2015 Season - Week #1

Cleveland Browns @ New York Jets

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CLEVELAND           7         17       7         7         38

NEW YORK              7         0         0         0         7

NEW YORK – A nightmare start for the 2015 New York Jets (0-1) led to an eventual 38-7 defeat at the hands of the Cleveland Browns (1-0) Sunday at Metlife Stadium.

Cam Newton threw a trio of first half interceptions to remove all momentum after a first quarter, first drive, 60-yard touchdown run by Shane Vereen. 

“This one’s on me man,” Newton said. “I let everyone down. We will bounce back next week for sure.”

The New York rush defense held up against the Cleveland ground attack, but the Johnny Manziel to Gary Barnbridge combination proved fatal to the Jets.

The Jets travel to Indianapolis next week to face the Colts.

Indianapolis Colts @ Buffalo Bills

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INDIANAPOLIS      3         17       0         8         28

BUFFALO                 0         7         14       10       31

BUFFALO – Aaron Rodgers worked his last second magic again to open the 2015 Buffalo Bills (1-0) campaign with a stunning walk-off victory against the Indianapolis Colts (0-1) Sunday afternoon.

A 4^th Quarter roughing the passer penalty by IK Empali kept the game-tying Colts drive alive with 3:22 remaining in the game.

At 28-28, with 60,000 Bills fans stunned after the improbable (and penalty-aided) Colts comeback, Rodgers orchestrated a 6-play, 55-yard drive into field goal range to calm the fears of the masses – including a 27-yard strike to wide receiver Tyler Lockett with 00:01 left on the clock.

“I knew where Dan’s (Carpenter) range was and we needed to hit that spot,” Rodgers said. “Tyler (Lockett) made a great catch and we had that timeout which helped us use the entire field.”

With Andrew Luck leaving after the first series of the game with a collarbone injury, Matt Hasselbeck led the Indianapolis attack in an uneven fashion with a pair of TD passes to go along with a trio of fumbles (2 lost).

“I wasn’t good enough today,” Hasselbeck said. “Hopefully we can get Andrew back next week against the Jets.”

Next week the Bills square off against the reigning Super Bowl champion New England Patriots.

Miami Dolphins @ Washington Redskins

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MIAMI                      7         0           0         0         7

WASHINGTON        3         20       10       10       43

WASHINGTON DC – After forcing the Washington Redskins (1-0) to kick a 22-yard field goal, the Miami Dolphins (0-1) methodically marched down the field with an 18-play, 78-yard touchdown drive to put them up 7-3. That is where the good news for the Dolphins ended.

With 4 interceptions by quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, a porous run defense, and Justin Tucker spraying the endzone with missed field goal opportunities, your 2015 Miami Dolphins look to be the front-runners for the number one pick in the draft.

“We stunk,” head coach Joe Philbin said after the game. “We will be making some immediate changes."

Philbin was a man of his word. Yahoo! Sports reported that, in the locker room following the game, Philbin fired offensive coordinator Bill Lazor and defensive coordinator Kevin Coyle during a heated discussion about play-calling. Philbin then held a players only meeting and told the team they would be getting ‘old school’ moving forward by transitioning back into a 4-3 defense with an emphasis on running the football on offense.
The circus that is the Miami Dolphins will take on the 1-0 Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.