NFL Weekly Recap: Gameday 1 – Injuries, Results, Power Rankings, and Game Previews
by Ian John
on September 12th, 2024
in Sports Casino and Poker News
NFL Weekly Recap – Gameday 1
Gameday 1 is in the history books for the 2024/25 NFL Season – Here's what happened!
The 2024 NFL season is finally underway, and the excitement is palpable! This week, we cover the major news stories, including player injuries, trades, power rankings, pre-match previews of forthcoming games, and a recap of last week's Gameday 1 results. Stay tuned for a comprehensive look at everything happening in the NFL!
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Let's begin our look back at Gameday 1 action in the NFL with a weekly recap of all the results over the weekend.
Gameday 1 Results
Baltimore Ravens 20-27 Kansas City Chiefs
Green Bay Packers 29-34 Philadelphia Eagles (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Pittsburgh Steelers 18-10 Atlanta Falcons
Arizona Cardinals 28-34 Buffalo Bills
Tennessee Titans 17-24 Chicago Bears
New England Patriots 16-10 Cincinnati Bengals
Houston Texans 29-27 Indianapolis Colts
Jacksonville Jaguars 17-20 Miami Dolphins
Carolina Panthers 10-47 New Orleans Saints
Minnesota Vikings 28-6 New York Giants
Las Vegas Raiders 10-22 Los Angeles Chargers
Denver Broncos 20-26 Seattle Seahawks
Dallas Cowboys 33-17 Cleveland Browns
Washington Commanders 20-37 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Los Angeles Rams 20-26 Detroit Lions (OT)
New York Jets 19-32 San Francisco 49ers
Noteworthy Performances
Ticking Over Nicely
The Kansas City Chiefs, San Francisco 49ers, Houston Texans, Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions and Buffalo Bills all made good starts to the new season.
Surprise Winners
The New England Patriots surprised many people with their victory over the Cincinnati Bengals.
Impressive Debut
Saquon Barkley showed his quality for the Philadelphia Eagles. The former New York Giants star ran for 109 yards and caught two passes for 23 yards, scoring three touchdowns in the process for his new team.
Barkley was subsequently named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in Brazil for the Eagles.
Back to the Drawing Board
A number of teams will be heading back to the drawing board after poor displays in their opening game of the season.
Teams that struggled included the Carolina Panthers, Atlanta Falcons, Tennessee Titans, Cincinnati Bengals, New York Giants and Las Vegas Raiders.
Big Winners
The New Orleans Saints top-scored racking up 47 points against the hapless Carolina Panthers.
Fellow NFC South rivals the Tampa Bay Buccaneers scored the second most points defeating the Washington Commanders 37-20.
Kicking to Victory
Pittsburgh Steelers kicker Chris Boswell was responsible for all 18 points in Pittsburgh's victory over Atlanta. He converted six from six field goals to earn the win for the team from Steel Town.
Boswell earned AFC Player of the Week honours for his performance in the game.
Rookies To The Fore
The six rookies nominated for Rookie of the Week in the NFL on Gameday 1 are:
Jayden Daniels (Washington Commanders) QB – 17/24 for 184 yards, 88 yards rushing and 2 TDs
Brian Thomas (Jacksonville Jaguars) WR – 4 receptions for 47 yards and a TD
Xavier Worthy (Kansas City Chiefs) WR – 47 yards receiving, 21 yards rushing and 2 TDs.
Brock Bowers (Las Vegas Raiders) TE – 6 receptions for 58 yards.
Jha'Quan Jackson (Tennessee Titans) KR – 5 KOs returned for 127 yards and four punts for 30 yards.
Malik Nabers (New York Giants) WR – 5 receptions for 66 yards.
Key Gameday 1 Injuries
The following players suffered injuries either before or during Gameday 1 of the new NFL Season.
QB Jordan Love (Packers) – MCL Sprain. He is out for the next few weeks with recent signing Malik Willis set to replace him.
WR Puka Nacua (Rams) – PCL Sprain. Nacua looks set to miss a fair amount of time due to the injury and is likely to be placed on Injured Reserve.
WR Rome Odunze (Bears) – Odunze hurt his knee in the Bears victory over the Titans. He is set for an MRI this week to assess the damage.
RB Christian McCaffrey (49ers) – McCaffrey missed the game with the Jets due to niggling calf and Achilles issues. Jordan Mason stepped in.
CB Taron Johnson (Bills) – Johnson will miss the game with the Dolphins this week due to a forearm injury sustained against the Cardinals.
DT Derrick Brown (Panthers) – The Panthers defensive tackle is seeking a second opinion on an injury sustained against the Saints.
Power Rankings After Gameday 1
The power rankings have shifted after an eventful week of games. Here are the top and bottom teams as of now:
NFL Power Rankings after Gameday 1
San Francisco 49ers
Dallas Cowboys
Kansas City Chiefs
Buffalo Bills
Philadelphia Eagles
Detroit Lions
Houston Texans
Miami Dolphins
New Orleans Saints
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Minnesota Vikings
Los Angeles Chargers
Pittsburgh Steelers
Seattle Seahawks
Chicago Bears
New England Patriots
Baltimore Ravens
Cincinnati Bengals
New York Jets
Los Angeles Rams
Indianapolis Colts
Jacksonville Jaguars
Green Bay Packers
Denver Broncos
Cleveland Browns
Washington Commanders
Arizona Cardinals
Atlanta Falcons
Las Vegas Raiders
Tennessee Titans
New York Giants
Carolina Panthers
Gameday 2 Fixtures
Friday 13th September – 1.15am
Buffalo Bills (1-0) @ Miami Dolphins (1-0) – Live on Sky Sport
Sunday 15th September – 6pm, 9.05pm, 9.25pm
Las Vegas Raiders (0-1) @ Baltimore Ravens (0-1)
Los Angeles Chargers (1-0) @ Carolina Panthers (0-1)
New Orleans Saints (1-0) @ Dallas Cowboys (1-0)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1-0) @ Detroit Lions (1-0)
Indianapolis Colts (0-1) @ Green Bay Packers (0-1)
San Francisco 49ers (1-0) @ Minnesota Vikings (1-0) – Live on Sky Sports
Seattle Seahawks (1-0) @ New England Patriots (1-0)
New York Jets (0-1) @ Tennessee Titans (0-1)
New York Giants (0-1) @ Washington Commanders (0-1)
Los Angeles Rams (0-1) @ Arizona Cardinals (0-1)
Pittsburgh Steelers (1-0) @ Denver Broncos (0-1)
Cincinnati Bengals (0-1) @ Kansas City Chiefs (1-0) – Live on Sky Sports
Monday 16th September – 1.20am
Chicago Bears (1-0) @ Houston Texans (1-0) – Live on Sky Sports
Tuesday 17th September – 1.15am
Atlanta Falcons (0-1) @ Philadelphia Eagles (1-0) – Live on Sky Sports
Top Game of Gameday 2
Cincinnati Bengals (0-1) @ Kansas City Chiefs (1-0)
Joe Burrow has won more times against Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs than any other quarterback, but after a dismal start to the season against New England, they face a Chiefs team in exceptionally good form after an important win over the Ravens.
The Bengals struggled to get anything going on offense against the Patriots and they will have to improve significantly if they are to get something from this trip to Arrowehead.
The Chiefs showed their class in defeating the Ravens in their opening game of the season and they look very likely to be the team to beat for any team with genuine Super Bowl aspirations in the AFC this season.
Prediction– Cincinnati Bengals 14-31 Kansas City Chiefs.
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