Week One.
Week one of the 2024 NFL season was an exciting one! *checks notes* Excruciating one for many of us. A The Assistant to the GM and I wanted to take a minute and go over some situations of what we saw this week, so everyone keeps there. *Let me finish*. Head on right. Lets roll some tape see what happened.
** The first week of games seemed pretty underwhelming, can you comment on that, GM?
It’s assistant to the GM, and yes the first 16 games seemed to have very little air yards in them, with only 9 receivers and 1 TE to crack 100yrds. And I promise you none of our script writers had Isaiah Likely or Alec Pierce in the top 7 in receiving yards. Less throwing typically correlates with less touchdowns, and in week 1 we had 35 of them including defensive TDs. A notable anecdote, in 24 years no first round QB has thrown for less than Caleb Williams did.
*** And what do you say about INTs?
I mean, you’re not wrong. Those 23 INTs were the most thrown in the last 6 years.
*** So What do you say to the league GMs who may feel a little shaky after the first week, with an average of 200yrd passing yards. Is it time to panic?
Don’t be ridiculous. First off its week one. Like, sure the hype was real but give the boys a chance. In fact to end this conversation about game play for week one did you know?
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The 200avg passing yrds from week one was the highest of any week one in the last 6 years?
***But Touchdowns, wasn’t this the lowest number of touchdowns in that same span?
[whispers to Assistant to the GMs, assistant] I really don’t have much of a rebuttal for this one. The TD average through the last 5 years was 50.5 and this year was an abysmal 33. While a nearly 20 TD decline is drastic we have all been around the game long enough to recognize negative regression. And it doesn’t ^always^ last forever.
[points to another reporter]
***After the first week theres a pretty obvious story line that played out, injuries. CMC, Jordan Love, Puka Nacua, Njoku, Jake Ferguson. How does this play out for GMS?
Well, I mean this is a contact sport. Guys play hard but at the end of the day that’s why we have a depth chart. Right? We may need to look down the list for a couple weeks but you don’t championship in the first week. Year after year we panic, stand in the ruins of week one like Sid the Sloth “They do this every year”.
***So would you say our reactions are over the top?
Yes we have a long season ahead of us. Just stay the course and pay attention to reports. There's a breakout every season and this one will be no different. Thank you.
[Trips out of screen]
