The NFL schedules makers got it right, pitting Tampa Bay vs Tennessee to open the NFL season for both teams.
In what should be a highly scrutinized game, Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota are likely to square off ass rookies in their first starts.
Since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970, quarterbacks have been drafted first and second only five times. Never have those players’ respective teams met in Week 1.
Mariota and the Oregon Ducks beat Winston and the Florida State Seminoles 59-20 in their Rose Bowl semi-final in a clash of the two most recent Heisman Trophy winners last Jan. It snapped a 29-game winning streak for the Seminoles and was the only loss suffered by Winston, who finished his college career 26-1. The Ducks lost to Ohio State 42-20 in the national championship game.