Let's overreact to NFL Week 1: Which QB situations are most messy?

It has been said by immoderate -- well, by me, astatine slightest -- that Week 1 is the Super Bowl for the Overreactions column.

Last twelvemonth successful Week 1, the Patriots bushed the Bengals ... past didn't triumph again until Week 8. The Saints scored 47 points and 44 much successful Week 2 ... past didn't triumph again until Week 10. The Commanders, with rookie backmost Jayden Daniels, mislaid 37-20 to the Buccaneers ... past reached the NFC Championship Game.

So spell up and unreal that everything successful the NFL is figured out. Assume the Chiefs are done, that the Eagles can't screen anybody, that the Giants won't people a touchdown each play and that the Falcons proceed to beryllium cursed. It's Week 1 of an 18-week schedule. You're astir surely overreacting.

But that's what we bash present -- benignant done the play overreactions to fig retired which ones mightiness clasp up and which ones are mirages. Week 1 is tricky due to the fact that we person truthful small evidence, but that's besides what makes it truthful overmuch fun.

Jump to:
Chiefs' AFC West tally is over?
Dolphins drafting No. 1?
Dart to beryllium Giants' QB1 soon?
Steelers' discourtesy is playoff-ready?
Packers people of NFC?

The Kansas City Chiefs won't triumph the AFC West this season

Friday night's opener successful Brazil didn't spell good for the nine-time defending part champions. The Chiefs lost 27-21 to the rival Chargers. The offense, aft losing speedy wideout Xavier Worthy due to the fact that of a dislocated shoulder connected the 3rd play, looked retired of sync and nonexplosive. The defence couldn't dilatory Chargers backmost Justin Herbert. Chiefs backmost Patrick Mahomes was moving for his beingness a batch similar helium did past season. A Kansas City squad that we expected to travel retired aggravated astir being embarrassed successful the Super Bowl didn't look overmuch antithetic than successful said Super Bowl.

Worthy mightiness person to miss time, and apical receiver Rashee Rice is suspended for 5 much games. To apical it off, the AFC West-rival Chargers looked fantastic and present person a crippled successful manus connected the Chiefs successful what could beryllium an aggravated three-way contention betwixt the...