Football is back, like it never left, and Josh Allen made everyone who drafted him atop the position in their leagues pretty happy. It's never wise to make final judgments on teams and players based on one game, but what the heck -- you don't want to be slow to react, either.

The game was somehow 10-10 at the half and just 17-10 threw three quarters. But the Bills moved the ball at will all game and if not for turnovers they'd have probably scored 50 points. One team was just a lot better than the other last night.

QUARTERBACKS: It was a near-perfect evening for Josh Allen. He threw 2 interceptions, but one was a dart in his receiver's chest that was bobbled, the other an iffier pass but one where the cornerback ran a better route than the receiver. And pretty much every other throw was right on target, with big games for both main wideouts, some production as a runner, and 4 total touchdowns. That running production is nice in fantasy leagues, but Allen took a few more big hits than you'd like to see. He is who he is and he's not gonna stop running, but a little less would be OK.

Matthew Stafford, well, it wasn't pretty. The Rams offensive line isn't as good this year, with Andrew Whitworth retiring, and it showed. In the first half the quarterback was under siege, taking 3 sacks and being hit on other occasions. The sacks included a couple of plays where he got buried before he even got his feet set. The three interceptions, well, on one maybe his receiver, Tyler Higbee, ran a bad route. Hard to be sure. The second was too high for Cooper Kupp and the third was tipped at the line. Stafford's arm looked fine, for those wondering, but he got knocked around pretty good and the Bills made the offense look pretty one-dimensional. Which it is. Not exactly surprising, but worrying for the season going forward.

RUNNING BACKS:

Early on it was mostly Devin Singletary, and he looked really good, fast and elusive. Was wondering if it was going to be more like the end of the last season, and he'd shape up as really undervalued. But then Zack Moss was working in, both for carries and as a receiver. Moss didn't find much room as a runner and he lost a late fumble, but assuming he doesn't get punished for that going forward, it looks like a one-two punch. One interesting thing was when the Bills got down near the goal line in the fourth quarter, they stayed in passing formations, kept Singletary on the field, and had Allen scramble all three plays -- a run that was stuffed, a scramble that should have been a little touchdown pass (ball was dropped by Diggs, or a little hot, depending how you want to look at it), and Allen's touchdown run. If Moss was definitely a goal-line back you'd think he'd have been on the field for one of those plays.

Hard to know what the plan might have been for James Cook. He got an early carry, fumbled it away, and didn't touch the ball again, playing a total of 3 snaps. Presumably he'll get more chances, but at the moment it's a Singletary-Moss backfield.

The stunned reactions on Twitter last night about Cam Akers taking a distant back seat to Darrell Henderson were amusing. I'm not going to be all victory-lapish because it's not as if we didn't rank him at all, but if you followed the rankings there were certainly plenty of backs you'd have selected well ahead of where people took Akers in every draft. I don't understand the surprise. Where are the success stories of running backs returning from Achilles injuries? And where are the ones who were effective the following season? It was easy not to draft him. Especially after word he was dealing with a soft-tissue injury in August. Maybe he'll wind up being a factor this year, but I doubt it. Not that the line was giving him anything, but he looked slow.

So maybe we all should have been higher on Henderson. Feature-back usage last night, and he finished with 73 total yards. But I think we know what Henderson is at this point. He looked fine but he averaged 3.6 yards per attempt, and they're not going to be running the ball a ton with him as lead back. The Rams have to be thinking about alternatives at this point, either unemployed or maybe rookie Kyren Williams. Unfortunately Williams picked up an injury on his lone snap, a kick return, and who knows whether he'll be fine for next week or dealing with a long-term issue. It's just one game. But you're glad you didn't draft Akers, and feeling pretty decent if you used a later pick on Henderson.

WIDE RECEIVERS:

I don't think we need to dwell too much on Cooper Kupp, Stefon Diggs and Gabriel Davis. They were what we thought they were. Thirteen catches on 15 targets for Kupp, with a beautiful bit of footwork for a touchdown. The lone incompletion thrown to Diggs (8 for 122, TD) should also have been a touchdown. Clearly somebody Allen looks for on third downs, and just a great player -- maybe should have been closer to the top 3 at wideouts than I thought he was. Davis wasn't quite as busy with just 5 targets, but the early touchdown off play-action was nice and so was the 47-yard bomb late. He's one of the game's best quarterbacks' No. 2 receiver and should have a big year.

Love that 97 percent snap count for Allen Robinson, amiright? The former Bear somehow managed to see just 2 of Stafford's 41 pass attempts. Difficult to see on TV whether he wasn't getting separation, Stafford wasn't looking for him, or simply didn't have time to get the ball to him -- perhaps a combination of all three. Either way, huge disappointment for a guy who we bought into McVay's free-agency faith in. Just one game, but there's no sugar-coating the lack of targets. All you can say is that the Rams are going to have to go back to the drawing board on their protection schemes, or Stafford's not going to stay in one piece and probably not going to have the time to get to his second and third reads. Not giving up on Robinson -- hey, the Rams play the Falcons in Week 2, I'll probably start him -- but not feeling great either.

Rams used Ben Skowronek as their primary No. 3, as expected, and he caught 4 passes for 25 empty yards. Free undrafted rookie and preseason star Lance McCutcheon!, who was inactive. Tutu Atwell saw just 7 snaps. Deep shots to the speedy Atwell ain't happening in this offense anytime soon.

Isaiah McKenzie and Jamison Crowder split the slot role. McKenzie caught a touchdown, while also gift-wrapping one of Allen's interceptions with a ball he all but threw into the defender's hands. Crowder ran a soft route on the second pick. If they're splitting snaps, gonna be difficult to use either player.

TIGHT ENDS:

Tyler Higbee (5 for 39 on 11 targets) was the de facto No. 2 receiver. I don't think that will happen every week and it's debatable whether he was at fault on an interception, but looks like his PPR value will be decent. In contrast there's Dawson Knox, who had only 2 passes thrown his way. He puts the dependent in touchdown dependent. I waited too long in one league and have him as my starter, so I'll be scouring the waiver wire next week.

KICKER, DEFENSE, MISCELLANEOUS

Kickers made their kicks. Rams at one point passed up a 45-yard field goal (trailing 10-0) to go for it on 4th and 2, which worked out but a little frustrating if you had Matt Gay. The 57-yarder before halftime salvaged things somewhat.

There were a couple of leagues where I mulled benching the Bills Defense. Glad I didn't listen to that little voice. Clearly they're gonna be an every-week start type of group, even with no TreDavious White at the moment. Great pass rush (and the Rams OL is going to make some other pass rushes look good, it seems). Rams D also looked pretty good; opportunistic, got some pressure and a couple of sacks. I was surprised how low they were regarded in some drafts I was in. They lost Von Miller. They didn't even have Von Miller for half the season and were still pretty good. He had 5 of the team's 50 sacks.

At halftime, Tony Dungy pointed out the sloppy play at times from both sides, saying it reflected how teams should play more starters in the preseason. The Rams, of course, have been at the forefront of holding those guys out of exhibitions. They won the Super Bowl with that approach and can do what they want, but I think he has a point. Perhaps they'd have a better idea what their offensive line would look like in live action if they'd played a couple of series in August.