Week 1 Recap

Welp preseason week 1 is in the books. To analyze how each team did, we need to start off with some important context. 1st is a look back at how each opponent fared in the 2023 season:

Carolina 2-15
WTF: 4-13
Chicago: 7-10
Atlanta: 7-10

Also, not all AFCE teams played their starters for this week’s matchup, who did?

New England: YES
NYJ: NO
Buffalo: YES
Miami: NO

So we’d expect each team that played starters to fare better than those who did not. Now let’s move on to the actual results.
Carolina: 3
New England: 17

WTF: 17
NYJ: 20

Chicago: 33
Buffalo: 6

Atlanta: 13
Miami: 20

Updated AFCE Standings
New England: 1-0
NYJ: 1-0
Miami: 1-0
Buffalo: 0-1

So things played out just about how we’d expect. The Pats played starters and beat up on a bottom-dweller, but one thing in particular does stand out. Joe Brady has a long way to go to get the Bills offense back on track to putting up numbers like they did with Stephon Diggs and Ken Dorsey. Stay tuned for next week’s in-depth analysis!