No prediction from Jack necessary on this: We’ve had 1 week of football, and you’re already making some rash statements. Allow me to be the voice of reason on a few things.

1) How dare you disrespect the ever-cynical Jay Marioti by dismissing the Bears as contenders after only one game. Yes Cutler looked like Ryan Leaf, but that was his first game that counted with his relatively inexperienced WR corp. Give it at least a few weeks before you bag the Bears. In case you missed it, Green Bay has a pretty good defense now.

2)The Ravens have a powerful aerial offense? They played the Chiefs defense, which finished near the bottom of the league in yards allowed last year, and made no major upgrades in the offseason. Give me a break. Let’s see how Flacco does against a real defense next week on the road in SD– The Chargers’ secondary borderline blows, but that pass rush doesn’t.

Other than these 2 serious points, I thought this was a rather fine article by a very respectable TBS contributor, but Adio— lose the week 1 man-crush on Joe Flacco and Jay Marioti.