Week 1 of the NFL is just about over. Just the Ravens-Jets showdown Monday night followed by Chiefs-Chargers. Who the hell is the genius that booked the Chiefs for the Monday Night Football opening night?

Anywho, the games that have already taken place has left me with a myriad of impressions. See that? "Myriad"? That's a grown up word 'round these parts. Let's recap, shall we?

For all the talk about how preseason doesn't matter, it sure as hell looked like it did. Maybe I'm just getting older and my memory is starting to go in the crapper, but I just don't remember this many games looking so sloppy on opening week.

The supposedly potent Bengals, were anything but. Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo looked like he was on different pages than his receivers. Hell sometimes it looked as if they weren't even reading the same damn book. Redskins quarterback Donovan McNabb didn't fare that much better. It took Giants passer Eli Manning a little bit to get in gear, Eagles quarterback Kevin Kolb didn't even make it through the whole game, and Peyton Manning lost to the Texans. I've already written about Favre's lackluster connections. I know none of what I just wrote will probably be the same in week 8, but hey- don't these guys normally do a lot of practicing?

What the hell is going to happen if Vincent Jackson comes back to the Chargers? Or if he's traded? Sheesh.

We also learned that the NFL needs to alter that rule that negated Lions WR Calvin Johnson's touchdown catch. I'm a Bears fan. I'm glad we won. That's a touchdown.

We learned that if a player was dumb last year, he's probably going to be dumb this year. Yes, I'm talking about you Alex Barron. The end of the Cowboys-Redskins game was the only way that thing could end and live up to the mess that took place the other 59:50. The mere fact that the Cowboys were even in a position to win that game is a travesty. You almost knew it was going to happen as NBC totally jinxed Barron by putting up the stat overlay telling the world he was the league's most penalized player last season. And then: voila! If someone tried to make me watch a movie that ended with that, I'd knock two points off the "Out of Ten" rating I'd give it for being hokey. You can't make this stuff up.

We learned that rookie Rams quarterback Sam Bradford might just have a future after all. I still need to see him get rolled on his bad shoulder and get up without problems before I sign off on him though. Some of you are probably saying "But, but Keith...he threw three picks". One was an at the horn throw, and I'm sorry- if you ask most every other quarterback in the league to throw 50+ times they're more than likely throwing 2 picks.

We learned that if Buffalo had anything remotely resembling an offensive line, they might be a playoff team. That's right, I said playoffs. Quarterback Trent Edwards may not be a world beater, but you can only ask so much of a guy who is usually running for his life.

Just ask Jay Cutler.

We also learned that Chris Johnson is probably not going to have a second-year-as-the-starter let down. Sorry, Steve (listen to the NFL Preview Podcast).

Also brought to our attention that Wes Welker may not need a full year to recover from ACL surgery as long as he can run five yard patterns at the goal line.

We learned that Pittsburgh needs Ben almost as much as Ben needs drunk women, the Browns are still the Browns, and Arian Foster is a starter in the NFL.

And all this before Ravens-Jets. If you don't follow us on Facebook/ Twitter, you may want to.