Well the NFL season is really here and the first week of the season has come and gone! Television has not been this good since February.
To start off the season the Saints open up against the Vikings and it was a game that did not disappoint. The Saints came out and proved why they were the Super bowl champs. I did expect to see Brett Farve do a little better than he did. Farve was only 15 for27 attempts and had one interception. But then again he showed up only three weeks ago to practice with the team. Reggie Bush and Pierre Thomas came out strong. Especially Thomas who had some great runs with 19 carries for 71 yards. And Drew Brees was still the quarterback that we all love. Saints were able to walk away with their first season win with a 14-9 victory.
For Sunday events I picked Raiders, Colts, Buffalo, Bears, Bengals, Giants, Steelers, Browns, Broncos, Rams, Eagles and Seahawks to win their first games. So I walked away with five out of 13 of my picks to win. Have to be honest that I was not picking by statistics but by who I liked.
The shocker for the day for me was the Texans beating the Colts. I just knew Peyton Manning had this in the bag. But the Texans were out for a win because this was there Super bowl they said. This was a game that they had to win. They set out and they prevailed. The Colts had the Texans beat in all areas with Manning 40 for 57 in comparison to Matt Schaub’s 9 for 17. A man who stepped up for the Texans was Arian Foster who had 33 carries for 257 yards. The 34-24 was a tough lost I am sure for Peyton and the Colts.
There were teams that showed improvement and a chance of a promising season ahead of them and then there were the teams that showed consistent results as always. Yes I am talking about my Raiders as one of those teams. I had high hopes for them as I do every season. New season new record ahead of us. With Jason Campbell joining the team and our big number one pick I thought we would have came out a lot better than we did. Our offensive line was just not there and was not giving the time for Campbell to do his thing. Darren McFadden was our only other scorer besides our kicker Sebastian Janikowski. He is probably the only kicker in the lead that in most games lead their team in scoring. Do not get me wrong next week I believe we will win and will be cheering my heart out for them but come on Raiders. Let’s get it together.
Vince Young is one player that I want to see do well this year. He has been through a lot in the last couple of years and I think he is a great quarterback that deserves his time to shine. Back in college when he was at Texas I was not too fond of him due to the fact that his team cheated and defeated my USC Trojans in 2005. But that is beside the point now. After earning his starting position back he has proven he still has it as he had a good preseason. First game he came out strong with completing 13 of his 17 passes. He is on my fantasy team and did me proud. I think he is going to have a good season ahead of him. Plus he has Chris Johnson, so he should be good!
I am too excited that football season is here! I will have my picks for next week later in the week! So until then enjoy the games!!
