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#2 Believe: Devin Singletary could be a special running back
When I put together my positional rankings for the draft in April, I had this kid at number three right behind Josh Jacobs and David Montgomery, who both showed some serious flashes in their first games, even though less in the case for Montgomery who simply didn’t get the touches he deserved. However, nobody made more with limited opportunities in their season-opener than the Bills' rookie running back.
By letting LeSean McCoy go shortly before week one, Buffalo made a clear statement that they want to feature their third-round pick. Throughout the preseason Singletary had shown vision, balance and toughness to be a better in-between the tackles ball-carrier than given credit for. In his first regular season action, the young man gained 98 yards on just nine touches, with a couple of his receptions coming on check-downs just beyond the line of scrimmage.
While Frank Gore took away some plays early on and was used as a pass-protector on third downs, Singletary ended the game with 70 percent of the offensive snaps and from what I saw in preseason, I think he can definitely get the job done in blitz-pickup to stay on the field. I expect him to only touch the ball more going forward and he is a dynamic guy in space, with all the burst and open field moves you want to see.
#2 Ignore: The Cleveland Browns are overrated
Well, you could still argue that the hype the Browns received over the offseason was too much and they should still not be looked at as true Super Bowl contenders probably, but as far as this week one loss goes, I think this might be the best thing that could have happened to this team. All the noise coming out of Cleveland worked against them and a 30-point defeat will bring them right back to earth, by focusing on in-house things only.
Looking at their play on the field, the score was 15-13 with two minutes left in the third quarter before Derrick Henry went 75 yards on a throwback screen pass on the very next snap. The final five drives all ended in turnovers and Baker Mayfield just forced the issues way too much, throwing three picks to end the game. While I had them winning ten games in my preseason predictions and this was one of the wins, I still think they can go 9-7.
Looking at this team, the talent is just too much for them not to be a dangerous squad. Not every week will they face a defensive gameplan as complex as the Titans' and they should go back to handing the rock to Nick Chubb more. However, they do need to seriously clean up their penalties and a trade for Trent Williams with all their offensive tackle issues almost makes too much sense at this point.
