Cowherd Flags 3 NFL Week 1 Overreactions as Bears Jump and Chiefs Reenter Rankings
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 15
Cowherd Flags 3 NFL Week 1 Overreactions as Bears Jump and Chiefs Reenter Rankings
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 15
Summary
Week 1 accounts for just 5.9% of the NFL season, and Colin Cowherd used his Week 2 power rankings to argue that early judgments are already overshooting the evidence.
The Rams missing the playoffs is his clearest overreaction: Los Angeles lost one game in Australia to San Francisco after late travel, without Aaron Donald, while Myles Garrett is now sidelined at least 4 games.
Chicago’s 59-point opener impressed Cowherd enough to move the Bears up, but he said talk of a historic 40-point-per-game offense ignores Carolina’s 3 turnovers, 11 penalties and unsustainably perfect red-zone efficiency.
The Chargers’ 117-yard second half in a home upset to Arizona also did not convince him that Mike McDaniel and Justin Herbert are a failed pairing, given a new interior line and the learning curve in McDaniel’s scheme.
Cowherd closed by saying some Week 1 takes may hold up — including the Chiefs and Bengals as top AFC contenders — while warning that 94% of the season still remains.