With the annual NFL Hall of Fame game taking part in Canton Ohio once again we had two interesting teams play, the Las Vegas Raiders and Jacksonville Jaguars. With both teams not playing many starters it was basically just another preseason game like it is every year. Let’s talk about my three biggest takeaways from opening night in the NFL for both teams.
Takeaway #1: We finally get to see the new era’s begin in Jacksonville and Las Vegas with new head coaches Doug Pederson and Josh McDaniels. Now there’s not much to take away from either of these teams but we got to see a first look at their schemes each coach would like to run for their respective teams. McDaniels for the Raiders did actually play a few starters which was surprising like Josh Jacobs and some offensive lineman.
Takeaway #2: Travon Walker had a great rookie opening game, rookie and number one overall pick of the 2022 draft class Travon Walker did well in his first game with recording a sack and a few pressures within his limited snaps in the game, some around the media are thinking Walker could have a Micah Parsons type of impact on this Jacksonville defense which is plausible but also a very high bar to hit in his rookie year.
Takeaway #3: Even though this game didn’t really have any starters playing, both teams looked to be part of what the score would be if the starters were playing, about a 15 point difference. The Raiders system with Josh McDaniels looked sorta like the patriot way as McDaniels is going to run multiple tight ends in his scheme like in New England.
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