Mahomes, Thielen headline best quotes from NFL Week 1 - ESPN

The NFL season is officially back. And with it is a full slate of headline-grabbing quotes.

Players and coaches holding court after they finish competing never fails to offer some of the best perspective on the week's games. From jokes to blunt honesty, the NFL's first week was no different.

The «Sunday Night Football» matchup between the Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Rams needed overtime. Down 20-17 with 2:11 remaining in the fourth quarter, the Lions marched down the field and kicked a field goal to tie the game. They momentum carried over in the extra period — David Montgomery led Detroit down the field and scored a touchdown to cap off Detroit's 26-20 victory.

After the game, Lions quarterback Jared Goff expressed confidence in the team's ground-and-pound.

«I think any time David can get behind his pads like that and our O-line's opening up holes, we're tough, we're tough,» he said. «And that drive was all them.»

Goff's assessment leads the best quips from Week 1:

'Without them I'm nothing'

Jerod Mayo picked up a victory in his first game as a head coach, as the New England Patriots took down the Cincinnati Bengals 16-10 at Paul Brown Stadium. Rhamondre Stevenson in particular showed out for the Patriots, amassing 120 yards and a touchdown across 25 rushing attempts.

After the game, Mayo turned the attention to his roster instead of his first career win

Jerod Mayo shares an embrace with David Andrews before arriving at the post-game podium to deliver opening remarks. pic.twitter.com/GmIX1ArgVh

'If that was the best that they got, good luck in the postseason'

The NFL season got off to a strong start on Thursday night, as the Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens played a thriller that came down to the final snap.