First Sunday

It's about 6:45 on Sunday, the first Sunday of the NFL season and the biggest story of the day is Tom Brady's 1st half knee injury. About 85% of Fantasy owners who don't have Brady in at least one pool are panicking. I'm in an 18 team and an 8 team pool, fortunately for me I have Brady in my 8 team pool meaning I have decent backup QB options.

The games aren't done we still have 3 prime time matchups, to date there are a number of surprises and also a number of not so surprising developments:

The Biggest Surprises:

The Chiefs hanging in until the end against the Patriots, even without Brady it is somewhat surprising that the Patriots only won by 7 pts. With less than 2 minutes remaining the Chiefs were facing a first and goal from the Patriots 5 and failed to score what would have been a game tying TD. The Chiefs offence looks like it will struggle this season.

The Bills blowing out the Seahawks. True the Bills were at home, but the rainy September weather must have made the Seahawks feel like they were at home in the Pacific Northwest.

The Eagles, absolutely pounding the Rams. Ok maybe one shouldn't expect anything from the Rams, but really one sided result.

The Chargers are trailing in the 4th quarter to the Panthers- but currently driving- ok they just scored it'll be 19- 17 after the point after. Good news for me a 2nd TD for Rivers, not spectacular numbers today but he doesn't seem to be maiking bad decisions.

The Falcons destroying the Lions, Michael Turner with over 200 yards on the ground and 2 TDS (one of my RBs in the 18 team pool). I thought Turner was capable of being a great starter, I was skeptical of the Falcons ability to prevent the opposition from scoring and allowing them to run the ball. The Lions don't appear to have a great defence, to echo what so many people have said, how Matt Millen still has a job is remarkable.

What isn't surprising: The Redskins only managing to score 7 pts vs. the Giants. Inexperience at QB against an experienced Giants defence, they will be in tough.

The Cowboys beating up on the Browns. The Browns are supposed to be much improved vs. the run but the injuries and lack of depth in the secondary made for a glaring mismatch for TO. Looks as thought th gigantic Cowboys offensive line is able to smack around the Browns 3-4 defence, maybe a 3-4 defense isn't suited to play against the Cowboys offensive line, so Marion Barber appears to be having a huge game.

I am looking forward to Monday night mostly because of the matchups, more divisional traditional rivalries being showcased. This whole Sunday night premium game thing just feels wrong. I really don't like NBC's coverage. As a kid I liked the way Bob Costas covered baseball, but the whole tone and look of NBC's coverage just feels I don't know mechanical. The music just doesn't feel right, I'm a huge NFL Films fan and this just doesn't seem to fit. Al Michael's is okay, but Madden and Michaels just have no chemistry together still.

It's funny people always want to make assessments about how things are going to be after 1 or 2 weeks, what Iv'e come to learn is you can't put too much in early results.