NFL - Week One Review

Week One is just about in the books in the 2020 NFL season and once the two Monday night games are finished, all the sports nuts will be over analyzing what happened during the first week. Here at Heftyinfo, just the facts are churned out regarding game action and there will no doubt be surprises all through the season, of which there were quite a few of them in Week One. So far so good regarding the COVID-19 situation in the NFL, but again teams haven't really traveled too much to this point, so we will all keep our fingers crossed on that situation.

Now as far as Week One action in the NFL was concerned, the Kansas City Chiefs went out and put a beating on the visiting Houston Texans, 34-20 in the NFL season opener on Thursday night as quarterback Patrick Mahomes threw for three touchdowns and rookie running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire rushed for 138 yards and a touchdown. The Kansas City defense had four sacks . . . The

Chicago Bears completed a miraculous comeback in the fourth quarter, scoring 21 points to defeat the host Detroit Lions, 27-23 as QB Mitch Trubisky (pictured left) threw for three touchdowns, including the game-winning 27-yard TD pass to wide receiver Anthony Miller with just 1:55 remaining. The Lions had a chance to win it, but RB D'Andre Swift dropped a pass in the end zone with six seconds left to play . . .  The Baltimore Ravens stomped the Cleveland Browns, 38-6 as QB Lamar Jackson had three TD passes and rookie RB J.K. Dobbins rushed for two more scores. The Baltimore defense forced three turnovers . . .  The Jacksonville Jaguars rallied back to beat the visiting Indianapolis Colts, 27-20 as QB Gardner Minshew went 19-for-20 passing with three TD passes, including the 22-yard game winner to WR Keelan Cole late in the fourth quarter. Colts QB Philip Rivers passed for 363 yards, but had two interceptions in his debut with the team . . .  In the Sunday night game, the Los Angeles Rams beat Dallas, 20-17 in the first game in their brand new stadium (with no fans in attendance due to the pandemic) as RB Malcolm Brown scored two rushing touchdowns and the defense held off Dallas twice in the fourth quarter to get the win. Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott scored twice in the loss . . . The Buffalo Bills throttled the visiting New York Jets, 27-17 as QB Josh Allen passed for two scores and ran for another while the Bills defense limited the Jets to 254 yards in total offense . . .  Quarterback Cam Newton ran for two touchdowns and the New England Patriots won a defensive struggle over Miami, 21-11 as they intercepted Dolphins QB Ryan Fitzpatrick three times . . .  The Green Bay Packers rolled past the host Minnesota Vikings, 43-34 as QB Aaron Rodgers had four TD passes (and 364 passing yards) while they piled up 522 yards in total offense . . . Seattle beat the Atlanta Falcons, 38-25 as QB Russell Wilson had four TD passes and the Seahawks withstood 450 passing yards by Falcons QB Matt Ryan . . . The Washington football team stormed back to win at home against Philadelphia, 27-17 as their defense registered eight QB sacks and intercepted Eagles QB Carson Wentz twice to get back in the game after falling behind by 17 points. Both teams combined for just 504 yards of offense in this game . . . The New Orleans Saints knocked off the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 34-23 as

Tom Brady and the Bucs came up short against the Saints.

their defense intercepted Bucs QB Tom Brady twice, including a "pick six" by Janoris Jenkins while QB Drew Brees had two TD passes and RB Alvin Kamara scored twice . . .  The Las Vegas Raiders won a shootout in Carolina, 34-30 as RB Josh Jacobs rushed for three scores to offset two rushing touchdowns by Panthers RB Christian McCaffrey . . .  The Arizona Cardinals pulled off perhaps the biggest upset of the day as they won on the road, 24-20 against the San Francisco 49ers. Cardinals QB Kyler Murray (91 yards rushing) ran for a 22-yard score and also had a TD pass to pace a balanced offense that totaled 404 yards, including 180 rushing yards. Arizona RB Kenyan Drake scored the game winning one-yard TD run with 5:03 to go and the defense held off the 49ers the rest of the way . . .  The Los Angeles Chargers came away with a 16-13 road win against the Cincinnati Bengals when Cincy kicker Randy Bullock missed a 31-yard field goal with two seconds left. Bengals rookie QB Joe Burrow ran for a touchdown, but also threw an interception late in the fourth quarter deep in Chargers territory. The Chargers defense limited the Bengals to just 295 yards in total offense while rookie RB Josh Kelley had a TD run and kicker Mike Badgley made three field goals to provide the difference . . .  In the Monday night games, the Pittsburgh Steelers won a road game, 26-16 over the New York Giants in the early game. Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger, in his first game back since elbow surgery threw for three touchdowns, including two to WR JuJu Smith-Schuster and the defense intercepted Giants QB Daniel Jones twice and limited the Giants to just 29 rushing yards to lead the way . . .  The Tennessee Titans were able to beat the host Denver Broncos, 16-14 when kicker Stephen Gostkowski, who had earlier missed three field goals and an extra point attempt, made a 25-yard field goal with 17 seconds left to go.Titans QB Ryan Tannehill had two TD passes and RB Derrick Henry rushed for 116 yards in the win. Broncos QB Drew Lock had a TD pass and RB Melvin Gordon ran for a score in the loss.


WEEK ONE RESULTS
Kansas City 34, Houston 20
Chicago 27, Detroit 23
Baltimore 38, Cleveland 6
Green Bay 43, Minnesota 34
Las Vegas 34, Carolina 30
Washington 27, Philadelphia 17
Buffalo 27, N.Y. Jets 17
Jacksonville 27, Indianapolis 20
New England 21, Miami 11
Seattle 38, Atlanta 25
L.A. Chargers 16, Cincinnati 13
Arizona 24, San Francisco 20
New Orleans 34, Tampa Bay 23
L.A. Rams 20, Dallas 17
Pittsburgh 26, N.Y. Giants 16
Tennessee 16, Denver 14