The first week of the NFL season is always full of surprises and yawns.  Teams
that were projected to be good lay an egg and the predicted egg-layers turn out
a golden goose performance.  What is great about the NFL, some teams will hold
to their first week form and others will do a 180 faster than a presidential
candidate (trying to be politically correct and not use names) does a flip-flop
on an issue.

Detroit no longer has Mike Martz as their offensive coordinator.  There was a
lot of talk about implementing a ball control offense, the latest Matt Millen
chess move to bring the Lions to glory.  I would say Millen is on the hot seat
to produce, but that has been said every year and it looks like Detroit will
have their eight straight losing season.  It’s hard to win with a “ball control
offense” when an anemic Falcons’ offense led by BC rookie Matt Ryan puts up 14
points the first two times they have the ball.  To add insult to the tame
felines defense, Atlanta’s initial TD’s were on 60+ yard plays.

So is Atlanta the surprise team of the NFC South that goes from last to first as
has been the case in recent history?  Nah…they were playing the Lions.  Matt
Ryan will realize he isn't playing against North Carolina State in Week 2 when
the Falcons travel to Tampa Bay.  Detroit's Calvin Johnson will get some big
bucks when his contract is up and he can emigrate out of Michigan.

Cleveland’s one-hit wonder good season last year will be rehashed by all of the
dog pound this season.  The Brown’s pass defense and pass rush against the
powerful Cowboys was non-existent.  I feel real good with my UNDER bet on
Cleveland’s season wins.

Al Davis proves again that you can continuously destroy a once-proud franchise
and put a product on the field that will make their fans look even more stupid
and lame.  It is no longer even fun to be a Raider Hater.  How can you hate
something so pathetic?

Carolina reminds us all to not play against John Fox nor Jake Delhomme when they
are dogs getting points.  San Diego is wounded right now, give them some time.

Things don’t look good for Seattle as they must have thought this was still the
preseason.  Already missing two starting wide-outs, Nate Burleson’s knee injury
could make the Seahawks’ offense even more toothless (is that possible?).

Plenty of wings and brew were downed in Buffalo Sunday as the AFC East race
became wide open with Tom Brady going down.  That new quarterback in the land of
the Jets is selling tickets and even the Dolphins have reason to be happy after
showing definite improvement from last year (there was only one way to go, but
the Fins did look better than many expected).

Regardless of how your team performed in Week 1 or what comments talking heads
or bloggers say, it was ONLY Week 1.  The season can hold bigger surprises than
a former TV sportscaster from Alaska getting named as a Vice-Presidential
candidate.