NFL Week 1

- Calvin Johnson was robbed. Plain and simple. I saw him catch the ball. The fans, the players, the coaches all saw him catch the ball. And the referees saw him catch the ball. Both feet were down. His butt and one arm were on the ground, and he's holding the ball with one hand in a controlled manner. He caught the ball. BUT, the rule says he didn't. The controversial rule states,

"If a player goes to the ground in the act of catching a pass (with or without contact by an opponent), he must maintain control of the ball after he touches the ground, whether in the field of play or the end zone. If he loses control of the ball, and the ball touches the ground before he regains control, the pass is incomplete. If he regains control prior to the ball touching the ground, the pass is complete."

So the official made the correct call. But that doesn't make it right.

See for yourself...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSYDYI4F4xs

- Michael Vick is back. He was 16/24 for 175 yards, 1 TD, and a 101.9 QB Rating. He also picked up 103 yards on 11 carries. Solid.

- Arian Foster is beast. Foster finished with 3 touchdowns and 231 rushing yards on 33 carries.


- The Bengals didn't live up to the hype. Cedric Benson lost a fumble. Terrell Owens dropped a couple of balls that should've been caught. Carson Palmer threw an interception that was returned for a touchdown. The Bengals' special teams gave up a touchdown on a kickoff return to open the 2nd half. The Bengals didn't come ready to play, at least in the first half. And the Patriots did. But there are plenty of positives to take away from the first game of the season. The Bengals outscored the Patriots 21-14 in the second half. Palmer threw for 345 yards and 2 TDs, but threw that costly interception. Chad Ochocinco had a huge game, scoring a TD with 159 receiving yards. Rookies Jordan Shipley and Jermaine Gresham both had solid debut performances. The Bengals were a perfect 2-2 in the red zone and 3-3 on 4th down. They had more first downs and more total yards. So it wasn't all bad. In the end, it's only one game.

- The Vikings should play every week on Thursday. Football is much more enjoyable on Sunday when no one talks about Brett Favre.

- Thank you C.J. Spiller for killing my fantasy team.

- And thank you to Dallas Cowboys' offensive tackle Alex Barron. Thanks for putting Redskins' linebacker Brian Orakpo in a choke-hold to negate that game-winning touchdown pass by Tony Romo. (I have no beef with Romo or the Cowboys. This is purely fantasy football related.)


- The Jets' offense looked awful. Six first downs. 1-11 on third down. ZERO touchdowns. Mark Sanchez only threw for 74 yards (2.9 yards/pass) and had a quarterback rating of 56.4. The Jets only had 176 yards of total offense. Doesn't matter how well their defense plays, they can't win if they can't score. They have alot of work to do before the Patriots come to town next week.

- Ray Lewis is still a bad man. That hit on Dustin Keller was nasty. Maybe Keller was still a little shaken up when he went out of bounds too early, didn't pick up the first down, causing the Jets to turn the ball over on downs, thus losing the game.