NFL Week 1 Recap
Posted on September 9, 2008 - Filed Under NFL, Sports
After such a long time of waiting, it’s finally time for football. Sadly…the cubs seemed to get the message that baseball isn’t important anymore and have decided to not win anymore games*grumbles*. But that’s enough baseball.
Let’s start with the Bears. Thank’s to a Sunday Night Football, I was able to watch the Bears season opener against the Colts. It turned out to be a great game with a great finish to it. The biggest concern I had from the preseason was how the defense was going to play. They weren’t doing that great in the preseason with the starters playing and without our defense playing up to their potentional it’s going to be a long season. Luckily, they played just like the defense that lead us to the Super Bowl just a short 2 years ago. Forcing turnovers, scoring points on those turn overs, stopping the run game, and keeping Peyton pressured throughout the game. Even came away with a safety.
The offense looked, okay. Matt Forte brought us 50 yard run that was amazing to watch. It’s nice to see someone with that kind of vision and speed again. He’s looking to really blossom into a great RB and not a bad late round fantasy steal 
Orton played okay, but he hasn’t calmed my fears about the offense and our lack of anything beyond short and medium range throws. The only downside is Hester has grown quite an ego with his little stunt of standing in the endzone for a while and then running it all the way to the 4 yard line. I’m sure Lovie will be quick to remind him to think a little bit more and remind him how that really put the colts back into the game.
Now beyond the Bears a lot of things happened this week. The biggest news is Brady out of the year. I’m not going to lie, I smiled when I hear the news. Yes, I know it makes me a bad person to get joy out of someones misfortune, but I don’t care. With the way Brady acts and the Patriots treated the league last year, I’m glad karma is hitting them back. With how the jets looked with all their additions, including Favre, it appears that division just got competitive. Expect a couple of bloated win-loss records out of these two teams due to a very easy schedule.
Not only did Favre look good in his openor, so did Jay Cutler on the broncos. Granted it was the Raiders, but it’s still something that should give Bronco fans some hope for their season. The defending Super Bowl champs, New York Giants, looked quite good despite lossing both their DE. They still had good pressure up front and Eli continues to grow as a QB. He’s looking to grow into a good one.
Then lastly, my Super Bowl pick, Pittsburgh Steelers, looked like a super bowl team in week 1. They completly destroyed the Texans. My hopefuly Fantasy MVP, Willie Parker, played great and Big Ben continues to be a great QB in the league today. The Eagles looked to give some reason that they can get back to the Super Bowl, but the fan in me can’t pick against the Bears.
Here’s hoping to another great NFL season and hopefully the Bears can go the distance.
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