Almost every year, one team goes from out of the playoffs to a 1^st round bye. I picked Carolina to do so before the season and I’m sticking with that right now, but with Carolina losing a tough game and the way Detroit played week 1, the Lions appear to have thrown their hat in the ring, as did the Saints. The Lions could have easily won by more if it wasn’t for stupid mistakes as the Lions outgained the Vikings by 139 yards and had 28 first downs to 16 for Minnesota.

Week 1 Studs

QB Matt Stafford

RB Reggie Bush

RB Joique Bell

RG Larry Warford

RE Willie Young

LOLB DeAndre Levy

DT Ndamukong Suh

Week 1 Duds

RT Corey Hilliard

CB Darius Slay

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