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What I learned in Week 1 of the NFL season...

In Week 1 of the NFL season, I learned...

- ..., that for at least one week, courtesy of Tom Brady, 40 is not the new 25.

- ...Rex Ryan is about as gifted of an announcer as he was a coach.

- ...Carson Palmer is now showing his age on the field more than Hugh Hefner is at a nude beach.

- ..., if things don't start to improve, Russell Wilson may refer to his offensive line as "The Broken Condom."

- ...Matthew Stafford has a serious fear of playing while ahead.

- ...all the Rams needed to wake their offense up from a deeper slumber than Rip Van Winkle was to move from St. Louis to Los Angeles.

- ...the New York Giants' offense without Odell Beckham is like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich without PB & J.

- ...that referee John Hussey may be actor Tim Bagley's clone. (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0046730/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t7, https://www.google.com/search?q=ref+john+hussey&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiqkYmOxaDWAhWMLSYKHQfrAPcQ_AUIDCgD&biw=1342&bih=770)

- ...the Indianapolis Colts may be an average team with Andrew Luck, but they make the Cleveland Browns look like a Super Bowl contender without him.

- ...a lot of money may have been lost, as the two biggest blowouts wins were held by the Los Angeles Rams and Jacksonville Jaguars, two teams that combined to go 7-25 last year. As Chris Myers used to say on SportsCenter, "That deserves a wow."

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