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Week 1: 50 things we learned

In honor of Super Bowl 50, USA TODAY Sports' NFL staff will offer 50 observations each week:

1. After an offseason of debate about throwing at the goal line in their Super Bowl XLIX loss, the first play of the Seattle Seahawks’ season fittingly was a handoff to Marshawn Lynch. So was the last play ... which got blown up on fourth-and-1 as the St. Louis Rams put away a 34-31 overtime win.

2. Baltimore Ravens LB Terrell Suggs is out for the season after suffering a torn Achilles. Perhaps Ray Lewis can hook him up with some deer antler spray.