NFL
Cowboys and Buccaneers run over in the debut of the 2024/25 season
Four more games continued the first week of NFL 2024/25, this Sunday. The day still has one more game, with the first Sunday Night Football of the season being played between the Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Rams.
The highlights of Sunday's "second half", after eight games were played during the afternoon, were the Dallas Cowboys and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who "thrashed" the Cleveland Browns and Washington Commanders 33-17 and 37-20, respectively.
Away from home, the Cowboys took no notice of the hosts, who even took the lead with kicker Dustin Hopkins converting the Field Goal in the first quarter. Dallas' turnaround began in the first quarter with wide receiver Brandin Cooks' touchdown and was completed by TDs from running back Ezekiel Elliott (2nd quarter) and returner KaVontae Turpin (3rd quarter), in addition to 4 Field Goals from Brandon Aubrey. WR Jerry Jeudy and running back Jerome Ford still scored for the Browns.
In Tampa, the Buccaneers took no notice of the Washington Commanders and lined up touchdowns with WRs Mike Evans (2nd and 4th quarter), Chris Godwin (3rd quarter) and Jalen McMillan (4th quarter), in addition to three Field Goals from kicker Chase McLaughlin. The franchise from the capital of the USA, which had two FGs missed by Cade York, got TDs with running back Brian Robinson Jr (2nd quarter) and quarterback Jayden Daniels (3rd and 4th quarters), but missed a conversion of two points.
The most exciting match in the second half of Sunday was the Seattle Seahwaks' 26-20 home victory over the Denver Broncos. The visitors, who had three Field Goals converted by Will Lutz and a touchdown scored by quarterback Bo Nix, had two safeties in their favor in the 2nd quarter.
However, Seattle managed to win the comeback with TDs from Geno Smith (quarterback), Kenneth Walker III (running back) and Zach Charbonnet (running back), in addition to two FGs from Jason Myers. The hosts even had the "luxury" of also missing a two-point conversion.
Finally, the Los Angeles Chargers prevailed at home and easily beat the Las Vegas Raiders 22-10. Kicker Cameron Dicker was the "top scorer" of the match with three Field Goals, but the hosts, who missed a conversion of two points, they still managed touchdowns with J.K. Dobbins (running back) and Ladd McConkey (wide receiver). The Raiders scored with a TD from Alexander Mattison (running back) and a Field Goal from Daniel Carlson, who missed another FG.