Tim Brown: Start With Netflix

The National Football League season officially kicked off Thursday with the New York Giants, the defending Super Bowl champs, knocking off division rival Washington. And prior to the game, Big Blue signed Eli Manning's favorite target, Plaxico Burress, to a new five-year, $35 million contract. The deal gives Plax $11 million in the first year.

There were a number of questions going into the regular season about the Giants defense with the retirement of Michael Strahan and the season-ending knee injury to star defensive end Osi Umenyiora. Those two were responsible for 22 sacks last season. The rest of the defense may not be as flashy, but should be very solid.

The Giants won 16-7 on a 1-yard touchdown run by QB Eli Manning and three field goals by John Carney.

That's a solid opening day for the Giants on and off the field. It's a good way to ensure things start off on the right foot.

One way I think you can lay the groundwork for a successful season is to pick up some shares of Netflix(NFLX Quote - Cramer on NFLX - Stock Picks).

Stocks Friday are getting smacked around following bad news on the labor front. The U.S. unemployment rate hit 6.1% in August, the highest it's been in almost five years. About 84,000 jobs were lost during the month. That's a pretty big jump from the 75,000 that was predicted. The data for June and July were revised to show more jobs were lost. In fact, the numbers for June rose to 100,000 from 51,000. The unexpected news sent investors straight for the exits early, but midday the market is paring its losses.

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