The National Football League’s professional football season has begun! Despite the previous lock out issues and legal setbacks NFL fans will not be unhappy this season.
On Thursday, September 8, the Super Bowl winning Green Bay Packers played the New Orleans’ Saints in an impressive display of Green Bay’s accuracy and endurance. By the fourth quarter, it seemed quite inevitable that Saints would not be able to stop Aaron Rodgers on point passes and offensive success. The game resulted in the first win of the season for the recent Super Bowl Champions (34-42).
The latter was followed by the devastating loss for the Pittsburgh Steelers who managed to have seven turnovers during their game against the Ravens which ended in a 28 point loss. The last time that the Steelers had six turnovers was back in 2006. This is really not a good look or start for this former six time super bowl winning team.
On a better note, the Bengals performance is looking very promising in comparison to previous seasons. They came out against the Browns with a 10 point win and look like they may have a chance in their next game against the Broncos who lost to the Raiders. The Colts are not doing so hot without their QB Manning and were crushed by the Texans. Their back up QB Kerry Collins is definitely no Peyton, but maybe they can pull it together for the next game against the Browns. The Chief’s just couldn’t overcome the 41 points scored by the Bills.
Surprisingly, the Detroit Lions look like they really have it together this season. The Lions beat the Buccaneers by seven and will be starting of the season with a solid 1-0 and will be playing the Chiefs in the next game. Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys could not handle the heat brought by Sanchez and went on to lose by a mere field goal.
Tom Brady led his team to a 38-24 point win against the Dolphins and acquired an impressive 517 yards. The Patriots are looking well rested and focused their first game. If they keep up this energy and minimize the injuries they will have no problem making it into the playoffs this year.
It is that time of the year again, and it looks like it will be a football season filled with some unexpected successes. It will only get better in the weeks to come.
