I always hated losing the regular season opener because it puts tremendous pressure on winning in Week 2 to avoid starting the season 0-2.
The NFL season is a roller coaster, and it’s never good to start 0-1 and see divisional foes get an early leg up in the standings, even if the logical view is there are 16 games left to catch up.
Upsets usually fill Week 1, and there were plenty last week. Most notable were six playoff teams from last season who lost as favorites, four at home — the Kansas City Chiefs, Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks and Los Angeles Chargers — and the Cincinnati Bengals and Buffalo Bills, who lost on the road.
The New York Giants were the seventh. They were a three-point underdog but were embarrassed at home, 40-0, by the Dallas Cowboys.
Here’s my ranking of which teams should be worried most after their Week 1 defeat. I’ll eliminate the Chargers and Bills from this discussion since they had close losses. The Chargers lost by just two points, and the Bills almost won despite Josh Allen‘s four turnovers.
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