Bills Lead NFL Week 1 Trolls with Houston-Themed Posts — SkimNews
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- New York Giants routed the Dallas Cowboys 28-20 behind QB Jaxson Dart's 230 passing yards, three TDs, and 54 rushing yards, then posted a SpongeBob "Sandy's Texas Song" video of the Texas-raised character singing "I want to go home."
- Buffalo Bills beat the Houston Texans 36-31 on a Greg Rousseau sack-fumble with 16 seconds left, with Josh Allen posting 334 passing yards and four total TDs; the Bills then posted "horns down" images of Toro and a "Bills Win" sign mimicking Houston's blue tiles — ranked the top troll in the roundup.
- Pittsburgh Steelers opened the Mike McCarthy era with a 20-13 win over Atlanta, with T.J. Watt logging two sacks and a pick-six (first Steeler to hit those marks since LaMarr Woodley in 2010), followed by a "Feather in our cap" bird-cage meme aimed at the Falcons.
- San Francisco 49ers routed the Los Angeles Rams 27-7 in Australia, with Brock Purdy throwing three TDs to three different receivers, and trolled the Rams by spreading Vegemite on bread to spell out a "W."
- Seattle Seahawks began their championship defense with a 13-10 win over New England after QB Sam Darnold exited with a hip injury on the first drive; the defense intercepted Drake Maye three times in the fourth quarter to seal it.
Why it matters: The trolling posts turned each game into a second storyline, with the 49ers leveraging their Australian venue for a Vegemite "W" and the Bills co-opting Houston's signature blue tiles — evidence that NFL teams now treat the postgame social post as a competitive extension of the on-field result, not an afterthought.
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