NFL winners & losers, Week 1: Bears are for real, Packers collapse

(Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) | Getty Images Ben Johnson returned to his home state of North Carolina and chose violence to open the NFL season. The Bears and Panthers combined for the highest-scoring opener in league history in a 59-37 Chicago win, which in reality felt a lot like a beatdown. It was a Scorigami, but more importantly, it represented the Bears’ coach delivering on a promise to bring the most explosive offense the NFL had ever seen, and while it might just be Week 1, h

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