Week 1 is in the books, and the best part about Week 1 is that it tempts us to make sweeping overreactions about teams' outlooks. A half-dozen teams look primed for a triumphant march to Levi's Stadium on Feb. 8 for Super Bowl LX. A half-dozen others need a full-scale teardown. Your favorite player is either headed for NFL Honors or the bench, with little middle ground.

None of this is truly applicable. It's Week 1. How else would you explain that the man who nearly broke the NFL rushing record last season, Saquon Barkley , managed 60 rushing yards vs. a subpar Dallas run defense on Thursday night? The road to the playoffs is rarely linear.

But what's certain: Championships require individual brilliance from star players.

That's where we come in, asking executives and scouts to sort o

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