Games played Sunday, 9/11/11:
Pittsburgh Steelers (7) at Baltimore Ravens (35)
Cincinnati Bengals (27) at Cleveland Browns (17)
Buffalo Bills (41) at Kansas City Chiefs (7)
Atlanta Falcons (12) at Chicago Bears (30)
Tennessee Titans (14) at Jacksonville Jaguars (16)
Indianapolis Colts (7) at Houston Texans (34)
Detroit Lions (27) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (20)
Philadelphia Eagles (31) at St. Louis Rams (13)
New York Giants (14) at Washington Redskins (28)
Carolina Panthers (21) at Arizona Cardinals (28)
Minnesota Vikings (17) at San Diego Chargers (24)
Seattle Seahawks (17) at San Francisco 49ers (33)
Dallas Cowboys (24) at New York Jets (27)
Games played Monday, 9/12/11:
New England Patriots (38) at Miami Dolphins (24)
Oakland Raiders (23) at Denver Broncos (20)
What a weekend! First the score-a-thon Thursday when the New Orleans Saints (34) lost to the Green Bay Packers (42), then the upsets in Sunday’s games: Buffalo Bills beating Kansas City Chiefs in a blowout; Houston Texans pounding Indianapolis Colts like they had a grudge against them and wanted to take advantage of Peyton Manning’s absence; Detroit Lions beating Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Tampa.
The game of the week was Monday night, New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins. Records broken all over the place: Tom Brady became the 11th quarterback to throw for at least 500 yards in a game (517); Brady’s interception ended an NFL record of 358 regular season passes without an interception (the last one in October, 2010); longest play in Patriots history – Brady pass to Wes Welker, who ran it down the field for a touchdown (99 yard play); Chad Henne, Miami QB, had a career high 416 yards; NFL record for combined 906 (net) yards passing; Patriots total 622 yards set two records – Patriots franchise record and most yards allowed by the Dolphins. The Dolphins scored on the opening drive of the season for the first time since 2000. Brady was sacked once (compared to Eli Manning’s four sacks in Sunday’s game against the Redskins).
It’s going to be an exciting NFL season if this keeps up. I don’t know if the players had a lot of pent up energy and/or aggression because of the lockout, but there was a lot of good football played this opening week that sets a high standard for the rest of the season.
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