Prepare yourself for the closet Vikings fans!

Seriously! Three people have told me this already today!

Crazy endings and some incredable upsets highlighted yesterday's week 1 action. I was extremely excited for the first Sunday of the season and it did not disappoint. There were 3 games that were won on the last play of the game, and 7 of the games were decided by 7 points or less. Watching Tom Brady get crushed on nearly every drop back in the second half made me smile and seeing Tony Homo throw three awful picks on three straight drives was a thing of beauty. I did however, make the horrible decision of watching the murder of what used to be the St. Louis Rams. The Rams looked awful without Sam Bradford and even worse without Shaun Hill, and when Chris Long went down I think it was a sign that it's going to be one of those kinds of years for the Rams this season. I know there are plenty of dilusional Vikings fans that I'm going to have to deal with at work, on campus, and other places that aren't going to shut up about how they beat the Rams by nearly 30 points. However, I can honestly say I don't think they really did much to win that game; it was mostly the Rams gifting the game to them. I can't wait for the next 5 weeks of the season when the schedule for the Vikings is New England, New Orleans, Atlanta, Green Bay, Detroit. The Vikings fans can enjoy the 1 win now because that still may be the only win they have in late October.

Nobody cirlces the wagons like the Buffalo Bills!

Another crazy thing that happened this weekend was the Buffalo Bills going into solider field and beating a Bears team who many are predicting can make a deep postsesason run this season. I'm sorry Louie, Zach, and T but it has to be said, they won't make that kind of run with Cutler as there quarterback. Yes he has the arm strength, yes he has the size, yes he has the weapons, but what people seem to have forgot is that in his 9th year in the league he still has the knack for attempting some of the most idiotic passes. If you watched the game, can someone please explain to me how throwing the ball directly into 300 pound defensive tackle Kyle Williams' gut is a good idea. This Bears team is going to win their fair share of games this year, but until they get a quarterback who makes better decisions, especially in the 4th quarter when the game is on the line, they won't be making any noise in January. Also from this game, a hat tip goes to Fred Jackson for making Chris Conte look like a rag doll on that overtime run.

Can I get the ball more than 7 times Andy?

Some other interesting things that I noticed from the games yesterday were that Joe Flacco attempted 62 passes against the Bengals. If this is the Ravens plan to get back to the playoffs they are screwed. The only reason I can imagine they had him throw that much was becasue Ray Rice is suspended* sidenote: a new video was released from the Ray Rice incident and it makes you wonder how he is not in jail somewhere and suspended for the entire year* and because the Ravens are trying to get there moneys worth out of Flacco after giving him that awful contract a year ago. The other thing I noticed yesterday was that Jamaal Charles had 19 yards on 7 rushing attempts against a suprisingly strong Tennessee defense. I can imagine this is not what Josh was expecting when he drafted Charles with his first pick in the draft. Unless Kennan Allen goes off tonight and Nick Novak kicks a few 50 yard field goals, Josh can thank Charles and Doug Martin, who put up a goose egg, for his loss to Zach this week.

So after the first weekend of the season the crazyiness of the NFL season is in full swing. All five games in our fantasy league still have some players left to play in the Monday night double header so its still unclear as to who is going to win there matchups, so check out the blog tomorow to see the final scores and a recap of each matchup.