{"id":209707,"date":"2025-09-08T08:06:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T08:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/209707\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T08:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T08:06:12","slug":"nfl-week-1-grades-bills-earn-b-for-wild-win-over-ravens-aaron-rodgers-leads-steelers-to-solid-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/209707\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 1 grades: Bills earn &#8216;B+&#8217; for wild win over Ravens, Aaron Rodgers leads Steelers to solid mark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Article-featuredImageImg\" alt=\"NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Jets\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/steelers-jpeg.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"433\" width=\"770\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the Week 1 grades.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/cbssports.com\/nfl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a> season is off and running and like we do every year, we&#8217;re going to be grading every game that&#8217;s played between now and January.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The first week of the season always seems to get a little crazy and this year was no exception. In the early games on Sunday, we saw the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/CIN\/cincinnati-bengals\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> total just 141 yards in a win over the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/CLE\/cleveland-browns\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland Browns<\/a>. And then there was the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/IND\/indianapolis-colts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Indianapolis Colts<\/a>, who won their regular-season opener for the first time since 2013 and it was all thanks to <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/2179245\/daniel-jones\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Jones<\/a>. Yes, that Daniel Jones.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/419780\/aaron-rodgers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Rodgers<\/a> got revenge on the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/NYJ\/new-york-jets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Jets<\/a> and all he needed to make it happen was a 60-yard field goal from <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/1724930\/chris-boswell\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Boswell<\/a> in the final minute. Not every kicker was as reliable as Boswell, though. In Atlanta, the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/ATL\/atlanta-falcons\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Falcons<\/a> had a chance to force overtime against the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/TB\/tampa-bay-buccaneers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buccaneers<\/a>, but OT didn&#8217;t happen because the kick missed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The craziest game of all may have been the one that happened on Sunday night in Buffalo where the Bills stunned the Baltimore Ravens 41-40 after trailing 40-25 with just four minutes left.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a wild week, and now it&#8217;s time to grade every game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay 23-20 over AtlantaCincinnati 17-16 over ClevelandIndianapolis 33-8 over MiamiLas Vegas 20-13 over New EnglandArizona 20-13 over over New OrleansPittsburgh 34-32 over N.Y. JetsJacksonville 26-10 over CarolinaWashington 21-6 over N.Y. <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/NYG\/new-york-giants\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Giants<\/a>San Francisco 17-13 over SeattleL.A. Rams 14-9 over HoustonDenver 20-12 over TennesseeGreen Bay 27-13 over DetroitBuffalo 41-40 over BaltimorePhiladelphia 24-20 over Dallas (Thursday)L.A. <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/LAC\/los-angeles-chargers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chargers<\/a> 27-21 over <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/KC\/kansas-city-chiefs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chiefs<\/a> (Friday in Brazil)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Imagn Images Welcome to the Week 1 grades.\u00a0 The 2025 NFL season is off and running and like&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":209708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[2390,5229,115130,7140,6328,29354,58919,61675,29360,8996,13554,115129,8997,1544,13555,8998,52868,38925,52867,29345,29348,1261,9002,8017,90151,114536,66647,29333,112044,12949,11344,19158,12942,29334,3570,29356,35762,43575,535,8986,29342,9003,11138,20979,533,9004,405,403,4716,5287,5226,5225,1232,5228,5227,1105,1545,89022,12116,53144,3528,77634,114537,115132,61679,48479,39709,29358,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,534,115131,45044,96907],"class_list":["post-209707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-aaron-rodgers","tag-america","tag-andre-szmyt","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-baker-mayfield","tag-bijan-robinson","tag-brock-bowers","tag-bryce-young","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-ceedee-lamb","tag-chris-boswell","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-dak-prescott","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-daniel-jones","tag-deebo-samuel","tag-dk-metcalf","tag-drake-maye","tag-emeka-egbuka","tag-geno-smith","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-jacksonville-jaguars","tag-jacory-croskey-merritt","tag-jakobi-meyers","tag-jalen-carter","tag-jalen-hurts","tag-james-conner","tag-jaxson-dart","tag-joe-burrow","tag-joe-flacco","tag-justin-fields","tag-justin-herbert","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-keenan-allen","tag-kellen-moore","tag-kyler-murray","tag-las-vegas-raiders","tag-los-angeles-chargers","tag-marvin-harrison-jr","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-micah-parsons","tag-michael-penix-jr","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-giants","tag-new-york-jets","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-nfl","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-quentin-johnston","tag-russell-wilson","tag-spencer-rattler","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-travis-etienne","tag-tre-tucker","tag-trey-benson","tag-trey-mcbride","tag-tua-tagovailoa","tag-tyler-shough","tag-tyler-warren","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-washington-commanders","tag-xavier-gipson","tag-xavier-worthy","tag-younghoe-koo"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}