NFL week 1

[Neal Clayton]

not really surprised at the saints/vikings result, other than the fact that the saints should've scored more. two missed FGs and dropped passes will give sean payton something to complain about in practice.

as for the rest, i can't wait til monday night. here's ray lewis calling out rex ryan in retaliation for rex ryan saying something about ray lewis. football drama is great .

http://youtube.com/watch?v=OuXSBSW9cEU

[Sean Troy]

Bret should never have returned. He'll end his career looking bad.

[David Weaver]

Bret should never have returned. He'll end his career looking bad.

Most guys do.

As far as NO goes, an ugly win in the beginning of the season is still a win, and if you have some mid-season injuries and go for a bad stretch, those wins really count.

The difference between the NO team the last two years and the ones prior was defense. The prior teams were fun to watch because of their offensive productivity, but the teams with a good defense are the ones other teams' fans fear.

[Chris Padilla]

My Rockies are in full swing owning September...7 game winning streak! Oh wait, football started up....

[Zach England]

Minnesota receivers seemed to drop A LOT of passes and Favre's passes seemed to come a bit late several times.

[Jacob Mac]

Minnesota receivers seemed to drop A LOT of passes and Favre's passes seemed to come a bit late several times.

Ya, that will happen when you miss camp and Sidney Rice is out. The Vikings will be interesting to watch. I certainly do not think they played poorly last night, but they might be in for a long season. But, in all likelihood, they should be fine. But the Packers are still better.

BTW, I am an unabashed Packers fan, so I am terribly biased.

[Phyllis Meyer]

Go Packers!

[Paul Ryan]

IMHO the better team won last night, unlike the NFC championship game this past Jan. But I think the Vikes will be a force to be reckoned with come this Dec. Favre was rusty, we are missing our best receiver, only had 4 receivers at the game, and only had 3 corners on the team last night. I was very impressed with my defense considering what was missing. After the saints 1st drive I thought it was going to be a long night. I am not happy we were so rusty, but it will come. What bothers me most is this game could be a tie breaker for home field come the playoffs. In all honesty it shouldn't have been that close. But both teams were rusty Brees missed some passes he wont miss later in the season. It looked like a preseason game. I hope a rematch with both teams at full strength will come this winter.

[Neal Clayton]

Ya, that will happen when you miss camp and Sidney Rice is out. The Vikings will be interesting to watch. I certainly do not think they played poorly last night, but they might be in for a long season. But, in all likelihood, they should be fine. But the Packers are still better.

BTW, I am an unabashed Packers fan, so I am terribly biased.

going by preseason results, the two teams i would most worry about as a saints fan are the packers and the ravens.

i don't know what joe flacco did in the offseason, but whatever it was, he figured something out. he looked like a pro bowl QB in camp.

[Paul McGaha]

I'm happy the Saints won. The Vikings are a high quality team and not easy to beat. Giving the Vikings credit for last year I guess it made sense for Favre to come back as they had a great year last year. Cant say that I agree with the Vikings being better than the Saints last year though.

As for this year it will be interesting to see who will be good. Just my opinion I think the Saints, Packers, Cowboys, and Vikings are the best from the NFC. From the AFC I like the Patriots, Colts and Ravens. Not sure about the Jets and the Chargers.

PHM

[Jim Rimmer]

Thread diversion - The Houston Texans finally got past their inability to beat the Colts and Manning. And looked pretty good doing it.

[Neal Clayton]

that new RB of theirs is a beast.

yes they did look good doing it, running all over the colts. this should be the year the texans get over the hump and make the playoffs (as long as schaub doesn't get hurt again and they wind up with matt leinart @ QB).

[Joe Pelonio]

I hope someone besides me noticed that the suddenly surprising Seahawks
did a job on the 49ers today!

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Joe,

Another game or two like that and I'll quit referring to them as the SeaSquabs.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

I'd hate to be that right offensive lineman for Dallas that caused that last flag and resultant penalty!

What a way to end a game.