Around the NFL…Week 1 Style

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Originally Posted by calia

We win and Dallas loses = great Sunday. If only the Eagles and Giants had lost too (and nearly did), as that would be an epic Sunday. Got to take care of business next week.

I will say this, it was so satisfying to see certain teams -- NE, GB -- lose, and that the Colts could only scrape a tie against the Texans is also awesome. The Colts had 33 first downs and 517 yards and only managed 20 points which is pretty pathetic. They had 200 more yards and 10 minutes more of possession too, 100 more yards rushing and 100 more yards passing. Yes they had 2 turnovers but the Texans had one too. Kinda remarkable to not pull out a win under those circumstances. Was hoping to see Irsay be interviewed after that game.

The Giants rushed for 238 yards -- that's pretty impressive (7.4 yd/rush). Eagles put up 216 yards rushing (5.5yd/rush).

Our run D is going to have to step up in a major way if we're going to take any games in the NFCE. The Matthis injury could prove consequential given that we let some good run stuffers (Ionidis and Settle) walk in the offseason.

Yeah good call. Looking at the Vagiants and Eagles, they both lean hard on the run

Hurts 18/32 passing, Eagles had 39 rushing attempts
Jones 17/21 passing, 5 sacks!, Giants rushed 32 times

Forcing Hurts and Jones to beat you through the air seems pretty straight forward and our run D should be better than yesterday's showing