{"id":352887,"date":"2025-09-09T00:31:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T00:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/352887\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T00:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T00:31:10","slug":"nfl-notes-records-fall-ugly-wins-and-prime-time-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/352887\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Notes: Records fall, ugly wins, and prime time excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NFL<\/a>NFL Week 1 was amazing, especially the last game of Sunday <\/p>\n

Bills Pull Off Historic Comeback<\/p>\n

Only one word can describe the Buffalo Bills<\/a>\u2019 come-from-behind 41-40 win over the Baltimore Ravens on NFL Sunday Night Football.<\/p>\n

Wow.<\/p>\n

Buffalo became the first NFL team ever to trail by 15 points or more with less than four minutes to play and still win in regulation. It was also the first time in franchise history that Baltimore scored 40 points and lost.<\/p>\n

The Bills, down 40-25 with under four minutes to go, won on a Matt Prater field goal as time expired. Prater had been working out at an Arizona high school just three days earlier before signing with the Bills.<\/p>\n

Derrick Henry was the star for the Ravens\u2014until he wasn\u2019t. Henry carried 18 times for 167 yards and two touchdowns, but his fumble with the score 40-32 and 3:10 left helped fuel Buffalo\u2019s incredible comeback. It was only Henry\u2019s second lost fumble in his last 38 games.<\/p>\n

Revenge is Sweet<\/p>\n

Nobody carries a grudge better than Aaron Rodgers. Pittsburgh\u2019s new quarterback got even with the team that cut him, throwing four touchdowns and leading the game-winning drive in the Steelers\u2019 32-30 win over the New York Jets.<\/p>\n

The future Hall of Famer made sure to tell everyone how he felt about the Jets afterward. And by the way, Rodgers is now 5-0 against Justin Fields, the QB New York signed to replace him.<\/p>\n

Second-Year Jump<\/p>\n

Arizona wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. didn\u2019t have the rookie season many expected in 2024. Year two started differently. Harrison led the Cardinals with five receptions for 71 yards and a touchdown in a win over New Orleans. Quarterback Kyler Murray posted a 155.6 passer rating when throwing his way.<\/p>\n

Winning Ugly<\/p>\n

Cincinnati QB Joe Burrow has piled up big stats in the past only to see his team lose. Sunday, it was the opposite. In a 17-16 win over Cleveland, Burrow threw for only 113 yards. The 17 points were the second fewest ever scored in a Burrow victory (he beat Denver 15-10 in 2021). On the other side, Browns QB Joe Flacco threw for 290 yards in the loss.<\/p>\n

Winning Uglier<\/p>\n

San Francisco committed nine penalties, turned the ball over twice, missed two field goals\u2014and still beat Seattle 17-13. It was the 49ers\u2019 seventh win in the last eight meetings with the Seahawks.<\/p>\n

The Pack is Back<\/p>\n

After watching the Lions win the NFC North<\/a> the past two years and take three of the last four matchups, the Packers struck back with a 27-13 victory on Sunday. It was 27-6 before Detroit scored on a highlight-reel grab in the final minute.<\/p>\n

In that game, Josh Jacobs found the end zone for the 10th straight contest (including playoffs). He\u2019s now two games shy of LaDainian Tomlinson\u2019s 2004 record of 12 straight.<\/p>\n

Tough Opener for Cam Ward<\/p>\n

The schedule-maker didn\u2019t do NFL No. 1 overall pick Cam Ward any favors, sending him against the Denver Broncos defense in his debut. Ward struggled, going 12-for-28 for 112 yards while taking six sacks.<\/p>\n

It was rated the fourth-worst debut by a No. 1 overall pick. The three worse than Ward\u2019s? John Elway, Jim Plunkett, and Terry Bradshaw\u2014who went on to win eight Super Bowls between them.<\/p>\n

Nothing to Spit At<\/p>\n

Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter should learn Monday how much he\u2019ll be fined\u2014and whether he\u2019ll be suspended\u2014for spitting on Dallas QB Dak Prescott during Thursday\u2019s opener. Expect a heavy fine and at least a one-game suspension.<\/p>\n

By the way, with the Eagles\u2019 win, defending Super Bowl champions are now 21-5 on opening day over the last 26 years.<\/p>\n

One Streak and Another<\/p>\n

The Chargers\u2019 victory over Kansas City on Friday night in Brazil gave coach Jim Harbaugh a perfect 6-0 record on NFL opening day. It also snapped Los Angeles\u2019 seven-game skid against the Chiefs and marked Justin Herbert\u2019s first win over KC after six losses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NFL Week 1 was amazing, especially the last game of Sunday Bills Pull Off Historic Comeback Only one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2048],"tags":[215,787,214,53,2086,258,62824,7,63154,6,15749,505],"class_list":{"0":"post-352887","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-buffalo-bills","8":"tag-bills","9":"tag-breaking-news","10":"tag-buffalo","11":"tag-buffalo-bills","12":"tag-buffalobills","13":"tag-denver-broncos","14":"tag-eagles-vs-cowboys","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-national-football-leaague","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-nfl-2025-season","19":"tag-super-bowl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115171523639556146","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}