What were your impressions about Week 1 games throughout the NFL? Not just who won and how, but also what happened on the field? I am talking about all 32 teams here.

 

1. Reggie Bush injury: Obviously it is never good to see a player hopping to the sideline like Bush did, you have to love how well Carlos Hyde played as his replacement. At one point ESPN said he ran 24 times in the game for 186 yards IIRC. My impression after watching Hyde all night was he can be a starter someday if that continues the whole time Bush is out.

 

2. The Eagles made a big mistake in the offseason. Sam Bradford made me wish they had kept Nick Foles.  Meanwhile Foles beat the NFC Champs Seahawks. So in hindsight the Eagles should regret trading a pretty good starting quarterback for one who has spent most of his career on injury reports.

 

3. Kicks from 33 yards: When I heard the accuracy rate in preseason was 93 percent I thought that probably has something to do with who missed PAT attempts because the first miss I saw was by Jason Myers. Can we really count him in favor of the new rule when he just played his first NFL game? I want to see some veteran kickers miss it and hold off on judging the rule change until after Week 17.

 

4. San Francisco's biggest problem is special teams. The offense still looks good without Bush and the defense still looks great despite the flurry of retirements and free agent losses. Now they need to fix special teams to get back into the playoffs. I think that should include making Hyde the punt returner (in addition to his regular job) instead of a former rugby player

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