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NFL Week 1 Overreaction: Are the Cam Newton Patriots for Real?

For the last six months or so, many of us have simply craved some normalcy.

The first Sunday NFL experience of the 2020 season certainly delivered that with the voices of Joe Buck, Jim Nantz and Al Michaels, a standard Philip Rivers fourth-quarter meltdown, appearances from the same old Detroit Lions and samer, older Cleveland Browns and dozens of other Sunday football staples.

Of course, there were also surprises—both good and bad—and performances that raised eyebrows just a little higher and more forcefully than expected. And because we're working with a one-game sample for 28 teams this morning, it's tempting to overreact.