Cowboys, Bears & Dolphins win on dramatic first NFL Sunday

Dak Prescott celebrated his grounds declaration successful style, Caleb Williams won connected his debut and Tyreek Hill went from a run-in with the instrumentality to moving into the extremity portion arsenic NFL Sundays returned with a bang.

Nine teams started caller quarterbacks, 8 teams had caller caput coaches astatine the helm and 1 NFL fable started his caller occupation arsenic Tom Brady entered the broadcast booth for the opening Sunday of the season.

The Chicago Bears, Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins each earned eye-catching comeback wins portion the New England Patriots produced the upset of the time by beating the Bengals successful Cincinnati.

And the last crippled of the nighttime saw a thrilling overtime triumph for the Detroit Lions against the Los Angeles Rams successful a rematch of their epic play-off crippled past season.

With a batch of Sunday's games, though, the results were lone portion of the story.

Caleb Williams joined an exclusive nine arsenic conscionable the 4th backmost selected with the fig 1 prime astatine the draught to triumph successful week 1 of their rookie play - but it was acold from an awesome introduction.

Although the Chicago Bears came from 17 points down to bushed the Tennessee Titans 24-17, Williams passed for conscionable 93 yards and nary touchdowns arsenic his defence and peculiar teams did the damage.

"Yeah, I don't attraction astir stats. I consciousness great," said Williams, who succeeded wherever the past 15 top-pick QBs person failed by winning connected his archetypal start.

"To beryllium honorable with you, I consciousness great."

Williams volition proceed to bash things his ain way, arsenic helium showed by again sporting his painted fingernails which person antecedently attracted attraction - this clip with his garment fig 18 and 'Da Bears' connected them.

Just hours earlier the archetypal crippled of the season, Dallas Cowboys backmost Dak Prescott got a telephone telephone successful his edifice from his cause telling him he'd conscionable go the highest-paid subordinate successful NFL history.

Prescott's $240m woody makes him the archetypal NFL subordinate ever to mean $60m a season, but helium insists his lone absorption present is ending Dallas' 28-year hold for a Super Bowl.

"It's my lone motivation," Prescott said. "Hold up my portion of this deal. Just present that. That's my motivation."

It was the ascendant Dallas defence, though, that starred successful their 33-17 triumph astatine the Cleveland Browns, arsenic they sacked opposing QB Deshaun Watson six times and grabbed 2 interceptions.

And the remainder of the squad expects to stock successful Prescott's success.

"They're expecting Rolexes," said Prescott with a smile. "Everybody is giving maine their wrist size."

Jason Sanders nailed a 52-yard tract extremity with the past footwear of the crippled to drawback the triumph aft a melodramatic time for the Miami Dolphins and prima receiver Tyreek Hill.

Hill sparked an improbable 20-17 comeback triumph against the Jacksonville Jaguars aft racing distant for an 80-yard TD conscionable hours aft being being detained successful handcuffs by constabulary for a postulation incidental en way to the Hard Rock Stadium.

Despite celebrating his touchdown with a tongue-in-cheek re-enactment of the incident, Hill knows there's a superior broadside to things.

"I conscionable wanted to marque definite I was doing what my uncle ever told maine to bash whenever you're successful a concern similar that - enactment your hands connected the steering instrumentality and conscionable listen."

He added: "Wasn't disrespectful due to the fact that my ma didn't rise maine that way. Didn't cuss. Still trying to fig it out."

The Miami-Dade Police Department are investigating the incident.

Josh Allen produced a trademark superman amusement for the Buffalo Bills, throwing 2 TDs and and moving successful 2 himself, including a superb leaping effort, to rally his broadside from 14 points down to bushed the Arizona Cardinals.

Leaving the stadium with his near manus heavy strapped volition beryllium a interest though, arsenic it looks similar Allen whitethorn person to bash a superior magnitude of dense lifting for his team.

After losing by a constituent successful the play-offs, the Los Angeles Rams mislaid successful overtime successful their instrumentality to Detroit Lions but some sides showed they could good conscionable again successful the post-season - and who knows what would hap successful the trilogy.

New Los Angeles Chargers caput manager Jim Harbaugh was backed to instil immoderate combat into his squad - but not virtually - aft his broadside had a wide rumble with large rivals the Las Vegas Raiders.

Harbaugh won his archetypal crippled backmost successful the NFL successful 12 years and adjacent got connected the tract himself arsenic helium tried to calm the squabble that saw some Chargers receiver Joshua Palmer and Raiders cornerback Josh Jones ejected for fighting.

Minnesota's Andrew van Ginkel produced 1 of the plays of the time with an unthinkable one-handed interception helium returned for a touchdown arsenic the Vikings battered the New York Giants 28-6.

The Indianapolis Colts mislaid their 11th consecutive play opener, but they could person a existent prima connected their hands successful QB Anthony Richardson, who produced a booming 60-yard TD propulsion arsenic 1 of 3 full scores successful a show afloat of promise.

Washington volition person akin bully feelings astir rookie Jayden Daniels, who showed Lamar Jackson-like quality erstwhile moving successful 2 TDs contempt his broadside being good beaten by Tampa Bay.

It looks similar a different long, hard play up for the Carolina Panthers based connected their trouncing successful New Orleans. Perhaps different fig 1 prime for them adjacent year?

Pittsburgh Steelers' Justin Fields started up of injured Russell Wilson, but the absorption is connected the fearsome defence they have again this year, which shackled Kirk Cousins successful his Atlanta Falcons debut.

Mick Macdonald got his caput coaching vocation disconnected to a winning commencement successful Seattle, wherever Denver rookie Bo Nix threw 2 interceptions successful a existent baptism of occurrence - but ran successful a people connected a precocious thrust that hinted helium could person a decent future.