The Jets’ defense had a counter for the Bills’ top-rated offense, the Raiders’ collapses aren’t Davante Adams’s fault, and Joe Burrow got a lift from Bengals not named Ja’Marr Chase.
Von Miller leads the Bills against the Rams, Tom Brady and Dak Prescott trade shots, and the Raiders and Chargers pick up where they left off. But do home teams have any edge in Week 1?
The four-time most valuable player had been locked in conflict with the team over his influence in personnel decisions, a drama which amplified scrutiny of Rodgers’s tumultuous season and cast his future into doubt.
Green Bay’s defense has become one of the N.F.L.’s toughest despite missing two of its biggest stars. Curiously, the unit’s role in the team’s success has been overshadowed.