Last week was full of upsets, meaning I didn’t do so hot. In fact, I tend not to pick so many upsets which hasn’t boded so well for my overall record. That will be the theme this week; upsets and what they mean for the league. Takeaways:
Records are only kind of important
There are 2 teams in the entire AFC with winning records: Baltimore and Houston. That is 1 less than the amount of teams in the NFC West with winning records. The only undefeated team left is Atlanta and they have been scraping wins the past few weeks. San Francisco, who many thought was the best team in football hasn’t looked like it the past few weeks. Then you look at Vegas and they rank the 3-3 New England Patriots as the best team in football. It is very early in the season and records are only good enough to get you into the playoffs. After the playoffs start everyone is 0-0.
Nobody knows who the best team in football is.
This kind of goes into the topic above. The team with the best record is struggling the past few weeks. The Texans lost Cushing and have an awful yards per rushing attempt. The Ravens defense is allowing rushing yards like nobodies business which doesn’t help their offense look any better. The Patriots look good on the field but manage to pull out a 3-3 record. The Giants might be the best team in football but they seem to take weeks off. The Packers look off all season until last week
when they put up 42 against the Texans. The Broncos also at 3-3 only seem to improve every week. I have no idea what’s going on in the NFL, and I love it that way. Any given Sunday right?Michael Vick is not the right fit for the Eagles
Maybe it is the system they run under Reid or maybe it is the fact that Vick can’t hold onto the football. Either way Vick’s turnovers are costing the Eagles W’s. When playing behind, the play calls are pass heavy. This puts the ball in the hands of a QB who is small and fumble prone. When you have one of the best backs in football, why not give him the ball? By the way, firing your defensive coordinator will not solve you problems.
Seahawks vs. the 49ers
The Seahawks have proven they can hang with anybody and if you can hang with a team, there is a chance you can beat them as well. Both of these teams are in a 3 way tie for first place in the West, and have relied heavily on their defense (although for a 2 week span the ‘9ers were putting up points like it was Montana/Rice again). This will be a low scoring affair and I believe it will be close, since these teams match up very similarly. I give the nod to the more experienced team however.
Winner: 49ers
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