It's already been a week of the National Football League Season and there was many exciting games that happened in Week 1. Last Sunday Night, the New England Patriots were playing a tough Arizona Cardinals team in Arizona which is not an easy place to play in. Somehow some way, the Patriots pulled out with a 23-21 victory. The Patriots won this game without starting quarterback Tom Brady who missed his first game of his four game suspension. They also had a huge blow to their offense as well with starting tight end Rob Gronkowski out with a hamstring injury. Right now we don't know Gronkowski's status for week 2 against Miami but with him practicing two days this week, it looks like he'll make his season debut. The story however in this game, was how Jimmy Garoppolo would play in his first game as a starter. He didn't dissappoint at all as he went 24-33 with 1 touchdown and no interceptions. Couple other exciting games included the Cincinnati Bengals and the New York Jets, as well as the New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys. The Bengals won a game winning field goal by Mike Nugent. The player of that game though has to go to Wide Reciever AJ Green. Green had a field day against a very good corner back in Darelle Revis. Green had 12 receptions for 180 yards and a touchdown. The Jets are now playing the Buffalo Bills on Thursday Night Football. In the Giants vs Cowboys game, it was a great back and forth game. Eli Manning and Dak Prescott showed a great showing. The Giants pulled out with a 20-19 win. So with these exciting games happening in Week 1, here are my Week football picks.
Cincinnati Bengals vs Pittsburgh Steelers- This is always a very exciting game to see. Between two very good wide receivers in AJ Green for the Bengals and arguably the best receiver in football Antonio Brown. It'll be interesting to see how both quarterbacks play with Ben Roethlisberger and Andy Dalton coming off of week 1 wins. Coming back after that brutal playoff loss for the Bengals, there hoping for a bounce back game.
Miami Dolphins vs New England Patriots- This game plan will be very interesting. The Patriots are off an exciting win and now there starting their first out of their 3 games with Jimmy Garoppolo at Gillette Stadium. He'll be facing a tough Miami Dolphins front 7 defense that could give this offensive line some trouble. Patriots have played well defensively but they could be without one of their best linebackers in Donta Hightower. I expect that the Patriots should be able to beat the Miami Dolphins but it won't be easy.
Colts vs Broncos- This should be an exciting game as Andrew Luck will come into Denver and try to upset the Broncos in Denver.
In conclusion, there are many other good games on the calendar, but these three games will probably be the most exciting out of all of these games.
