Best opening game a leagues had?

[MGB01]

I can't rank anything ahead of Dragons-Defenders, but I'm biased. It was better than the AAF, but that wasn't all that terrible either.

This is the easy part. The hard part will be in Week 8 or whatever when the 2-5 Maulers are playing the 3-4 Bandits and it's 90+ degrees and humid.

I was out of town and didn't get to watch last night, but I'd say, based on what I did see, that this would be a fair assessment.

The XFL2 opener was really good. It's hard to beat that. AAF wasn't that impressive. UFL was OK though I only vaguely remember that one. XFL1 was a disaster.

This game had a lot of inconsistency. Ugly throws and a missed chip shot field goal are going to look really bad. But there was apparently a lot of good football surrounding those miscues.

A full home crowd stadium was just what the USFL needed. Today won't likely be anywhere near that.

Yeah doesn't really look good since Nick Vogel just hit from 37 on a rain soaked field. Having said that Rose hadn't missed a kick in either the NFL or AAF so it's just something that happened

Fun fact: Vogel and NXT champ Bron Breakker were both UFAs in camp with the Ravens in 2020