NFL Kickoff: Top 7 tweets
Football fans frenzied over season opener in Twittersphere
Are you ready for some football?!?
The reigning Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks kicked off the new season much like they finished the old one, humbling the opposition by hammering their star quarterback.
Peyton Manning likely spent opening night thanking his lucky stars that it was Aaron Rodgers taking the pounding this time:
RECAP: Seahawks 36, Packers 16
Game story aside, the NFL being back whipped football fans into a festive frenzy in that social buzzfest we call the Twittersphere.
So what say we drive the field in 140 characters or less and score a touchdown with the Top 7 tweets worthy of the hashtag #NFLKickoff, whether they used it or not:
#NFL Kickoff was... Roger Goodell Day.
The NFL kickoff game should be a national holiday
—@FauxRevisIsland#NFL Kickoff was... Christmas Day.
Woke up feeling like Christmas morning. Happy <a href="https://twitter.com/nfl">@NFL</a> kickoff everyone!
—@amwolf731#NFL Kickoff was... Beyonce's 33rd birthday.
All the girls are freaking out about Beyoncé's birthday, and I'm here excited about the NFL Kickoff????
—@DaniHennen#NFL Kickoff was... what gift to get Beyonce.
Top NFL jersey sales in women's cut: 1. Kaepernick, 2. R. Wilson, 3. Peyton, 4. Sherman, 5. Brady (via <a href="https://twitter.com/Fanatics">@fanatics</a>)
—@darrenrovell#NFLKickoff was... a welcome change of pace.
For all the floods, tornadoes, shootings and other tough assignments, <a href="https://twitter.com/jaygraymatters">@jaygraymatters</a> gets his reward: reporting on <a href="https://twitter.com/nfl">@nfl</a> kickoff night!
—@NBCDFWDawn#NFLKickoff was... in Canada? About hockey, as usual.
NHL players hit 17% harder than NFL players despite being 20% smaller.
—@RarestFacts#NFL Kickoff was... about anything not named Red----s.
Redskins name gone from NY Daily News this morning (H/T <a href="https://twitter.com/EdgeofSports">@EdgeofSports</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/patkiernan">@patkiernan</a>) <a href="http://t.co/7TfSTy2h64">pic.twitter.com/7TfSTy2h64</a>
—@darrenrovell