Week 1 Thoughts

First off my apologies to the betting public, as going 1-2 is no way to start a season.  That being said, the Jets and Cowboys scored the last 17 basically from defense, so that should have went under.  Pittsburgh threw up on themselves and kudos to the Ravens who actually looked like they knew the preseason ended a week prior.  This will be the first overreaction as everybody will start saying that the Steelers are not that good and this will be a down year.  It was a bad game and that happens, they will figure it out and be fine.  The Ravens will be much better on offense this year and I like Flacco as a fantasy option.
Cam Newton will easily get the 15 passing and 8-10 rushing touchdowns I mentioned recently, but do not expect what he did yesterday to be the norm.  What I learned more than anything watching that game is that the Arizona Cardinals defense is bad.  Newton did not face much of a rush and the coverage looked more like high school as their were some pretty wide open guys that Newton was throwing to.  He did look good and he was not missing the open receivers, which is the important part.  If they get near the goal line, he is going to score some touchdowns though.
Dez Bryant, if he can stay healthy, will be an absolute beast and will finish as a top 5 receiver.  Not sure if he will stay healthy though.  Romo likes him and this kid will take the ball from people.  If you can trade for him right now in fantasy, I would go and get him.  He will be that good.
I can't tell if Mike Shanahan knows what he is doing or if the Giants have absolutely no clue what they are doing.
Stat of the week, the Dallas Cowboys were 241-0-1 in games where they held a 14 point lead in the 4th quarter prior to last night.  Not exactly, the way to start your first season starting as a head coach.  Cue all of the it wasn't his fault people.  My only response would be simple 241-0-1 prior to last night.  Pretty tough to argue with that logic.

Quick Thoughts

Here are a couple of guys who I think are still good players and good fantasy options, but I think will take a step back due to other mitigating factors.  Desean Jackson, who is an immense talent, will not put up the crazy numbers he has been due to Maclin, Celek, McCoy and now Steve Smith becoming more integral parts of the offense.  McCoy and Maclin really started to take off in the latter part of the season and I only expect that to be more of the case.  Jackson will still have a few of those crazy games where he just goes off though, just not as often as in the past.  Hakeem Nicks will have a quieter year as he will face a lot more double teams now that Eli Manning's security blankets Kevin Boss and Steve Smith have moved on.  This will also make Mario Manningham a much better option, I would keep him on my bench in fantasy until he becomes the consistent receiver I expect.  Miles Austin will start to decline a bit as Dez Bryant will become a top receiver this year, leaving Austin to still make a good amount of receptions just don't expect the touchdown production.

If you are the New Orleans Saints and are going to try and run it from the one against a much better defensive line, at least put in Pierre Thomas who is lighter and might be able to get a little bit more vertical.  Honestly, as has already been pointed out ad nauseam, they should have kept it in Brees' hands and let him throw the ball against the Green Bay defense.

Lasty, I just wanted to pat myself on the back as although everybody knew coming into this season that the Packers had a very good offense, not too many people were talking about this draft pick in the mid rounds that they made.

From April 30th post:

 "Randall Cobb just made Green Bay a very scary offense, enough said."