News about Will Grier

Week 1 of the NFL season was wild, with major injuries, turnovers galore, and last week's two game-winners giving fans at home unwarranted optimism. And all of that came from the Steelers' overtime match against the Bengals. With the first week of the season, we have already seen upsets, our first (and hopefully last) match of the season, and a slew of game winning field goals. Fans of the Packers, Patriots, and Rams all agreed to bed content, while Packers, Patriots, and Rams fans of the Packers, Patriots, and Boston Browns fell asleep in confusion and/or trepidation. Even though it's way too early to start writing teams or counting them out, we can still learn a lot from this first week of pro football.

After repairing his right thumb with surgery, the Dallas Cowboys aren't putting quarterback Dak Prescott (right) on injured reserve, leaving the possibility that he might return in fewer than four games. Prescott, 29, underwent surgery on Monday, a day after being injured in the fourth quarter of a season-opening 19-3 loss at home to Tampa Bay. He was going through after receiving a pass when his right hand bent awkwardly after losing bad contact with rushing linebacker Shaq Barrett's raised hands.

Teams often chop and change like this in order to maintain flexibility, and the Cowboys will be attempting to assess other players on the roster before playing their first game on September 11. Prescott will almost certainly have insurance for the Cowboys come week 1, either way. 'It's more of a formality right now as you're going through the roster to try to get the best 53 possible,' former Browns QB Brady Quinn said on CBS Sports. 'And then you're worried about the backup quarterback position.'