Also: Ja'Marr Chase played 40 of 48 snaps

The closing speed from Overshown here is unreal. (via Dallas Cowboys)

7. Joe Mixon received a league-leading 30 carries, and soaked up 33 of 37 backfield opportunities en route to 26.8 fantasy points. That was the most carries + targets he’s seen since Week 1 of 2022. He also led all RBs through the early games in weighted opportunities.

3rd and 11 and the Rams throw a quick WR screen.

You said it in your tweet -- it's week one Weird things happen in week one. Bad teams win games and good teams lose games. And specifically, for the Bengals, they seem to figure it out by week 4. We don't want to keep doing it, but they'll probably figure it out again.

YES. That's the issue and continues to be the issue. Defenses don't respect the Bengals run game, they don't respect the weapons to make somebody miss. Double Ja'Marr, speed up Burrow, force him to check down, rally and tackle.

Last time the Bengals gave Mixon 30+ touches? 2022 week 1 opener vs Pittsburgh 34 touches for 145 total yards

The Bengals had 48 plays on offense today The RBs touched it 17 times today (35.4% of total share) I would say a 40% share would be more comfortable, but that's not a much bigger clip.

The AVERAGE amount of passing yards on Sunday afternoon was 185. YIKES!

Per NextGenStats, Burrow was pressured at the 3rd lowest rate of his entire career. He only averaged 5.6 YPA with no pressure. The passing chart is insane considering.

We don't know how many runs were actually called. The Bengals usually have two plays called in the huddle and Burrow picks the one that should work against that defensive look.

Huge problem. Last season, the Bengals skill players forced 66 missed tackles on runs after the catch. Ja'Marr Chase: 17 Higgins: 4 Irwin: 1 Iosivas: 0 Charlie Jones: 0 Gesicki with NE: 0 So today, they had Irwin, Iosivas and Jones at WR and Gesicki at TE and the Patriots

Explosive pass play rate by season for the Bengals: 2021: 16.7% (4th in the NFL) 2022: 13.2% (20th in the NFL) 2023: 10.5% (29th in the NFL) 2024: 2.9% (TBD) Only the Bears (0) and Bengals (1) didn't register at least 2 explosive pass plays this week.

Teams scoring 20 points or less in week one Bengals Rams Ravens Browns Jaguars Titans Raiders Giants Panthers Falcons Broncos Commanders Dolphins (W) Patriots (W) Steelers (W) That's 15 of the 30 teams that have played so far. Only 3 wins.

Week 1 NFL passing touchdowns 2019 : 61 2020: 52 2021: 61 2022: 51 2023: 37 2024: 33* *Pending MNF