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Week 1 NFL quarterback awards: Picking the best and worst from Sunday, from Brady and Brees to Burrow and Wentz

The first Sunday of the NFL season was wild. The NFC's worst team from 2019 won, while the defending NFC champs lost. The team everyone insisted was tanking for top 2021 quarterback Trevor Lawrence won, in part because Philip Rivers threw an interception while his team was trailing late in the fourth quarter. (OK, some things weren't so unexpected.)

The biggest passing day for a winning quarterback came from an old guy we've started to count out, and the worst performance came from a young star we were expecting to break out.