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[NJmaverick]

Giants VS Panthers- Giants play a mistake filled and sloppy game but still come out on top. The Panthers don't look to be a very good team.

Colts VS Texans 24-34- Guess the Texans have finally come of age. The Colts look like they have the SB loser hangover

Packers VS Eagles- 27-20 Mike Vic looks like he is going to start a QB controversy in Philly, not that Kolb has done anything to stop it. The Packers didn't look all that sharp yesterday.

Cowboys VS Skins- 7-13 Guess what? You need to have a good offensive line if you want to win football games. Who would have guessed that? Looks like the donut hole of a team in Dallas may not get to play the SB in their own stadium after all.

Chicago VS Lions- 19-14 Boy that was some call the referees made. It met the letter of the rule, but maybe not its intent

Titans VS Raiders- 38-13 Either the Titams are a really good team this year or Jamarcus Russel wasn't the only problem the Raiders had. So much for the idea of Raider respectability.

Bills VS Dolphins- 10-15 No surprises there

Patriots VS Bengals- 38-24 Looks like Cincy forgot that WRs can't play defense

Falcons VS Steelers- 9-15 This was a bit of a surprise. Everyone talked about the quality of the Falcoms, only they couldn't beat the Steelers when they were missing their starting QB

Cardinals VS Rams- 17-13 Why did Spags have his rookie QB attempt 55 passes?

49ers VS Sea hawks- 31-6 This game was a real shocker as I believed the conventional wisdom that said the 49ers were going to be division champs while the Sea Hawks were going to be cellar dwellers

Broncos VS Jaguars- 17-24 The Jags continue to show that you never know how they will play. Either that or the Broncos are not a very good team this year. Guess they miss the league's leading sacker.

Browns VS Buccaneers- 14-17 Guss someone had to win

[Poiuyt]

1. Good summaries

What was your impression of the Vikings - Saints game?

[NJmaverick]

2. The Saints looked a bit hung over from the post SB partying

The Vikings could have won that game if Farve had reported to camp before the start of the regular season. Last year the Vikings played the Browns, so a rusty performance by Farve wasn't an issue. This time the Vikings were facing a tough team and it was a poor time for their starting QB to shake off the rust.

[JonLP24]

3. A lot of 3rd & longs and 3 two-minute drives is

probably why Bradford threw the ball 55 times. I'll explain why he had 3. He had 2 in the final 2 minutes where he threw 2 interceptions. The defense did a pretty good job of shutting Steven Jackson down. He broke free on a couple of runs but for the most part was held in check. Bradford's numbers don't look great but he is a big reason why the Rams were in the game until the very end. The biggest reason is the Cardinals fumbling the ball 7 times, losing it 4 times(Which is why Bradford had two 4 QTR 2-minute drive possessions).

Anyways it is just the first week. Adjustments will be made, chemistry will be developed, etc. that you can't really get a good impression of what this team is going to be like. All you know is that there will be 16 teams that are 1-0 and 16 teams that are 0-1 (unless there is a tie somewhere).