The NFL Player That You Were Most Impressed With After Week 1

[hucapn]

Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco have to get this award. For other positions it is a bit easier to get the hang of the speed of the NFL because the focus is never soely on the shoulders of an outside linebacker or a wide out. Middle linebacker and quarterback are the two most demanding positions for a rookie and Ryan and Flocco both stepped in on terrible football teams and made a positive impact.

[vaoutlaws2006]

Originally Posted by JWsleep

Man, that was a familiar look from Norvil. That brought back some bad memories.

did it ever...i watched that game with my brother, a panthers fan, and i was telling him after the game how familiar that looked....seeing a norv coached team blow it at the end. I was impressed with matt forte and the rookie wr last night for the broncos, the kid from VT, he made me happy we didnt go after that bonehead dangelo hall....two personal fouls back to back. Hes a perfect fit out there in oakland.

[doughtydoubter]

matt ryan and flaco have my votes..but i could change that to michael turner if he keeps this up

[WaldSkins]

Im going to go with Brett Farve. Only being with the team three weeks, he learned the offense and didnt make any critical mistakes. Its nice to see a QB pick up a new offense fairly quickly.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by WaldSkins

Im going to go with Brett Farve. Only being with the team three weeks, he learned the offense and didnt make any critical mistakes. Its nice to see a QB pick up a new offense fairly quickly.

Well he also got incredibly lucky on that 4th and 13 prayer he tossed up for grabs. He still has a long way to go in that offense, but he's experienced enough where he can wing it.

Did you hear him after the game? He said that at one point he called the same play two times in a row, he basically said "alright guys same play". Hilarious.

[Mistressxeg0]

Originally Posted by WaldSkins

Im going to go with Brett Farve. Only being with the team three weeks, he learned the offense and didnt make any critical mistakes. Its nice to see a QB pick up a new offense fairly quickly.

I agree.

He knows 75% of their playbook already for only being with the team three weeks.

[redsk1]

Turner was really impressive.

Felix Jones looked real good too.

[BleedBurgundy]

The entire Pittsburgh Steelers team. They did a pretty good New England Patriots impression on Sunday. They went to their backup QB early in the 2nd half... Nice to see a team win big with class.

[53Fan]

All the guys mentioned looked good. It is my hope that when Kelly takes the field we can say the same about him. The difference is, none of these TEAMS ( That I know of ) are learning a new offensive system. If the rest of the team does not play well, blocking etc., it makes it even harder on the rookies to look good.

[doughtydoubter]

yeah..poor norv..he was always a good coach even when he was here

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Delhomme & McNabb (unfortunately for us) appear to be back.
Turner is a monster.

Units that impressed:
Chicago's OL, who was much maligned in the off-season HANDLED Indy.
Steelers OL

Those that didn't impress:
Al Saunders offense in STL (LOL)

[htownskinfan]

tony romo

[Redskin Warrior]

Originally Posted by htownskinfan

tony romo

He impressed me too but I wasn't going to be the first one to admit it.

[htownskinfan]

Originally Posted by Redskin Warrior

He impressed me too but I wasn't going to be the first one to admit it.

I really just said that to get under some peoples skin
but I do like Romo,he's an undrafted free agent thats worked hard and went from almost being cut to # 3 qb to where he is now,and he just looks like he's having fun when he plays the game,I like that,I would trade JC for him in a second.
And Matty,no I dont think Romo would look as good as he does with our off line,but i think he would look better than JC

[mooby]

I'm giving it to Michael "The Burner" Turner and Matt Ryan. I've been waiting all these years to see what Turner could do if he was a featured back in an offense and needless to say he didn't disappoint me in his starting debut. Matt Ryan also did a lot better than most rookie quarterbacks I've seen over the years.