Week One of the NFL/SPFL Season = we all go over. Over: analyze. Over: react. Over: eat. You name it, our preparations and our reactions to week one are usually a little too fevered. As the Achilles’ stricken A-Rod himself once said after these early season melodramatics … “R – E – L – A – X”.
And, ye old Commish is as guilty as anyone. Case in point #1: The Mighty Moops “kept” the Cowboys D from last season’s squad … and promptly overanalyzed and went with the Jaguars D against the rookie QB-led Indianapolis Colts instead of the Cowboys D for week one. While Jacksonville did okay, a historic Cowboys D output was languishing on the Mayberry bench.
Case in point #2: Ye old Commish’s preseason Super Bowl prediction is looking half baked. The Cowboys? Book ’em for February. The Bengals? 3 points and facing a must win in week two.
Case in point #3: Message board post from the Ghost of Megatron declares that he’s ready to clean house and start over.
Case in point #4: Post draft A+ grade from Yahoo and our defending champion Turf Turtles posts the lowest score of the week.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned it’s to not take week one to seriously, whether as an NFL fan or an SPFL owner. We got a long ways to go.
Unless, that is, you’re a Jets fan. Sorry. That was historically sad. I’ve never liked Rodgers, but even I hated to see that last night. I wanted him to face the Cowboys next week behind that o line.
I won’t recap the standings just yet, but just summarize the games from week one.
Piranha Brothers 148 – Turtles 93: Funny how often the highest scoring team is matched up with the lowest scoring team. Nevertheless, the Brothers cruised, led by CMac (30) and Tua (29), while the Turtles relied on Michael Pittman (23) and Breece Hall (16) and were hamstrung by that woeful 3 point outing by Joe Cool.
No Names 113 — Heroes 107: In one of our good games this weekend, the No Names already look better than last year, thanks to the Green Bay D (21) and Mahomes (18). The Heroes fell short, chiefly due to that putrid Josh Allen MNF showing, relying instead on Austin Ekeler (28) and Calvin Ridley (24).
Lightning 106 — Monkeys 103: Our other nail biter went the Lightning’s way, led by Tony Pollard (23) and Trevor Lawrence (19), while the Monkeys were led by Aaron Jones (27) and the 49ers D (24).
Bright 1s 143 — Megatron 95: The Bright 1s showed a great depth of scoring, led by the Ravens D (23) and Justin Herbert (21), while Megatron had to start Daniel Jones at QB, but did have Stefon Diggs (26) and the Patriots D (16).
Beauty 137 – Midgets 110: Beauty had an impressive SPFL debut, winning big, thanks to Brandon Aiyuk (32) and Chris Olave (19), while the Midgets had overall #1 pick Justin Jefferson (24) and the Commies’ D (21).
Corn 136 — Moops 98: The Corn embarrassed the Moops, thanks to Tyreek Hill (44) and the Eagles D (21). As stated earlier, the Moops outsmarted themselves keeping the Dallas D’s 50 points on the bench. Ironically, the Jags D was still their leading scorer at 24. Bijan Robinson chipped in with 21. While the Dallas decision is lamentable, if the Moops had gone with Jordan Love (23) at QB instead of Lamar, along with the Dallas D, the outcome would have been different. Raise your hand if you saw that one coming.
Next Week
Moops @ Monkeys; Midgets @ Heroes; Beauty @ Megatron; Lightning @ Brothers; No Names @ Bright 1s; Turtles @ Corn.
Again, and I’m talking to myself, R E L A X. You can look above at those team scores and the many Defenses listed as leading scorers and know that this will not be the season norm. Take a deep breath and get ready for the marathon.
Oh, and don’t forget your league dues, those of you considering freeloading into November. Kidding.
The Commish