NFL Recap Week 1 2024:

Chiefs 27-20 over the Ravens: On the opening night of the season where Kansas City got their Super Bowl Championship rings given to them they played a playoff type game going down to the wire. TE Isaiah Likely had a breakout game for Baltimore with 111 yards receiving with one touchdown. It would have been two but on the final play he caught a would -be touchdown pass but his toe was on the line so it was ruled out of bounds. Rookie WR Xavier Worthy had both a rushing TD and receiving TD for the Chiefs.

Eagles 34-29 over the Packers: Green Bay and QB Jordan Love had the lead for most of the game before the Eagles came back to take the lead. Bad news for the Packers they lost the game but also lost their QB to a MCL sprain. WR Jayden Reed has both a receiving and rushing TD for Green Bay, while newly acquired RB Saquon Barkley had both a rushing(two) and receiving TD for the Eagles.

Steelers 18-10 over the Falcons: If it weren’t for the leg of Chris Boswell the Steelers would have lost. He accounted for all of their 18 points. QB Kirk Cousins in his debut had two interceptions but did throw the only TD in the game to TE Kyle Pitts. 

Bills 34-28 over the Cardinals: Arizona was up 17-10 at halftime but then lost the lead and never came back. QB Josh Allen had two passing and two rushing TDs for the Bills. QB Kyler Murray did have one TD pass and RB James Connor had one rushing TD for Arizona. DJ Dallas did have a 96 yard kick return.

Bears 24-17 over the Titans: The Bears were down 17-3 entering halftime but their defense and special teams came to play. They blocked a kick which was returned for a TD and they picked off QB Will Levis twice with one being returned for a TD. RB Tony Pollard had a TD in his Titans debut.

Patriots 16-10 over the Bengals: Both teams had zero passing TDs but each had a rushing TD and four fumbles total. New England was actually up 13-0 for most of the game as kicker Joey Slye accounted for 10 of their points.

Texans 29-27 over the Colts: In this close divisional-young QB battle it was QB CJ Stroud who came out on top with two passing TDs both to WR Stefon Diggs in his debut and no turnovers.  QB Anthony Richardson did also have two TD passes with a rushing TD but had an interception. RB Joe Mixon had a rushing TD in his debut for the Texans while RB Jonathan Taylor also had a rushing TD for the Colts.

Dolphins 20-17 over the Jaguars: The Jaguars blew a 17-7 lead entering halftime as QB Tua Tagovailoa led his team to the second half comeback as they won a game winning field goal as time expired. He had one TD pass to WR Tyreek Hill who had 130 yards receiving. Jacksonville did have two fumbles in the game but QB Trevor Lawrence did have one TD pass. 

Saints 47-10 over the Panthers: The Saints destroyed their divisional rival Carolina with QB Derek Carr having three TD passes and both RBS Alvin Kamara/Jamaal Williams each had a rushing TD. Their defense forced a fumble and picked off QB Bryce Young twice. Plus the Saints kicker Blake Grupe accounted for 17 of their points.

Vikings 28-6 over the Giants: Daniel Jones had two interceptions with one being returned for a TD and his team had one fumble. QB Sam Darnold in his debut had two passing TDs and RB Aaron Jones also in his debut had a rushing TD.

Chargers 22-10 over the Raiders: QB Gardner Minshew in his debut had an interception and one of his team’s two fumbles plus their kicker missed a field goal. QB Justin Herbert threw one passing TD and RB JK Dobbins in his debut had a rushing TD for the Chargers.

Seahawks 26-20 over the Broncos: Well rookie QB Bo Nix’s debut for Denver didn’t go so well with two interceptions, no passing TDs and his team had two fumbles. QB Geno Smith had both a rushing TD and passing TD plus RB Kenneth Walker had a rushing TD for Seattle.

Buccaneers 37-20 over the Commanders: QB Baker Mayfield had four passing TDs with two going to WR Mike Evans. Rookie QB Jayden Daniels didn’t have the type of debut he wanted for Washington with no passing TDs, three fumbles but he did have two rushing TD’s.

Cowboys 33-17 over the Browns: The Cowboys got everything they wanted as they had a punt return TD, RB Eziekeil Elliott had a rushing TD in his return to Dallas and QB Dak Prescott had one TD pass. QB Deshaun Watson had two interceptions and one fumble on the Cleveland side.

Lions 26-20 over the Rams(OT): The Rams were down 17-3 entering halftime and came all the way back to take the lead late in the 4^th quarter. The Lions tied it with seconds left to force overtime and then won it on a game winning rushing TD by David Montgomery. WRs Cooper Kupp for the Rams had 112 yards receiving with a TD and Jameson Williams for the Lions had 121 yards receiving with a TD.

49ers 32-19 over the Jets: The Jets only led for a short time in the 1^st quarter outside of that it was a struggle to keep up with the 49ers. Kicker Jake Moody accounted for 20 of their points and third string RB Jordan Mason had 147 yards rushing with a rushing TD. WR Allen Lazard had two TDs for the Jets.