Take aways from the first week of the 2019 NFL season. (NFL)

The soap opera that is the NFL didn't take long (as usual) to give us some drama and whatnot in the first week of the season. TTS looks at some of the juicy items on the menu, and breaks down what it means at the moment.

Here goes!

1) Antonio Brown. Where to begin with this man? The whole off-season and pre-season huff about his helmet finally starts to die down. Then what happens? He gets into a tiff with his GM, is almost disciplined and suspended, before Jon Gruden goes out and says that, "Brown has apologized and will start on Week One."

Brown then promptly gets released by the Raiders (voiding his massive contract), and that's the end of it, right? Nope. In a move that smells of the usual new England tomfoolery, he gets signed by the Patriots and is pegged to start against the Steelers, the end. (Oh, you thought it as over?) Nope, not done yet! He wasn't in the line-up, and not 24 hours later, has a huge lawsuit thrown at him over allegations (not overly surprised here) of rape and such. Brown is an overpriced train-wreck, and shouldn't be playing on any NFL team. No one needs that level of selfish side-show antics. Period.

2) Nick Foles, we hardly knew you. The Jacksonville starting QB signed a mega-deal over the off season to become the Jags' starter, and things were finally looking up for the team. Then, Week 1 happened, and Nick Foles broke a collarbone and will be out indefinitely. This almost mirrors what happens to 49ers' QB Jimmy Garoppolo last year, tearing his ACL in Week 3, also after signing a rich contract. Not good at all.

3) Rusted Steel. Anyone who knows me knows that I hate the Steelers almost as much as I hate the Patriots. Problem is, they usually have an awesome defence, and I drafted them in my fantasy football league (being smart here, instead of angry) for the season. What happens? They looked so bad against New England it wasn't even funny. A group of six-year-olds with a football could have diced them up and run up the score.

You'd think I'd be happy about this, but as I said: I HATE THE PATRIOTS MORE!

4) Cleveland Browns. Bahahahahaha! That is all.


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