{"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\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cleveland Browns<\/a>. And then there was the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/IND\/indianapolis-colts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aaron Rodgers<\/a> got revenge on the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/NYJ\/new-york-jets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chargers<\/a> 27-21 over <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/KC\/kansas-city-chiefs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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":""},"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":{"0":"post-209707","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-aaron-rodgers","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-andre-szmyt","11":"tag-arizona-cardinals","12":"tag-atlanta-falcons","13":"tag-baker-mayfield","14":"tag-bijan-robinson","15":"tag-brock-bowers","16":"tag-bryce-young","17":"tag-carolina-panthers","18":"tag-ceedee-lamb","19":"tag-chris-boswell","20":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","21":"tag-cleveland-browns","22":"tag-dak-prescott","23":"tag-dallas-cowboys","24":"tag-daniel-jones","25":"tag-deebo-samuel","26":"tag-dk-metcalf","27":"tag-drake-maye","28":"tag-emeka-egbuka","29":"tag-geno-smith","30":"tag-indianapolis-colts","31":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","32":"tag-jacory-croskey-merritt","33":"tag-jakobi-meyers","34":"tag-jalen-carter","35":"tag-jalen-hurts","36":"tag-james-conner","37":"tag-jaxson-dart","38":"tag-joe-burrow","39":"tag-joe-flacco","40":"tag-justin-fields","41":"tag-justin-herbert","42":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","43":"tag-keenan-allen","44":"tag-kellen-moore","45":"tag-kyler-murray","46":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","47":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","48":"tag-marvin-harrison-jr","49":"tag-miami-dolphins","50":"tag-micah-parsons","51":"tag-michael-penix-jr","52":"tag-new-england-patriots","53":"tag-new-orleans-saints","54":"tag-new-york","55":"tag-new-york-city","56":"tag-new-york-giants","57":"tag-new-york-jets","58":"tag-newyork","59":"tag-newyorkcity","60":"tag-nfl","61":"tag-ny","62":"tag-nyc","63":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","64":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","65":"tag-quentin-johnston","66":"tag-russell-wilson","67":"tag-spencer-rattler","68":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","69":"tag-travis-etienne","70":"tag-tre-tucker","71":"tag-trey-benson","72":"tag-trey-mcbride","73":"tag-tua-tagovailoa","74":"tag-tyler-shough","75":"tag-tyler-warren","76":"tag-united-states","77":"tag-united-states-of-america","78":"tag-unitedstates","79":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","80":"tag-us","81":"tag-usa","82":"tag-washington-commanders","83":"tag-xavier-gipson","84":"tag-xavier-worthy","85":"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}]}}