NFL. The League. Opening Sunday. Week One. Today.

let the bodies hit the floor

there will be will be glory and there will be tragedy

the career of Saints rookie first round pick Kenny Vaccaro opens with a bang as his pass deflection on a pass from Matt Ryan to Tony Gonzales on 4th and goal with seconds remaining was the defensive play of Week 1 (NOT SO FAST HONEY BADGER SAYS)

The beleaguered rookie Geno Smith opens his career with a game winning drive v the Bucs

Nebraska fans are decimated as one of their all time great LBs, 2nd round pick and two-time All American (in Pelini's 3rd and 4th years) Lavonte David of the Bucs made the worst play of week 1 as his late hit on Geno smith put the "Jest" in range for the game winning FG. last year as a rookie, David earned a Pro Bowl berth with an 83-tackle, 23 TFL, nine-sack campaign. He was chosen as the NFL's Defensive Rookie of the Year by the Associated Press

The Honey Badger career opens with a bang, chases down a Ram FORCES A FUMBLE. CARDS RECOVER.

MOTHER OF GOD

LET'S GET IT ON

 

What a play by Tyrann! The Honey Badger is making his voice heard in the NFL!

 

Eric Reid also had a pick today too for the Niners against GB.

 

Magic Johnson: "If the Jaguars are going to only score 2 points they might as well call Tim Tebow!"

vs the Chiefs, the Jags were only able to put up 178 yards of offense (2.5 yards per play). their offense scored zero points

Jags QB, Blaine Gabbert of Mizzou (the 10th overall pick in the 2011 Draft), was sacked five times for minus 60 yards, completed 45.7% of his passes for 3.5 yards per attempt and threw 0 TD, 2 INT (including a pick six). He got hurt late in the game, needing 15 stitches on his throwing hand

 

Drink guy falls to his death at Candlestick. HOW THE HELL HAS THIS NEVER HAPPENED AT THE SUPERDOME YET???

 

Blaine Gabbert's average yards per attempt of 3.46 vs the Chiefs is the third-lowest in an NFL game, with a minimum of 20 attempts, since 1977, behind only Kurt Kittner and Dave Ragone

 

Cam Newton busted out a pair of Superman cleats for pregame warmups … but didn’t wear them during the game because he would have been fined by the NFL.

 

this was interesting, per Fox Sports

"toward the end of the first half... (Geno Smith) tried to call a timeout right (5 seconds) before the two-minute warning. Referee Ed Hochuli, knowing the rookie probably didn’t realize the two-minute warning was coming up, ignored the QB’s plea for a timeout. A pro move by Hochuli and his biceps. Geno Smith threw his first career TD a few plays later."

 

The Philadelphia spread is nakedly exposing the Redskins. They ran 56 plays in the first half that took nearly 2 hours to play.

 

Sports Illustrated:

Andrew Luck again showed off his penchant for delivering in the clutch...securing the fifth fourth-quarter comeback win of his career...Luck came through with seven game-winning drives late in games last season, as the Colts posted a remarkable 9-1 record in contests decided by 10 points or fewer.