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NFL Week 1 Review – Results, Our Team Of The Week & Power Rankings

September 11, 2018

By Lindsay
NFL Week 1 Review – Results, Our Team Of The Week & Power Rankings

 

The NFL returned over the weekend and the long wait proved worth waiting for with last years champions starting where they left off and several others looking to build to become real threats come finals time.

After seven months, the NFL is back. The exciting part for the league and the fans is that the rookies really shone through in the first week and look set for a big season.

Week 1 had everything fans wanted to see: interceptions, high scores, unbelievable touchdowns and upsets.

Here’s how your team performed this week along with our team of the week and power rankings.

RESULTS

  • Eagles 18 V Falcons 12
  • Colts 23 V Bengals 34
  • Ravens 47 V Bills 3
  • Saints 40 V Buccaneers 48
  • Patriots 27 V Texans 20
  • Vikings 24 V 49ers 16
  • Dolphins 27 V Titans 20
  • Giants 15 V Jaguars 20
  • Browns 21 V Steelers 21
  • Chargers 28 V Chiefs 38
  • Panthers 16 V Cowboys 8
  • Cardinals 6 V Redskins 24
  • Broncos 27 V Seahawks 24
  • Packers 24 V Bears 23
  • Lions 17 V Jets 48
  • Raiders 13 V Rams 33

 

TEAM OF THE WEEK

Our team of the week is very interesting this week with a mix of veterans and rookies. There were a few positions where it was hard to split certain players but this is the team we went with.

QB Ryan Fitzpatrick – Tampa Bay

RB Isaiah Crowell – Ney York Jets

RB Saquon Barkley – New York Giants

WR Tyreek Hill – Kansas City

WR Desean Jackson – Tampa Bay

TE Rob Gronkowski – New England

DE Deforest Buckner – San Francisco

DE Demarcus Lawrence – Dallas

DT Cameron Heyward – Pittsburgh

DT Jurrell Casey – Tennessee

LB Anthony Hitchens – Kansas City

LB T. J Watt – Pittsburgh

DB Budda Baker – Arizona

DB Antoine Bethea – Arizona

CB Eric Murray – Kansas City

CB Bryce Callahan – Chicago

S Clayton Fejedelem – Cinncinatti

S Jaquiski Tartt – San Francisco

K Robbie Gould – San Francisco

P Britton Colquitt – Cleveland

 

POWER RANKINGS

There are plenty of changes after week one due to a handful of upsets and we expect these rankings will change considerably over the coming weeks.

  1. Minnesota Vikings 1-0
  2. Los Angeles Rams 1-0
  3. New England Patriots 1-0
  4. Philadelphia Eagles 1-0
  5. Jacksonville Jaguars 1-0
  6. Green Bay Packers 1-0
  7. Carolina Panthers 1-0
  8. Kansas City Chiefs 1-0
  9. Baltimore Ravens 1-0
  10. New Orleans Saints 0-1
  11. Los Angeles Chargers 0-1
  12. Pittsburgh Steelers 0-0-1
  13. Atlanta Falcons 0-1
  14. Denver Broncos 1-0
  15. Cincinnati Bengals 1-0
  16. New York Jets 1-0
  17. San Francisco 49ers 0-1
  18. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1-0
  19. Washington Redskins 1-0
  20. Miami Dolphins 1-0
  21. Cleveland Browns 0-0-1
  22. Seattle Seahawks 0-1
  23. Chicago Bears 0-1
  24. Tennessee Titans 0-1
  25. Houston Texans 0-1
  26. Dallas Cowboys 0-1
  27. New York Giants 0-1
  28. Indianapolis Colts 0-1
  29. Detroit Lions 0-1
  30. Oakland Raiders 0-1
  31. Arizona Cardinals 0-1
  32. Buffalo Bills 0-1

 

Week 2 Games

Week 2 is set to be even bigger last week with some key match-ups.

  • Bengals V Ravens
  • Steelers V Chiefs
  • Jets V Dolphins
  • Buccaneers V Eagles
  • Saints V Browns
  • Redskins V Colts
  • Bills V Chargers
  • Packers V Vikings
  • Falcons V Panthers
  • Titans V Texans
  • Rams V Cardinals
  • 49ers V Lions
  • Broncos V Raiders
  • Jaguars V Patriots
  • Cowboys V Giants
  • Bears V Seahawks

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