NFL Kickoff: Mahomes-Jackson showdown, key performances, trench warfare, and more
Well, the NFL's return could not have been much more exciting than that! Thursday's game featured a bit of everything. I honestly feel spoiled. Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson are so insanely cool, they're coached by absolute legends, and the roster around each of them is stocked full of awesome talent. Isaiah Likely was on another level last night! He was doing everything! How about Isiah Pacheco? Four avoided tackles, a goal-line touchdown, a massive 73% route participation, and a classic play-til-the-whistle first down where he rolled over a grounded defender without letting his knees touch the grass before getting up and running for another several yards. We got heroic efforts from so many places last night! Check out this pass pro rep from Justice Hill -- listed at 5'10" and 194 pounds, Baltimore's third-down back stood in against all 6'6" and 310 pounds of Chris Jones for a solid 3-4 seconds to protect his quarterback's life.
And of course, with two out-of-the-box play-callers, we were treated to plenty of fun little wrinkles in this game. Look at Zay Flowers hiding behind his offensive line before running out into the flat (only to have Nelson Agholor whiff on his blocking assignment):
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