59 points for the Bears? 41 for the Ravens? Let's size up four NFL offenses that erupted in Week 1 — SkimNews
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- The Bears scored 59 points — the most in the franchise's 105-year history — in a Week 1 rout of the Panthers, tying the 2019 Ravens for the most offensive points by any team in an NFL season opener.
- Chicago's rushing attack erupted for 291 yards on 39 carries (7.5 yards per attempt), producing four runs of 25-plus yards including a 61-yard Kyle Monangai touchdown — matching their entire 2025 season total of such runs in one game.
- Caleb Williams posted a +11.4% completion percentage over expectation (CPOE), the third-best mark of Week 1 and his best single-game CPOE under Ben Johnson, while his off-target rate improved from a league-worst 20.2% in 2025 to 13.8%.
- The Ravens beat the Colts 41-23 with Zay Flowers racking up 150 receiving yards in the first half before a hamstring injury sidelined him, while a wiped-off rookie touchdown left Baltimore one penalty away from touchdowns on each of its first five possessions.
- Lamar Jackson still drove a 77-yard touchdown march and a 43-yard fourth-quarter field-goal push with two of his top three receivers out, effectively ending any Colts comeback hopes.
- The Bears, Bills, Jaguars and Ravens combined for 170 points in season-opening victories, with the league-wide ten-team 30-point Sunday marking only the third such opening weekend since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger (1986 and 2002 being the others).
Why it matters: The Bears' 59-point explosion — with Williams' accuracy gains and a suddenly explosive ground game — showed little the source flags as fluky, though degree of difficulty jumps immediately with the Vikings and Eagles looming in the next two weeks. For Baltimore, hitting 41 points without two top receivers is a promising sign for Lamar Jackson, but Flowers' first-half hamstring strain and rookie Ja'Kobi Lane's wrist injury raise immediate depth concerns.
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