On the first Sunday of the season, Tom Brady took the helm as the NFL great took his place in the broadcast booth. Nine clubs began the season with new quarterbacks, eight with new head coaches.
Notable comeback victories were secured by the Chicago Bears, Buffalo Bills, and Miami Dolphins, while the New England Patriots pulled off the biggest upset of the day by defeating the Cincinnati Bengals.
And the Detroit Lions defeated the Los Angeles Rams in exciting overtime in the night’s final game.
But in many of the games on Sunday, the outcome was not the main focus.
As the fourth quarterback chosen with the first overall pick in the draft to win in his rookie season’s first week, Caleb Williams became a member of an elite group, but his introduction was anything but spectacular.
Despite the fact that the Chicago Bears overcame a 17-point deficit to defeat the Tennessee Titans 24–17, Williams only completed 93 yards of passing with no touchdowns; instead, his defense and special teams performed the heavy lifting.
Yes, statistics are unimportant to me. I feel terrific,” Williams said. Williams won on his first start, going where the previous fifteen top-pick quarterbacks had not.
