Things I Learned Watching NFL Week One

By Pete Yanity News Channel 7 Sports
Published: September 09, 2008

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Things I learned while watching Week One of the NFL season:

-Brett Favre can make some really great throws. Brett Favre can make some really dreadful throws, such as the duck he tossed up in the second quarter of Sunday’s Jets win at Miami. It was in the vicinity of Chansi Stuckey (Clemson), who made a nice diving catch at the front of the endzone for a TD but Favre’s lucky that Stuckey was the only player within five yards of the ball----and it didn’t look as if it was planned that way.

-People in Miami don’t show up when their team went 1-15 the year before. Essentially, on my TV set, the Dolphins game looked like a Marlins game, crowd-wise.

-Every receiver thinks he was interfered with.

-Every defensive back thinks that every low throw hit the turf before it was caught.

-Each NFL color analyst says some pretty obvious things. Why yes, I do realize that the team that’s trailing needs to score here in the closing seconds of the game.

-By now, everyone in Packers nation has purchased a number 12 jersey.

-Panthers QB Jake Delhomme officially no longer has any issues with his throwing elbow.

-Tom Brady is human.

-So is Peyton Manning.

-There are nine starters listed in Sports Illustrated’s NFL Preview issue depth charts who played their high school football in upstate South Carolina. I actually learned that before the weekend but was reminded of it while watching Sydney Rice score a TD for the Vikings Monday night.

-I’ve never been convinced to buy anything sold by John Madden in a commercial.

-I vaguely remember the Panthers once had a wide receiver named Steve Smith.

-Teams should play their starters either a little bit or a lot more in the final pre-season games because many certainly didn’t look game ready.

-Denver’s Jay Cutler will be the league’s next great quarterback, especially now that Tom Brady has shown he’s human.