Sep 16 2004
It’s just one game
Peter King of Sports Illustrated reminds people not to get too worked up over Game 1.
Lest you take the first game of the season as some indicator of January success or failure, let me remind you of these scores from opening weekend 2003:Buffalo 31, New England 0.
Atlanta 27, Dallas 13.
New York Giants 23, St. Louis 13.
Pittsburgh 34, Baltimore 15.
And, on Monday night, Tampa Bay 17, Philadelphia 0.
The Bucs went on to win seven, Buffalo and Pittsburgh six, Houston five and the Giants four. The five losers made the playoffs. The Patriots, you might recall, had a pretty decent year. After such decisive openers, the fortunes of all 10 teams turned radically in the next four months.
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