eh, I didnt think the game was that bad.....The niners really look every bit like the super bowl team they were last year. Rodgers didnt look like he could move like the old days, but his arm still looked pretty awesome.
I think teams with good/great QBs come out and look pretty good week 1 for the most part....(im leaving rodgers out only bc he hasnt played in like 2 years) The chiefs, the bills, niners, lions, rams, ravens, texans...not calling Baker great, but he has a great repour with Evans now, cowboys....The good QBs can mask alot of garbage...The teams with not so good QBs typically looks like crap week 1...They need everything working...The o-line, the run game, the defense.....All of which are groups that need time playing together....And they dont get any of it now....Training camp is a joke, pre season is a bigger joke....Giants first team played 2 series in 3 pre season games. Rodgers didnt play 1 snap.
And really it makes sense....17 games now, 14 teams (almost half the league) make the playoffs....the games just don't mean as much as they used to.....That old bullshit of teams avoiding 0-2...that is LONG out the window now. Most of the playoff teams last year went 10-7, 9-8 packers got in, I think 12 wins was the best....There are no more 15-1 bears, 14-2 giants, 16-0 pats......Its starting to feel more like the baseball season....survive it with as little injuries as possible and get into the playoffs.
