With the schedule imbalance from morning to afternoon, I'll throw the primetime game in here to beef it up a bit too. Four total in this post, with the first in...
Tampa Bay, as the Buccaneers host the Carolina Panthers. Tampa Bay opened in the first quarter as Josh Freeman threw a 6 yard touchdown pass to Mike Williams. The Buccaneers added on with a 36 yard field goal from Connor Barth. Tampa Bay struck again in the second quarter as Barth nailed a 20 yard field goal. Carolina got on the board in the third quarter as Cam Newton passed 22 yards to Brandon LaFell, and then Justin Medlock kicked in the extra point. The Buccaneers extended the lead with a fourth quarter field goal from Barth, good from 40 yards away. The Panthers shot back as Medlock nailed a field goal of 21 yards. This made it 16-10, a final, with Tampa Bay going to 1-0 and Carolina falling to 0-1.
Way to the west, the Arizona Cardinals host the Seattle Seahawks. Seattle began in the first quarter with a 27 yard field goal from Steven Hauschka. Arizona tied it with a 21 yard field from Jay Feely. The Cardinals took the lead in the second quarter as LaRod Stephens-Howling ran 1 yard for a touchdown, and Feely added on the extra point. Arizona added on in the third quarter as Feely nailed a field goal of 31 yards. The Seahawks shot back as Russell Wilson found Sidney Rice for a 10 yard touchdown pass, and Hauschka tacked on the extra point. Seattle tied it as Hauschka kicked in a 47 yard field goal. The Seahawks took the lead in the fourth quarter as Hauschka booted a field goal of 39 yards. The Cardinals regained the lead as Kevin Kolb connected with Andre Roberts on a 6 yard touchdown, and Feely made the extra point. They weathered a strong storm at the end for a 23-20 win, and improved to 1-0, while Seattle went to 0-1.
Up in Green Bay, the Packers host the San Francisco 49ers. San Francisco started in the first quarter on a field goal by David Akers from 40 yards out. The 49ers added on in the second quarter as Alex Smith threw a 14 yard touchdown pass to Randy Moss, and Akers supplied the extra point. Green Bay got on the board as Aaron Rodgers threw a 1 yard touchdown to Jermichael Finley, and then Mason Crosby tacked on the extra point. San Francisco extended the lead with an Akers 43 yard field goal. The 49ers struck again as Akers booted a stunning 63 yard field goal to end the half. San Francisco padded the lead in the third quarter as Smith tossed a 4 yard touchdown pass to Vernon Davis, and Akers supplied the PAT. The Packers got some back in the fourth quarter as Randall Cobb returned a punt 75 yards to the end zone for a touchdown, followed by Rodgers passing to Jordy Nelson for the two-point conversion. The 49ers extended the lead again on a 23 yard Frank Gore touchdown run, with Akers nailing the extra point. Green Bay replied on a 10 yard touchdown from Rodgers to James Jones, iced off by a Crosby extra point. They couldn't tie it up, losing 30-22, with San Francisco going to 1-0 and Green Bay falling to 0-1.
The Sunday Night game wraps the post up, as the Denver Broncos host the Pittsburgh Steelers. Pittsburgh led off with a second quarter Shaun Suisham field goal of 21 yards. Denver took the lead on a 7 yard touchdown run by Knowshon Moreno, and Matt Prater converted the extra point. The Steelers took the lead back as Ben Roethlisberger found Heath Miller on a 4 yard touchdown pass, iced off with a Suisham extra point. Pittsburgh added on in the third quarter as Suisham kicked a 35 yard field goal. The Broncos edged back ahead as Peyton Manning hooked up with Demaryius Thomas on a 71 yard touchdown connection, and Prater kicked the go-ahead extra point. The Steelers went back ahead in the fourth quarter on a Roethlisberger 3 yard touchdown pass to Mike Wallace, but he failed on the two-point attempt to Leonard Pope. Denver took the lead back as Manning passed 1 yard for a touchdown to Jacob Tamme, and then Manning found Willis McGehee on the two-point conversion. The Broncos extended the lead on a Prater field goal of 26 yards. Denver iced it with Tracy Porter picking off Roethlisberger and taking it 44 yards to the end zone for a touchdown, but the two-point attempt failed as McGehee could not run the ball in. This finished the scoring at 31-19, with Denver going to 1-0 and Pittsburgh falling to 0-1.
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