Filed under: Open Thread: Early Games 9/18 By John Gennaro@johnmgennaro Sep 18, 2011, 10:25am PDT Share this story Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter Share All sharing options Share All sharing options for: Open Thread: Early Games 9/18 Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email Not a lot of good matchups, at least on paper, for the early games this week. The best of the bunch is probably the Bears at the Saints, which could potentially be a blowout for New Orleans. I'll be keeping my eye mainly on the AFC West games. Raiders at Bills Chiefs at Lions Bears at Saints Browns at Colts Buccaneers at Vikings Packers at Panthers Seahawks at Steelers Ravens at Titans Cardinals at Redskins Jaguars at Jets More From Bolts From The Blue Derwin James will only participate in flag football, no other Pro Bowl events Chargers Daily Links: Thursday Open Thread Former Chargers GM Bobby Beathard dies at 86 Kellen Moore says Air Coryell offense will ‘absolutely’ influence 2023 Chargers system Chargers given 8th-best chance to win 2024 Super Bowl among current playoff losers Justin Herbert, Zion Johnson highlight Tom Telesco’s respect for the Senior Bowl