"They have some talent and they're getting healthy, especially on the offensive side of the ball - George Kittle is back, Trent Williams back, the running back group is a little healthier. The opening quarter went the way of the competition's newest franchise who forced the early turnover that allowed them to gain the upper hand and forge a narrow one-goal advantage at the end of the opening 12 minutes. prior to the appointment of Ange Postecoglou, but negotiations broke down. Asked why he said yes to the job at Newcastle, he said: "Everything just felt right, it really did." Howe is also a victim of circumstance. He did not ask for Newcastle to be linked with Antonio Conte and Zinedine Zidane before settling on a man who has managed only Bournemouth and Burnley, or for the news that he was second or third choice, perhaps lower, to become so publicly apparent.