The Shenoa Report
September 8, 2022
Regular Season Week 1
Welcome back football, welcome back readers, welcome back The Shenoa Report.
This will be my 13th season writing this blog. I started it after a number of people asked me for my opinion on football and what teams they should root for. Please know that I am very biased, and this report is just my opinion!
The last time I wrote, the Bengals and Rams were headed to the Super Bowl. Honestly, that’s a sentence I never thought I’d write. I was happy to see the Rams win, but more so because OBJ and Matt Stafford finally got a Super Bowl Ring.
Travon Walker went #1 in the draft going to the Jaguars. Coincidently the Jags had the first pick in the 2021 draft as well. As you can see it really helped them..
Some notable moves in the off season include the Texans trading Deshaun Watson to the Cleveland Browns for 6 draft picks. The Seahawks traded Russell Wilson to the Broncos for QB Drew Lock, TE Noah Fant, DE Shelby Harris and 5 draft picks. Tyreek Hill is now a Dolphin, traded for 5 draft picks. Khalil Mack is no longer a Bear but a bolt instead. He went for just 2 draft picks. Davante Adams will now be catching passes from Derrick Carr as the Packers gave him up for just 2 draft picks. Matty Ice (Matt Ryan) is now a Colt, the Falcons got a 3rd round pick for him. A.J. Brown is now an Eagle. The Titans got 2 picks for him. Carson Wentz is now a Commander (another sentence I never thought I’d have to type). The Colts got 2 picks and a conditional 3rd pick. Hollywood (Marquise) Brown will now be catching passes from Kylar Murry and not Lamar Jackson. The Ravens got a first round pick for Brown. Amari Cooper got the short end of the trade stick, he’s now in Cleveland. The Cowboys got two draft picks for him.
The Lions were the stars of HBO’s Hard Knocks this pre-season, and the Cardinals will be the stars of the inseason Hard Knocks.
Ready, set, let’s do this!
Now...
WEEK 1
Thursday, September 8th
Bills @ Rams (8:20pm NBC)
The Super Bowl Champions will host the Bills in what should be a pretty decent, well matched game to kick off the 2022-23 season.
I’m going to have to root for and pick the Bills to win this game as I drafted Gabe Davis last night and I no longer have Cooper Kupp on my fantasy team, sniff sniff tear.
Sunday, September 11th
Steelers @ Bengals (1pm CBS)
Mitch Trubisky is now the starting quarterback for the Steelers. With that said I’m going to have to pick the Bengals to win their home opener.
Saints @ Falcons (1pm FOX)
Marcus Mariota is now the quarterback for the Falcons while the Saints retained Jameis Winston. I picked up Alvin Kamara with my second pick of the draft so I’m hoping he has a monster season. I’m picking the Saints to win this game.
Eagles @ Lions (1pm FOX)
I’ve really enjoyed watching the Lions in Hard Knocks this season and will be rooting for them all year. Also, this isn’t really breaking news, I still hate the Eagles. Though I did draft their defense and Devonta Smith in fantasy last night. With all that being said, I’m picking the Eagles to win this game, but would be very happy if I was wrong.
49ers @ Bears (1pm FOX)
Trey Lance will get the starting quarterback position for the 49ers and Justin Fields for the Bears. I think the 49ers have a better team and therefore will beat the Bears in week one.
Patriots @ Dolphins (1pm CBS)
This should be an evenly matched divisional game and I am picking the Patriots to win.
Jaguars @ Commanders (1pm FOX)
Welp, Washington finally got around to naming their football team. The Commanders. I thought it was a joke. Nope. I think I’ll continue to refer to them as the Football Team. I do think that the football team will beat the Jags. Wait, I take it back, they’ve got Carson Wentz as their starting quarterback. I’m picking the Jags to win this game.
Ravens @ Jets (1pm CBS)
Joe Flacco, former starting quarterback for the Ravens, will face his former team as the starting quarterback for the Jets. Sorry Flacco, I don’t think you have a chance at winning this game. I’m picking the Ravens for the win.
Browns @ Panthers (1pm CBS)
Speaking of former starting quarterbacks, Baker Mayfield will play his first regular season game as a Panther against his former team the Browns. The Browns will start quarterback Jacoby Brissett as Deshaun Watson is suspended the first 11 games of the season. I’m going to have to pick the Panthers to win this game as I picked up DJ Moore and no longer have Nick Chubb.
Colts @ Texans (1pm CBS)
Matt Ryan is now a Colt. It’s weird. Davis Mills is the Texans starting quarterback. The Colts still have RB Jonathan Taylor so I’m picking the Colts to win this game.
Chiefs @ Cardinals (4:25pm CBS)
I think this is going to be an evenly matched game. I picked up JuJu Smith-Schuster so I hope he becomes bffs with Patrick Mahomes this season. For this reason I am picking the Chiefs to win this game.
Raiders @ Chargers (4:25pm CBS)
The Raiders picked up Davante Adams in the offseason. Will this help Derek Carr? Maybe. Will they win this week? Probably not. I’m picking the Chargers to win their home opener.
NY Giants @ Titans (4:25pm FOX)
Ugh. This is going to be a long season. The Giants are now in their sixth “rebuilding” year and don’t seem to be getting any better. I could go on and on about how terrible they’ve been but I need to save some of my words for the rest of this season. I named my fantasy team GIANT Expectations again this season and I drafted Saquon Barkley. Maybe he’ll be better this year? I’m not dumb, I’m picking the Titans to win this game. I hope I’m wrong. GO GMEN!
Packers @ Vikings (4:25pm FOX)
Aaron doesn’t really have a WR1 anymore. I think it’s really going to hurt the Packers. I don’t like the Vikings per se but I did draft Dalvin Cook so I hope he also has a monster year. I think I’ll pick the Vikings to upset the Packers. Nah, just kidding, I’m picking the Packers for the win.
Buccaneers @ Cowboys (8:20pm NBC)
I hope you are sitting down for this. You guys, I drafted Tom Brady as my starting quarterback. I’m just going to let that sink in.
It should be an interesting season for Brady and the Bucs. I read a headline that said that Tom and Gisselle are not living together right now. This is good. Now he can focus on being a tier one QB and help me win my league this season. I’m picking the Bucs to win this game.
Monday September 12th
Broncos @ Seahawks (8:15pm ESPN/ABC)
The last quarterback shuffle of the week is Monday night when the Russell Wilson led Broncos face the Geno Smith led Seahawks. I don’t see great things happening for the Seahawks this season. I’m picking the Broncos to win this game. Most importantly, Peyton and Eli will be back with the Manning Cast!
Happy Week One!!!!!
GO GMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the edit Eric!
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