Every week all through the 2023 NFL season, I’ll be recapping all of the motion and information from across the AFC East that week. With Week 1 within the books, let’s dive proper in.
The Miami Dolphins edged out the Los Angeles Chargers 36-34, in a sport that went right down to the ultimate play. The New York Jets confronted off at dwelling towards the Buffalo Payments, and squeaked out a 22-16 win in time beyond regulation in thrilling style. The New England Patriots kicked off their season at dwelling towards the Philadelphia Eagles, however misplaced by a rating of 20-25.
AFC East Standings
New York Jets (1-0) General; (1-0) Division
Miami Dolphins (1-0) General; (0-0) Division
New England Patriots (0-1) General; (0-0) Division
Buffalo Payments (0-1) General; (0-1) Division
AFC East Headlines
Josh Allen, The place Did You Go?
Buffalo Payments quarterback Josh Allen couldn’t have had a worse begin to the season, throwing for 236 yards, one landing, three interceptions and shedding one fumble towards Jets. The 2-time Professional Bowler at present seems to be a shadow of his former self, and has 39 turnovers in his final 19 NFL video games. Since getting into the league in 2018, he leads all gamers with 82 turnovers.
In a sport the place the Jets misplaced their beginning quarterback inside minutes of kickoff, a easy, clear, and environment friendly gameplan would’ve seen the Payments depart MetLife Stadium with a win. Nevertheless, Buffalo’s offense was completely erratic, and far of the loss falls on Josh Allen.
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Aaron Rodgers Goes Down With Harm
After buying and selling for future Corridor of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers within the offseason, Jets followers had a lot to be optimistic about heading into the brand new season. Nevertheless, Rodgers suffered an unlucky Achilles harm early within the first quarter, earlier than even finishing a single cross. He missed the rest of the sport, and is scheduled to bear an MRI in the present day. The extent of his harm is at present unknown.
The harm comes as an enormous loss to the Jets, who will now look to Third-year quarterback (and former No. 2 general choose) Zach Wilson to guide their group for the foreseeable future.
UPDATE: Aaron Rodgers suffered an entire tear of his left Achilles on Monday, and can possible be out for the season, as per Ian Rapoport of NFL Community.
Patriots Present Combat, However Come Up Quick
A group that many predicted to complete 4th within the AFC East this season, the Patriots are at present residing as much as expectations. Nevertheless, dealing with off towards final season’s NFC Champions, the Patriots truly held their very own at dwelling towards the Eagles, and didn’t go down with out a struggle.
Patriots quarterback Mac Jones appeared a lot improved from final 12 months’s sophomore droop, and completed the sport with 316 yards, three touchdowns, one interception, and a passer ranking of 91.3, whereas finishing 35 of his 54 cross makes an attempt (64%). New offensive coordinator Invoice O’Brien drew up a intelligent gameplan for the Patriots offense, and mixed with Invoice Belichick’s defensive nous, I wouldn’t be so fast to depend them out this season.
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