell us your thoughts!! 

I was blown away by how effective the chip Kelly wrinkle worked in Philly. Remains to be seen if the defensive coordinators figure out a way to slow it down or stop it but yikes!

My steelers looked bad but a couple new signings and an old friend might help us overcome the 3 guys that ended up on IR after week 1.

The Baltimore defense was abismal losing ray Lewis, Ed reed, Bernard Pollard, Paul Krueger and Carrie Williams is just too much. By the way Williams  looked awesome last night.

Texans JJ Watt is picking up where he left off batting balls forcing quick throws and stuffing the opponents run game, maybe the hype about him being the best defensive player in the league right now is right.

Jets game is a stunner, a bad mistake won then that game. Geno Smith looked below average. 

Luck pulled off comeback number 8 in his short carrier. 

All 4 AFC North teams lost, lol ouch but now it's like a 15 game season for that division.

This was a crazy week in football but its all good still week 1.

I didn't see the whole Philly game, but I wasn't any more impressed with the offense than I have been with any other faster-tempo no-huddle offense I've seen in the NFL (I'm not saying its bad, just not anything new imo)

Steelers looked bad, and I don't think any signing is going to fix the injuries or that line.

The defense only looked bad in one half, after it had been on the field all the time because the offense couldn't stay on it (and against Peyton Manning).  I am much more concerned with how bad our receivers/TEs looked.

Didn't see anything but the end of the Texans game.

Maybe its just me, but I think the Jets have been underrated (but still bad) and Tampa just isn't a good team.  I wasn't really surprised by this one.

Yeah, another comeback, It'll be interesting to see if its sustainable.

Quote from: Drrek on September 10, 2013, 10:58:51 AM

Quote from: jbeers285 on September 10, 2013, 10:50:32 AM

I was blown away by how effective the chip Kelly wrinkle worked in Philly. Remains to be seen if the defensive coordinators figure out a way to slow it down or stop it but yikes!

My steelers looked bad but a couple new signings and an old friend might help us overcome the 3 guys that ended up on IR after week 1.

The Baltimore defense was abismal losing ray Lewis, Ed reed, Bernard Pollard, Paul Krueger and Carrie Williams is just too much. By the way Williams  looked awesome last night.

Texans JJ Watt is picking up where he left off batting balls forcing quick throws and stuffing the opponents run game, maybe the hype about him being the best defensive player in the league right now is right.

Jets game is a stunner, a bad mistake won then that game. Geno Smith looked below average. 

Luck pulled off comeback number 8 in his short carrier. 

All 4 AFC North teams lost, lol ouch but now it's like a 15 game season for that division.

This was a crazy week in football but its all good still week 1.

I didn't see the whole Philly game, but I wasn't any more impressed with the offense than I have been with any other faster-tempo no-huddle offense I've seen in the NFL (I'm not saying its bad, just not anything new imo)

Steelers looked bad, and I don't think any signing is going to fix the injuries or that line.

The defense only looked bad in one half, after it had been on the field all the time because the offense couldn't stay on it (and against Peyton Manning).  I am much more concerned with how bad our receivers/TEs looked.

Didn't see anything but the end of the Texans game.

Maybe its just me, but I think the Jets have been underrated (but still bad) and Tampa just isn't a good team.  I wasn't really surprised by this one.

Yeah, another comeback, It'll be interesting to see if its sustainable.

Lol 49 points is bad for 3 halves of football let alone one game. I know b-more is your team but some level of unbiased should be attempted when discussing your team.

I'm not saying the defense performed good by any means, but they did a relatively good job in the first half, then fell apart in the second half when they were always on the field.  Just about any defense against Manning will do terrible if they are always on the field, and for a defense that is playing together for the first time with the players it has, I don't know what else you would expect from them in that half.  What I'm saying is I'm not worried about it for the future, because the problems that caused that blowout should be correctable in future games for the defense.  I am concerned about our receivers though, because I'm not sure we can fix the drops.

Steelers suck (not surprised) and Pouncey is hurt so just write them off now.

Ravens are way better than that showing, but Cincy still wins the division.

Chip Kelly is real. Shady McCoy is going to run for 1600-1800 yards with 10+ Touchdowns and some receptions. He's your number one fantasy back.

RG3 looks a little protected but still very effective.

Chargers are terrible.

Basically, if I had played pick'em, I would have done terribly. So many weird results. And that's just in the teams that did win (like the Jets and the Titans) not including the underdog teams that had 4th quarter leads before letting them slip (Chargers, Raiders, and Bills).

The teams that are as good as I thought they were:
Broncos, 49ers

Both are pretty obvious, but the way the QBs of those two teams played is just unbelievable. I'm not sure about all scoring systems, but I know that in both of my leagues, Manning and Kaepernick were the highest-scoring fantasy players. And it seems as if the 6th round pick for Anquan Boldin trade worked out pretty well for the niners. The Broncos I can easily see winning 14 or 15 games. I don't expect them to go 16-0, as I'm guessing that they'll probably sit Manning in week 16 and/or 17 depending on how soon they clinch, and they might have a couple of tough games, but man are they good.

The teams that are as bad as I thought they were:
Browns, Jaguars

The Browns still have to be wondering why they didn't just lose a couple more games in 2011 so they could draft Luck or RG3. They might be able to win a few games this year through sheer luck or the fact that their whole division looks to be in a down year, but Brandon Weeden is one of the few QBs that Vikings fans can look at and say "well, at least we don't have THAT guy". The Jaguars have one (and maybe two) of the others. No NFL game has ever ended 28-2 before Sunday. Add to that the fact that they were playing the worst team in the NFL from last season (albeit a much-improved version no doubt) and you have the recipe for a 1-2 win season.

Teams that surprised me (and won):

Lions, Jets, Titans

Okay, well, I knew going into the game that the Lions had a good shot of winning. Our dear QB is simply not good enough to be a starting NFL QB. However, after the first play of the Vikings offense, I figured that AP would have a 200 yard effort on the way to a Vikings 10+ point win. But the  defense (albeit still immature and somewhat dirty) played unbelievably well vs. the MVP (after 1 run of 78 yards, AP's next 17 rushes combined for 15 yards...yuck). A lot of that probably has to do with our O-Line, but it is the same O-Line that made AP the MVP last year, so I really think the Lions front 4 are just that good. And Reggie Bush seems to have found his place in the NFL. Anyone who reached for him in their fantasy leagues is probably well contented. The fact that Megatron can have a 37 rec. yd, 0 touchdown effort and the Lions still put up 34 points shows that they will be a force to be reckoned with...that is if Ndamakung Suh can grow up. As for the Jets, sure they were just playing the Buccaneers, and I don't see it as a sign of a great season (or even a job-saving season for Rex), but hey, a comeback win is still a win. Geno Smith put forth a pretty decent effort, and the Jets did what they had to do. I didn't foresee them winning more than 2-3 games this season, but I think they might at least be able to stay competitive in a division where now even the dominant team over the last several years showed signs of vulnerability. As for the Titans, it's probably more of a surprise to me that the Steelers looked as bad as they did, but you have to give credit to where it is due. I also don't think that the Titans will be competing with the Colts or the Texans for the division, but I also didn't see them beating the Steelers.