Week 1 Madness: Bills Edge Ravens 41-40, Vikings-Falcons Looms Large in Early Vegas Odds

Baltimore and Buffalo absolutely lit up Sunday Night Football in one of the wildest openers the league has seen in years. The Bills took it 41-40 in style, with Josh Allen throwing for an astronomical 394 yards according to the ESPN NFL schedule. The receiving breakout belonged to Zay Flowers with 143 yards, which fans and analysts on NBC and Fox Sports both declared truly set the tone for the season. On the other side, the Ravens looked electric early, but key defensive lapses doomed them as the Bills just kept coming. Max Starks noted on NBC that Baltimore must solve their late-game issues if they want to be seen as true contenders. Josh Allen’s heroics, including a game-tying drive in the final two minutes, put him right back in the MVP conversation—no surprise there, says Peter King on NBC’s Football Night in America post-game. But it was newcomer Keon Coleman who especially turned heads with a second-half surge that makes Buffalo look downright scary on offense, a point emphasized by both NBC and ESPN talking heads late Sunday night.

For those looking to catch Sunday Night Football this season, as Fox Sports underlined, NBC is your home for all the action—you can watch live via your cable provider, on NBCSports dot com, the NBC Sports app, or stream every game on Peacock. No need to dig, that’s every week, primetime, and the stakes are only getting higher as we move further into September.

Looking ahead, sharp money is already eyeing the Week 2 SNF matchup: Atlanta at Minnesota. Early Vegas odds, per ESPN, have the Vikings as 4.5-point favorites with the over-under at 45.5. With JJ McCarthy finally making his home debut after a lost first year, all eyes are on whether the Vikings can live up to the preseason hype. Barring any late-breaking injury news, expect strong performances from McCarthy and Bijan Robinson of the Falcons—both of whom are being hyped by Yahoo Sports and NFL Network analysts as breakout stars to watch, especially with Atlanta pushing a new-look offense under Raheem Morris.

No major injury news has hit either squad as of broadcast time, but keep those notifications on—given how last season’s debuts went, it only takes a snap for fortunes to change. Analysts across NBC and Fox agree: this matchup has upset potential written all over it if McCarthy starts slow or the Falcons ground game gets rolling early.

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