The garbage kicking, field-goal missing, place-kicking phenomenon that opened the 2022 NFL season
I’m sure I’m not the only one with a warm feeling all over my chest on Sunday. That lovely feeling is not provided by a lovely aroma from the clinic. It comes from the fact that the NFL is finally back.
No more rookie boot camp stories to watch, Page Six stories about Tom Brady’s personal life, or Detroit Lions “Hard Knocks” episodes. The best soccer players in the world wear helmets and shoulder pads and have to hit hard. No more red shirts. Direct contact for everyone in a session lasting more than three hours.
Yes, the NFL has its problems like many other hugely successful American organizations, but at least the consumables it provides aren’t suboptimal when it knows new version about to be introduced to the market.
To be sure, there are too many games and hard pay caps and 53-man roster limits that make it difficult for teams to retain talent and competitiveness for several years in a row. That being said, for five months, sports fans got to watch athletes play war games on live television while wearing body armor. It is arguably the best entertainment television can offer, standing out in the ratings.
Week 1 is full of good plays, surprises, and drama as well. The first match hour of the 2022 season included two overtime games, but much of the appeal was due to the players failing to kick. Cairo Santos missed out on a few additional points as Chicagoland was overrun, but the Bears still beat the San Francisco 49ers by nine points. The other teams’ unsuccessful kick attempts, however, made a memorable start to Week 1.
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There is a lawn around the goalposts in Cincinnati
Another low-scoring game, but mostly down to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ defense. They chased Joe Burrow and 2021 AFC Cup Champion Cincinnati Bengals all afternoon and were forced to win five legs.
That’s usually enough to take down any opponent, but the Steelers’ attack remains difficult even as Ben Roethlisberger’s noodle arm accepts retirement. In the end, they scored exactly the number of points they scored in their opening game of the 2021 season, and in that victory the Bills only flipped the ball once.
Despite not being able to hold the ball, the Bengals were able to end the game with a score of 20 in the end. They scored with two seconds left, but were unable to end the game. The Bengals have been stuck with a spare long snapper all day, and his high strike was a factor in why Evan McPherson, the main kicker who led the Bengals to the Super Bowl last season with a clutch playoff kick against Tennessee Titans and Kansas City Chiefs – missed that final plus in regulation and also a 29-yard scoring effort in extra time.
The Steelers responded in extra time with their own 55-yard shot that extended the game. But when they get a second chance, they won’t be turned down. Chris Boswell attempted a kick just over two yards closer and when time ran out he lifted Mitchell Trubisky’s 5.1 yards-per-cross to win the road ahead of last year’s AFC Champions .
Week 1: Thanks, Colts and Texans I guess
Of the earliest Week 1 games on Sunday, this one has to be one of the least anticipated. This is Matt Ryan’s first game against the Indianapolis Colts, who again have a special roster. They were up against the Houston Texans, who could have been so bad that this season they received the No. 1 pick overall in the 2023 NFL Draft. However, late in the first half, the Colts were down 7-3. The goal that Houston scored was followed by a Colts revenue.
The Colts continued to play poor football in the second half, including a second penalty shootout that led to another Texan encounter, and by the end of the third quarter, the Texans were leading 20-3. Judgment on the Colts if the first game of the season ending with that scoreline would be harsh, but their stacking team has Matt Ryan in midfield and they’re up against Davis Mills and an organization. very dysfunctional.
In the end, the better team finished the game and that’s where the score remained at the end of the rule.
The score is 20-20 and a far cry from the NFL’s 2022 score. The overtime didn’t bring much drama until the Colts got a chance to start the season the way they were supposed to. Victory was within reach if their striker could score a 42-yard goal to win the match.
In his first two years as a professional, Rodrigo Blankenship missed three of 17 goals from 40-49 yards. Week 1 of 2022, he missed his fourth game from that distance, failed to convert on a 42-yard player with less than two minutes left, and now the Texas and Colts start the season with a score of zero. -1-0.
