Overview
- The Week 1 slate ran Aug. 9–10 with Buccaneers-Titans, Packers-Jets, Dolphins-Bears and Saints-Chargers games airing on NFL Network, regional ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox affiliates and streaming via Fubo, Sling, NFL+ and DirecTV trials.
- Tennessee opened under new general manager Mike Borgonzi at Raymond James Stadium, and the Chargers reshuffled their offensive line after Rashawn Slater’s season-ending knee injury in the Hall of Fame Game.
- Miami rotated three quarterbacks in Chicago: Tua Tagovailoa went 5-for-6 for 27 yards, Zach Wilson overcame four sacks to engineer two touchdown drives and rookie Quinn Ewers finished 5-for-18 with one fumble.
- Chicago’s defense dominated at Soldier Field with six sacks, two forced fumbles and two turnovers on downs, led by Austin Booker’s three-sack, one-fumble outing.
- At SoFi Stadium, the Saints tested rookie quarterbacks Spencer Rattler and Tyler Shough while the Chargers held back starters to evaluate backups and reinforce their injury-depleted line.