Predicting Week 1 NFL matchups is something of a fool's errand, isn't it? We followed the free agency and draft additions, we followed training camp updates religiously and we tuned into the preseason.
And yet, when it comes to predicting how these teams will actually perform on the field this year, the only thing that matters is game action. We'll see our first of it tonight, after 215 long days with no football.
Plenty of NFL teams have new head coaches, new assistant coaches and new quarterbacks this year, and with all those wild cards afoot, there's no question we'll get some wonky, surprise results after the Week 1 action.