Week 1 in the NFL is complete. There’s plenty to digest, from Tua Tagovailoa’s majestic performance in Los Angeles to Joe Burrow’s forgettable outing in Cleveland.
But the biggest storyline from the opening week was Aaron Rodgers suffering a torn Achilles on the opening drive of his regular-season Jets debut. Without Rodgers, the Jets aren’t on the level of the Bengals and the Bills, even though New York beat Buffalo and those teams have 0–1 records.
But let’s not overreact when it comes to the big picture. I have no regrets about picking the Bengals as my Super Bowl champion after one bad game, but I might be telling you I told you so about the 49ers, my pick to win the NFC. Brock Purdy put on a show during the 49ers’ dominant win in Pittsburgh.
