Deagan Bell
The 2023 NFL season started on Thursday, September 7, 2023. The season began with the defending Super Bowl LVII champion Kansas City Chiefs hosting the Detroit Lions at the Arrowhead Stadium. The Chiefs suffered a loss to the Lions in the NFL Kickoff Game. The 2023 season is the 104th season of the National Football League. The season is scheduled to end on January 7, 2024. This season features eighteen weeks and 272 total games. The season concludes with 16 division games in Week 18. Two games are on January 6, and fourteen games are on Sunday, January 7. The NFL week schedule was released on Thursday, May 11, 2023.
First game was the Detroit Lions who went up against the Kansas City Chiefs. The game aired exclusively on NBC and Peacock at 8:20pm EST. The Lions defeated the chiefs by 21-20. With Jared Goff having 253 yards and one touchdown. While Patrick Mahomes had 226 yards and two touchdowns. In the first quarter the Lions made the first touchdown, during second quarter two touchdowns from the chiefs, third quarter one touchdown from the Lions then the Chiefs did a field goal. Finally in the fourth quarter one field goal from the chiefs and one touchdown from the Lions. The game was a part of the 2023 NFL Kickoff. The game was also the second season of Amazon’s 11-year, $13 billion deal with the National Football League.
For week 4, the rankings for the top 3 teams are the Miami Dolphins, San Francisco 49ers, and Kansas City Chiefs. Miami with three wins and zero losses , San Francisco with three wins and zero losses and Kansas with two wins and one loss. Before week four, week three and week two was the San Francisco 49ers in rank one, then in rank two it was the Kansas City Chiefs, and Philadelphia Eagles. In week three the 49ers had two wins and zero losses, Kansas one win and one loss, and the Eagles with two wins and zero losses. In week two San Francisco had one win and zero losses, Kansas zero wins and one loss, and the Eagles with one win and zero losses. Lastly, week one was the Kansas City Chiefs in first, Philadelphia Eagles in second, and Buffalo Bills in third.
Lately, Kansas City has been getting a lot of recognition due to Travis Kelce being in an alleged relationship with twelve Grammy award winning singer and songwriter Taylor Swift. Travis is an American Football tight end for the Chiefs. Kelce holds the record for most receptions by an NFL tight end in their ten seasons with 814 catches. He has thirty-five season games of hundred receiving yards or more, which is the most in team history and league history. Kansas City has gone up against the Lions (21-20), Jaguars (17-9), and Bears (10-41). They are scheduled to play the Jets on Sunday October first.
The Miami Dolphins had an amazing game on Sunday, September 24 against the Denver Broncos. Making their final score 20-70, with two touchdowns in the first quarter by the Dolphins, in the second quarter three touchdowns, and in the last quarter three more touchdowns. Leaving them with 376 passing yards, 350 rushing yards, 10.2 yards per play which in total is 726 yards. The average offensive yards per game was 223 passing yards and 118 rushing yards. The Dolphins definitely went above and beyond with the yards during this game. They are set up to go up against the Buffalo Bills (2-1).
