Week 1 of the NFL season is complete. The grind has begun. Before you go running to the waiver-wire or make a rash decision on a trade, take a breath. Gather some data. Find out what happened beyond the number of fantasy points that a guy posted in the first game of the season. Funny I would say that given the direction of this piece I know, but sometimes there is more to know than mere surface numbers. I've tried to find some of those data points to share in this piece. Hopefully I accomplished that goal. 

Do you know who the league leader in runs “stuffed” in Week 1 was? It was LeSean McCoy of all people with five. Who was second? Adrian Peterson with four. Better times are ahead for both and neither should be engendering any concern. They will get “theirs.”

Four runners received two carries on third down and converted both runs into first downs: Montee Ball, Ryan Mathews, LeSean McCoy and Lamar Miller. 

Le'Veon Bell won't be ceding any work to LeGarrette Blount any time soon. Not only did Bell produce a whopping 197 yards of offense but there were to other facts that stood out. He produced 84 rushing yards after first contact and when guys were hitting him they weren't tackling him as he forced 11 missed tackles. That's impressive.

Giovani Bernard didn't score and only ran the ball for 48 yards. But let's be honest here. He was still a huge part of the Bengals' offense. Not only did he produced 110 yards from scrimmage but he was also targeted a whopping 10 times in the passing game. If he kept that pace up his Week 1 pace he would record 1,760 yards from scrimmage. Only three men in football bettered that mark last season: LeSean McCoy (2,146), Jamaal Charles (1,980) and Matt Forte (1,933).

Derek Carr started in Week 1 for the Raiders to extend the streak of rookies starting under center opening week to 7-straight seasons, the most longest run since 1950. Of the 14 previous rookies since 2008 to start in Week 1 at QB, there are only three teams that won 10 games and only two others led their club to nine victories. By the by, Carr completed 17 passes when he was blitzed for a sickly 2.3 yards per attempt and only three of his 20 completions were more than 10 yards. 

Jay Cutler depended on his receivers for Week 1 success more than any other quarterback. Cutler's wideouts ran for 220 yards after the catch, the highest total in the league. Only one other QB was over 200 yards and that was Andrew Luck (214). 

Arian Foster did a lot of his work up the gut in Week 1. He produced 76 of his 103 yards on the ground on runs between the tackles. The 27 carries he received are a ton but the Texans would be wise to try and get him the ball in space at least a little bit more. 

Rob Gronkowski didn't play a full compliment of snaps, but he was targeted on a whopping 44 percent of the routes he ran. He was on the field for 38 snaps overall. 

Devin Hester had five receptions for 99 yards. The last three years he's failed to average even 30 receiving yards a game. Hell, last season he caught 23 passes for 242 yards – all season. 

Brian Hoyer didn't exactly impress but he did complete all four of his passes inside the opponents 20 yard line. 

Marcedes Lewis saw nine targets, one more than Julius Thomas, and he caught six passes, two more than Rob Gronkowski. So how did he go for 35 yards, six yards less than Brandon Myers? Yikes. 

Marshawn Lynch may not be worn down after all. In 12 carries between the tackles against the Packers he ran for 78 yards which is 6.5 yards a pop. 

Knowshon Moreno ran roughshod all over the Patriots in Week 1 with 24 carries for 134 yards. He racked up an impressive 72 yards after first contact. That's some serious running. 

DeMarco Murray caused the Niners to miss six tackles in Week 1. That's the most missed tackles he caused since Week 3 of last season. 

Cordarrelle Patterson did nothing as a receiver (three receptions for 26 yards) but he did run for 102 yards on three attempts. That marks him as just the fourth player in league annals to run for 100 yards on three or fewer attempts (Andy Uram carried the ball twice for 108 yards in 1939 for the Packers). He's going to have to touch the ball more to be a weekly starter. You can't be depending on Patterson ripping off 60+ yard runs every game.

Eddie Royal should not be on your fantasy squad. He dropped three balls on six targets and he also stopped running a crossing route that resulted in a interception on another one of the targets. Philip Rivers QB Rating was 1.4 when throwing the ball at Royal. 

When Matt Ryan wasn't blitzed in Week 1 he completed 75 percent of his passes. He also led the NFL with a 130.5 QB Rating when working out of the shotgun (Ben Roethlisberger was second at 129.5). Speaking of QB Rating... Ryan Fitzpatrick led the league with a 153.3 QB Rating in two wideout sets. The three wideout set leader was Derek Anderson (147.9). When the field was really spread out with four wide receivers no one was more effective than – I know – Tony Romo (145.1). Hey, not all stats tell the whole story. 

Steve Smith tied Dennis Pitta for the most targets in Week 1 with 15. Yes, they are both on the same team. That's not going to happen again. Smith caught seven balls for 115 yards an a touchdown. Break that down. He caught less than 50 percent of his targets which is terrible. Remove the 80 yards score and he had six receptions for 35 yards on 13 targets. Don't be blinded by the box score. The Chiefs better hope they never have to again thrown 13 passes to Donnie Avery. Think of it. Donnie flipping Avery was tied for fourth in the NFL in targets in Week 1. Good lord Chiefs. 

Matthew Stafford showed poise and confidence on MNF. He also torched the Giants on short passes completing 16-of-17 for 159 yards.

Golden Tate was second in football with four receptions for first downs coming on a third down play. The leader? His teammate with five – Calvin Johnson. 

Julius Thomas scored three times in the first half. He also went over 100 yards receiving for the first time since Week 5 of last season. Oh, he also fumbled and botched an onside kick. 

Mike Wallace had seven receptions for 81 yards an a score. He was targeted 11 times. He had one game where he was targeted 16 times last season and overall he saw double-digit targets seven times. He also had 11 and 12 targets the last two games last season giving him three straight with 11. If that continues he will be a huge success. 

Reggie Wayne was targeted on 13 passes in Week 1. In seven games last season he only had one game with more than nine targets – 11 in Week 4. 

The Browns gashed the Steelers on the ground with Terrance West running as the lead back after injury to Ben Tate. It wasn't just open lanes he was running through all game wither. West averaged 4.1 yards after first contact and he also forced six missed tackles. 

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