COMMENTARY
Only talk show hosts and player agents manage to put any permanent stock into unexpected Week 1 performances in the National Football League. So it’s only practical to understand who or what is driving the narrative while the likes of James Conner receives whispers of comparison to Le’Veon Bell in one corner, but Jonas Gray in another.
Which might be why you’ve heard about the sudden demise of old friend Jimmy Garoppolo.
After escaping the Houston Texans and exposed blockhead Bill O’Brien Sunday in their season-opener, the New England Patriots have officially turned the page on what was considered a tumultuous offseason, one filled with enough soap opera story lines to create a separate subdivision at TMZ.