After a month of watching camp arms throw touchdowns to undrafted free agents, it's always a refreshing change of pace when the games start to matter in the NFL and we can begin to quantify each team's capabilities with a record.
It's less refreshing when your team starts 0-1, but that's the way the cookie crumbles for 16 fanbases.
In Week 1, there will be upsets, and there will be subsequent overreactions. Take the Indianapolis Colts' opening-week trip to Buffalo, for example. If the Bills knock off Indy, new Buffalo head coach Rex Ryan becomes a deity for a week and the Colts' perceived Super Bowl chances are shot.