the nfl season officially started last thursday with a rematch of last year's afc championship game between the indianapolis colts and the new england patriots, the pats won a close one, 27-24... last saturday, the miami dolphins switched quarterbacks from jay fiedler to a.j. feeley, but they still lost to the tennessee titans, 17-7...
joe gibbs won his 1st football game in 12 years as the washington redskins won against the tampa bay buccaneers, 16-10... the detroit lions snapped their nfl-record 24-game road losing streak at the beat the chicago bears, 20-16... the cleveland browns shut down the baltimore ravens' running game and upset the defending afc north champs, 20-3 in deion sanders' 1st game after coming out of retirement... last year's top pick overall carson palmer played a good game in his first-ever nfl start, but chad pennington played better in the battle of 2 young and talented qb's as the new york jets defeated the cincinnati bengals, 31-24... the jacksonville jaguars won on the final play of the game against the buffalo bills, 13-10... daunte culpepper threw for 5 td's as the minnesota vikings defeated the dallas cowboys, 35-17, while donovan mcnabb threw for 4 tds, with new eagle terrell owens catching 3, as the philadelphia eagles won against the new york giants, 31-17...
in other sunday games, the st. louis rams defeated the arizona cardinals, 17-10; the san diego chargers defeated the houston texans, 27-20; the pittsburgh steelers won against the oakland raiders, 24-21; the seattle seahawks won over the new orleans saints 21-7; the atlanta falcons edged the san francisco 49ers, 21-19; and the denver broncos won against the kansas city chiefs, 34-24...
the monday night game featured the green bay packers against the defending nfc champs the carolina panthers... the packers won, 24-14...
too much football this past weekend, and there's still 16 weeks left in the regular season, and another 4 weeks of postseason, including the super bowl...
