Week 1 Heroes & Zeros

This was a great week to play…

QBs

Alex Smith, Chiefs – Started the season in grand form, passing for 368 yards and 4 TDs, without a blemish.

Matt Stafford, Lions – Passed for 292 yards and 4 TDs, with an INT.

Sam Bradford, Vikings – His 346-yard, 3-TD evening was more a credit to New Orleans’ pathetic defense than his greatness.

RBs

Kareem Hunt, Chiefs – Raced for 148 yards on the ground and a TD, and added 5 catches for 98 yards and 2 TDs. We’ll forgive the first-carry fumble in his NFL debut.

Mike Gillislee, Patriots – Picked up where LeGarrette Blount left off, rushing for 45 yards and 3 TDs.

WRs

Stefon Diggs, Vikings – Scored twice on 7 receptions for 93 yards.

Tyreek Hill, Chiefs – Reeled in 7 passes for 133 yards and a TD.

Antonio Brown, Steelers – Didn’t score, but his 11-catch, 182-yard performance was gold in PPR leagues.

Golden Tate, Lions – His 10-catch, 107-yard game was nearly as good as AB’s.

Adam Thielen, Vikings – Grabbed 9 passes for 157 yards.

Kenny Golladay, Lions – The rookie scored twice on his 4 catches for 69 yards.

TEs

Jesse James, Steelers – Was Big Ben’s favorite red-zone target, catching 6 passes for 41 yards and 2 TDs.

Austin Hooper, Falcons – Made his 2 receptions count, racing for 128 yards and a fumble-return TD.

Ks

Giorgio Tavecchio, Raiders – Nailed all 4 of his FGs (from 20, 43 and 2 from 52), plus 2 XPs in his NFL debut. And you say Giorgio, who?

D/STs

Rams – Thumped the toothless Colts with 4 sacks, 2 INTs, a fumble recovery, a safety and 2 defensive TDs.

Jaguars – Amassed 10 sacks, 3 fumbles, 1 INT and a fumble-return TD.

Eagles – Collected 4 sacks, 3 fumbles, an INT and defensive TD.

Steelers – Rung up 7 sacks, an INT and a blocked punt with TD.

Ravens – Had 5 sacks, 4 INTs and a fumble recovery while shutting out the Bengals.

This was a great week to play against…

QBs

Tom Brady, Patriots – Looked out of sync with his receivers, passing for just 267 yards and no TDs.

Andy Dalton, Bengals – Absolutely awful, with 170 passing yards, a fumble and 4 – count ‘em, 4 -- INTs.

Carson Palmer, Cardinals – He was pretty bad, too, finishing with 269 passing yards, 1 TD and 3 INTs.

Russell Wilson, Seahawks – Got off to an inauspicious start, with just 158 passing yards, 40 rushing yards and no TDs. He also lost a fumble.

Eli Manning, Giants – When he’s bad, he’s bad. And he was pathetic on Sunday night, passing for 220 yards with no TDs and 1 INT.

RBs

Adrian Peterson, Saints – So much for his triumphant return to Minnesota (which I never predicted). His 18 yards impressed nobody.

Le’Veon Bell, Steelers – He won’t often get held to 32 yards rushing and 15 receiving.

Bengals – Jeremy Hill ran for 26 yards and was out-performed by Gio Bernard (but not by much). Joe Mixon was a non-factor, too.

Paul Perkins, Giants – Combined for a whopping 25 yards.

Ameer Abdullah, Lions – Rushed for just 30 yards and added 11 receiving.

DeMarco Murray, Titans – Limited to 44 rushing and 16 receiving yards.

WRs

Mike Wallace, Ravens – Held to an 8 yarder.

Tyler Lockett, Seahawks – So was he.

Eric Decker, Titans – Handled just 3 receptions for 10 yards for his new team.

Brandon Marshall, Giants – Contributed a 10 yarder to his new team.

Martavis Bryant, Steelers – It’s gonna take him some time to get rolling again, after catching 2 passes for 14 yards.

Jamison Crowder, Redskins – Just 14 yards on his 3 receptions.

Allen Robinson, Jaguars – Caught a 17-yarder before leaving with a knee injury.

Kelvin Benjamin, Panthers – Caught a 25-yard pass, and that’s it.

Cole Beasley, Cowboys – Had an amazing circus catch, but totaled just 32 yards on 3 receptions.

Alshon Jeffery, Eagles – Just 38 yards on 3 catches, plus a 2-point conversion.

Emmanuel Sanders, Broncos – Took 3 passes 26 yards.

Dez Bryant, Cowboys – Should’ve scored, but finished with 43 yards on 2 catches.

Donte Moncrief, Colts – Caught a 50-yard pass.

T.Y. Hilton, Colts – Thanks to his shoddy QB play, he finished with just 57 yards on 3 catches, and lost a fumble.

TEs

Hunter Henry, Chargers – Blanked by the Broncos.

Rob Gronkowski, Patriots – Just 2 catches for 33 yards.

Tyler Eifert, Bengals – Caught a 4-yard pass. That’s it.

Jimmy Graham, Seahawks – Left Green Bay with 8 yards on 3 receptions.

Eric Ebron, Lions – Caught 2 for 9 yards. You weren’t really expecting much more, were you?

Greg Olsen, Panthers – His 2 receptions went for 16 yards.

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