NFL Week 1 winners and losers: Bears' offense explodes, Bills-Texans delivers

The useful part

Shootout in Charlotte A track meet broke out at Bank of America Stadium between the Chicago Bears and Carolina Panthers. There were 96 points scored, including 55 in the first half, as the Bears pulled away for the 59-37 win in the highest-scoring Week 1 game ever. In the first game of head coach Ben Johnson's second season, quarterback Caleb Williams looked more confident than ever before.

How it works

• He was 21 of 29 for 269 yards and four total touchdowns, including two improbable touchdown scrambles where he navigated traffic to score.
• In a similar story as last season, turnovers were the difference-maker for the Bears.
• It wasn't an easy win for Chicago, though, because its defense couldn't stop Bryce Young and Co.
• Young finished 23 of 37 for 361 yards, four total touchdowns (one rushing) and an interception.
• Texans defense implodes Josh Allen made one of the best defenses in the NFL look like one of the worst in We...

Details worth keeping

There were two mid-week games to kick things off. Nothing hits quite like the first Sunday of Week 1. 13 — eight games in the early window and four more in the late afternoon.