Ken Griffey Jr. is visiting tonight one final time at the Coliseum, site of his first MLB hit, April 3, 1989 vs Dave Stewart, a 1st inning double on the 2nd pitch he saw in the big leagues

The Chiefs are far better than the #Raiders. A big reason for that is that the Chiefs drafted and extended players like Kelce, Chris Jones and Mahomes.

This is just for Week 1 so guys like Aiyuk and Bosa who played a lot as rookies but didn't start Week 1. #49ers rank 16th in total snaps played by rookies since 2017

Best passer rating in season openers in Super Bowl era (min 5+ starts): Patrick Mahomes 125.6 Lamar Jackson 123.6 Brian Griese 107.1 (Mahomes has 20 TD passes and 1 INT in 6 career Week 1 starts)

First career start for No. 1 pick QBs since 2000. They are 0-14-1 in last 15 1st starts headed into Caleb Williams vs Titans: Bryce Young, 2023, 48.8 rating, 24-10 L Trevor Lawrence, 2021, 70.2, 23-13 L Joe Burrow, 2020, 66.1, 16-13 L Kyler Murray, 2019, 75.2, 27-27 T Baker

Highest passer rating for No. 1 pick QBs in their first starts: Cam Newton, 2011 draft, 110.4 for Panthers Carson Palmer, 2003, 105.2 for Bengals (came in 1st start in year 2) JaMarcus Russell, 2007, 91.3 for #Raiders

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Nate Hobbs wasn’t a home run. Maxx Crosby was a home run. Nate Hobbs was a good pick for #Raiders but home runs are a much higher level

Look at who’s No. 3 on this list! Higher than I would have him

For those of you skeptical about Derek Carr being #3, we get it Worth noting: Top 5 QBs in PAA from Week 7 on last season were Allen, Mahomes, Love, Carr, Jackson - and once you got past Jackson, there was a big drop to everyone else

I spent a lot of hours listening to those two

Aaron Rodgers is ready for his return & ‘a little smirk’ might mark his 5th snap in #Jets’ opener. “Part of the turning the page was last year coming back to practice. Then the other part was, you know, OTAs & training camp and all that. So I feel ready.” apnews.com/article/jets-a…

#49ers Brock Purdy comes in 10th in these QB rankings. #Raiders Gardner Minshew and former Raider Derek Carr are not among the 21 QBs to get votes

Most TDs since 2016: Derrick Henry 94 Davante Adams 91 Tyreek Hill 89 Ezekiel Elliott 85 Christian McCaffrey 81

Longest TD run in NFL debut for Chiefs player since merger: Christian Okoye 43 yds vs Chargers 9/13/1987 Clyde Edwards-Helaire 27 yds vs Texans 9/10/2020 Xavier Worthy 21 yds vs Ravens tonight

The story isn't new for Davante Adams and the #Raiders apnews.com/article/davant…

Patrick Mahomes now has 20 TD passes and 2 INTs in his career in season openers. The only other INT came last year vs Lions when a drop by Kadarius Toney turned into a pick 6 for Brian Branch

Xavier Worthy is second player since merger with a TD catch of 20+ yards and a TD run of 20+ yards in his NFL debut. James Brim did it as replacement player in 1987 for Vikings vs Packers

Andy Reid is now 17-9 in season openers. Only coaches to win more openers: George Halas 26-12-2 Tom Landry 22-6-1 Curly Lambeau 21-10-2 Bill Belichick 18-11

Chiefs players to score 2+ TDs in their 1st career game: Xavier Worthy tonight Kareem Hunt 9/7/2017 vs Patriots Robert Holmes 9/22/1968 vs Broncos