Thoughts from Sunday around the NFL

Quite the Week 1 outcomes in the NFL...

• The media darlings, the Superbowl 'darkhorse' Dallas Cowboys, got thumped by the Giants. Enter media excuses, stage right.

• Can Justin Herbert ever step up? What a loss to Arizona....in L.A.! Where's that juggernaut Harbaugh run game? 👀

• Aaron Rodgers sure throws a lot of incompletions now....if Atlanta trotted anyone out there but QB3, they'd have beat Pittsburgh.

• Detroit should have lost that game to New Orleans, kudos to the Saints for going for the win on the 2 point conversion. New Orleans got screwed on that overturned TD.

• Cleveland looks bad, really bad. NFL worst bad although its early. Willis in Miami? Yeesh, another bad team.

• Jayden Daniels? Not sure who he is exactly, but I'm getting the vibe he's on the lesser side compared to the more side. His rookie season seems a long time ago.

• Jaxson Dart sure looks good, love his game if he stops taking needless hits. Kind of Joe Burrow cockiness and tons of talent.

• If Mayfield doesn't fumble 3 times and Bucky Irvin once, they beat Cincy. Easily. Baker needs to settle down and not try and prove that new contract in one game. He's got a lot of red ass in him, not always a good thing.

• I think Chicago got a real one in Caleb Williams unfortunately...and the right guy in Ben Johnson.

• And other than being elated about beating Green Bay, not sure what to take from the Viking's win. One of the weirdest games and wins in recent memory. Really, K1 gets hurt almost immediately? The bad luck for KOC with QBs is just unf-cking believable. Count me in for being concerned about the offensive line, hopefully they get better. This team is going to be easier to beat with someone like Carson Wentz at QB1, easier to gameplan for. We'll see. The D looked atrocious for 2+ quarters. Better get a replacement at starting RG for '27, I wonder if Huber will get a shot down the road this year if Fries continues to underperform? K1 has to stop those moon ball horseshit passes, that INT was brutal.

• I think much of this up and down or inconsistency by teams can be attributed to it being Week 1....not a ton of reps for the starters. Should be cleaner football next weekend and moving forward.