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Published 19:53 7 Feb 2016 GMT
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Another team facing a battle to survive are 2015 All-Ireland finalists Kerry, who went down 0-14 to 1-10 at home to Roscommon.
One point down at half-time thanks in part to a goal from Stephen O'Brien that owed much to many, many steps, you could have forgiven Roscommon - new to the top flight and shook by last week's last-gasp loss to Monaghan - for folding on a rotten day in Killarney.
However the Rossies showed some serious stones in the closing stages to seal a vital win that perfectly sets up the annual skin-of-their defeat escape for Eamonn Fitzmaurice's Kingdom.
Elsewhere Donegal made clear their intentions by beating seven shades out of a Cork side who were being talked up as potential Sam Maguire winners after last week's destruction of Mayo.
Odhran MacNiallais starred for Rory Gallagher's men, who sit top of the league alongside Dublin. Down, Mayo and Kerry will engage in a desperate battle for survival... it's hard to have much hope for the Ulster men.
Early days but Down could slip into the mini-Ulster Championship that is Division 2, and it is very likely they will meet Tyrone going in the other direction.
Coming out of Salthill with a two-point victory is the sort of early season result Mickey Harte lives for and, while they may not have the biggest squad, last year's All-Ireland semi-finalists have a very settled side and if the likes of the Cavanagh brothers, Tiernan McCann and Mattie Donnelly stay fit they will take some stopping.
Down in the direction Westmeath are headed if they don't cop on, there was Division 4 defeat for the freshly relegated Wexford, away to Antrim, while Wicklow and Louth had wins over Leitrim and Waterford respectively.
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