Exaggerated reaction of the first week of the 2025-26 season -

The regular NFL season looks like no other in North American sports. The teams only play 17 games, which gives each competition that it is the most important match in the world. This also leads fans and media members to make general statements on how the season will take place according to the result of a single match. In this spirit, let’s analyze some of the hottest sockets to get out of the first week and determining if they are an excessive reaction or not.

Bills are the best AFC team.

They may have the best quarter-rear in the NFL right now, but from top to bottom, they are probably the second best AFC team. Even if they have lost, the Ravens have a better list than the Bills. Their ball carrier, WR1, the seconds and the secondary are better than those of Buffalo. Josh Allen is just a little better than Lamar Jackson. The offensive and defensive lines are quite uniform. The loss means that the bills were better that day. This does not mean that they are a better team overall.

Overreaction

Micah Parsons should be the favorite to win the prize for the defensive player of the year.

Since the 2012-13 season, nine people have won the NFL defensive player award. Six of these nine individuals were defensive line players and / or writing specialists. While things are currently being held, eight people have a very strong chance of winning the DPOTY 2025 prize: Pat SURINE II, Micah Parsons, Nick Bosa, Roquan Smith, Zack Baun, Myles Garrett, TJ Watt and Trey Hendrickson. Parsons, even on a limited snap count, looked like the best defensive player in the league in the first week. If he can continue to play at the level that we saw during the first week, while playing more and more every week, he will win the prize of the defensive player of the year at the end of the regular season.

Appropriate reaction

The Detroit Lions Super Bowl window closed its doors.

The first week is generally an anomaly for most teams, because they have not yet established their identity for the season. The Eagles of Philadelphia began last year 2-2, while the Saints of New Orleans were 2-0 to open the 2024-25 campaign. The Lions break in a new attacking coordinator, a new defensive coordinator and some new attacking lines. These scan changes will take time to get used to it. Detroit may seem bad during the first week, but they will play more as a championship caliber team over the season. Once you have participated in the playoffs, anything can happen, so it is premature to close the door on the lions.

Overreaction

On September 10, 2025, the “Phins were the worst NFL team, technically speaking. They are 0-1, like 16 other teams in the League, but they have the worst differential points in football (-25). Based on these two factors, they are the worst team of the League. The Browns of Cleveland and the Saints have kept their close matches, while the Carolina Panthers have a better differential of points than Miami. No one looks worse than dolphins right now, but that could change the second week.

Appropriate reaction

The chiefs of Kansas City is over.

A loss of a neutral site of six points against a divisional rival during the first week of the season does not mean the end of a dynasty. This could mark the beginning of the end, but it is not as if the chiefs were suddenly going to be a losing organization while employing Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes and Steve Spagnuolo. That being said, it looks like the weakest team of the Patrick Mahomes era, so there has been a shot for the first time on the Super Bowl since 2022. No matter, not doing the Super Bowl should not be considered the end of the world or the end of the best North American sports dynasty of the 2020s.

Overreaction

Bo Nix will have a very bad second -year recession.

Broncos have a much more difficult calendar this year than last season. During the 2024-25 campaign, they beat bad teams such as jets, panthers, raids, saints, browns, etc. This year, it seems that Denver has two easy victories: against the giants and the jaguars. In addition to that, it will be very difficult for Bo Nix to reproduce the performance of last year, when he launched the second more affected by a quarter of his recruit season. TD numbers will be down and turnover will increase this year.

Appropriate reaction

The Chicago Bears must go from Caleb Williams.

He holds football for too long in his pocket. It uses too often. He still takes a long time to read his progressions in the field. But the talent is so clearly there. All you have to do is look at the pass of the first trimester he made in Rome Odunze on the key line while rushing outside the pocket. It is a former overall number one choice that always looked promising in its first match under a new head coach. The quarters need time to develop. It would be stupid for Chicago to start looking for a new QB after this season. Caleb Williams has too much potential.

Overreaction

The Philadelphia Eagles are not the best NFL team.

As I said yesterday, the defense is required to take a notable step back. They lost seven key contributors on this side of the ball alone, which essentially guarantees that this unit will not be as effective as last year, when the regular season ended in the first two in authorized points and yards. At the same time, the Eagles start a new right guard and already treating an injury to Landon Dickerson, which will make it difficult for this group to be as dominant as last season. With a calendar meat grinder to start, the Eagles will not be the best team in the League this year.