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2024 NFL Week 1 winners, losers: Darnold stars after leaving 49ers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
The NFL season is off and running.
After a pair of exciting games on Thursday and Friday to kick off the season, the rest of the league got things going on the first football Sunday of the 2024 campaign.
The early games delivered some thrilling action, with six of eight contests decided by one score.
The later games were mostly one-sided except for the Denver Broncos giving the Seattle Seahawks a late scare.
Here are the winners and losers from the Sunday games, the 49ers set to host the New York Jets on Monday night:
Loser: Bill Belichick
The New England Patriots couldn’t seem to do anything right in 2023. In Week 1 of 2024, the script was flipped.
Led by new head coach Jerod Mayo, the Patriots went on the road to Cincinnati and upset Joe Burrow’s Bengals 16-10. New England’s defense was the story, holding the Bengals to just 224 total yards and forcing two turnovers.
While it’s only one game, Belichick will certainly be criticized after seeing his former team perform so well without him. The roster largely is similar to last season aside from a change at quarterback to Jacoby Brissett. The veteran went 15 of 24 for 121 yards in Sunday’s victory, while most importantly taking care of the ball.
In his return to MetLife Stadium, the former New York Jets first-round pick dismantled the New York Giants.
Darnold led the Minnesota Vikings to an easy 28-6 win, completing 19 of 24 passes for 208 yards, two touchdowns and one interception.
It’s been a rough career so far for the 27-year-old quarterback, who has bounced around to four teams, including the 49ers, since being drafted in 2018. But now in the best situation of his career with head coach Kevin O’Connell and star receiver Justin Jefferson, perhaps 2024 will be the year he puts it all together.
The second year of the Bryce Young era looked a lot like the first on Sunday.
Last year’s No. 1 overall picked struggled…
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Author : NBC Sports BayArea
Publish date : 2024-09-09 01:48:32
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