And the horror show begins...

More as the day goes on, but just kinda randomly throwing stuff down.

• 12 minutes to go in the fourth quarter, and it may take Baltimore calling off the dogs for Miami not to give up a record number of points in an NFL game.  52 now, and another touchdown imminent.  
• And there it is.  9:24 left, and it's 59-10.  It is only the 31st time in NFL history since 1940, and the first since 2012, in which an NFL team has scored at least 59 points on an opponent.  (Pro Football Reference)
• According to one Tweet laughing at what is going to be a dumpster fire in Miami, there is rumor that the Dolphins have 14 players on their Opening Day roster who were not on the team until after the final cuts in training camp.
• At least two ejections already, one for kicking a player in the head -- that will get supplemental discipline.  One of the ejections was followed up with a "contact on the official" foul after the ejection for a punch.  Staring at least TWO suspensions in the face this week already, and it's just the end of the early games.
• Tennessee is 16 up on Cleveland in the fourth quarter -- how's THAT hype-job treating you?
• Yep, just got the notice as I pop on Reddit, as a follow-up from last night.  Add the Patriots subreddit to the list.  I'm figuring guffawing at the dumpster fires in Cleveland and Miami might be next.
• 59-10 was the final in Miami, but it took two kneel-downs inside the 5 after a seven-minute drive by the Ravens to get it done.
• NFL record (from the above PFR chart) for a Week 1 game is 62, Atlanta over New Orleans in 1973. 
• Early games are in.  Half the games have been played this week.  
• The home teams are 2-6 (only Philadelphia and Minnesota), teams committing more penalties than their opponents are 1-6 (Minnesota, the Thursday nighter had 10 each).  4-4 ATS, 5-3 SU.
• Even after the 13 point Thursday nighter, the average scoring total through the first 8 games is almost 49.
• Cleveland committed 18 accepted penalties today, the most penalties in a Week 1 NFL game in 75 years.  It is only the 21st time in NFL history since 1940 that a team has committed 18 or more penalties in an NFL game.  (Pro Football Reference)
• Just saw the two ejections on video.  Both players are in major trouble and probably will be suspended.
• Myles Jack is probably going to get fined AND suspended -- not the usual practice, but...  He gets ejected for throwing a punch.  I've never agreed with the lightness of the fine, especially on an ejection foul such as a punch -- but if the league is consistent, Jack would get a $10,500ish fine and that would be that.
• It's what happens afterward.  He has to be restrained by and contacts at least two officials as he is being ejected and ordered from the field.  Once the Jaguars get to him, he still is trying to altercate and has to be physically and forcibly escorted off (failure to leave the field in a timely manner), almost having to get the police arm-wrench to finally convince him to go up the tunnel.  THIS is what Supplemental Discipline will look at, and that's what's going to have him sitting for Week 2. Would not even be shocked to see a two-game suspension appealed to one.
• And then you have Greg Robinson for an upward kick at a player's head.  That could be anywhere, on an original basis, from a 2-5 game suspension, and then the appeal -- but he's gonna sit, and it may well be multiple games.
• Looks like the Cowboys are getting a rigger over the Giants today.  Key 4th down call 3rd quarter 28-10 Dallas...  Refs ignore both a tackle in the defensive backfield and a helmet-to-helmet on a QB-turned-runner and give the Boys the ball.
• And it takes until 3:52 PM Pacific to get the week's first Cliffhanger as Indianapolis goes all-square with the Chargers on a two-point conversion with under 40 seconds to go!
• And the Chargers can't get out of their own way -- the season's first OVERTIME game.
• But they win the toss and drive the field for the W.
• And the last game of the main session is in Arizona.
• And as Arizona is trying to tie Detroit, NBC dives head-first into the Antonio Brown insanity.
• And another Cliffhanger, another last-minute tying TD+2.
• And probably enough overtime in Arizona to bridge almost perfectly into the ring and banner ceremony in Foxboro.
• Trading field goals, and it may overlap the ceremony!
• And within a minute of the first NFL tie of the season, the main event kicks off.
• And our THIRD Supplemental Discipline ejection of the week:  Kwon Alexander becomes the first player to deliberate try to take out a sliding quarterback at the head this season when the 49er tried to put out Jameis Winston of Tampa Bay!
• And New England is dominating Pittsburgh at every phase of the game.  20-0 and it should be more.
• And they may well have decided to try to keep the game close so as not to lose viewers -- VERY questionable third-down pass-interference no-call forces the field goal to make it 20 for New England.
• Really would like a ratings chart, especially the second half, as the New England Party went unabated for a 33-3 whitewashing.