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Some things that I thought about this weekend:
- Is it me or is this one of the worst seasons for football in a long while? Where are the good teams? I think there are two elite teams (Pats and Packers), a handful of second tier teams, and the rest of the league sucks. I can't believe how many bad teams there are out there. There are several divisions that are bad from top to bottom (AFC South and NFC East).
- What happened to the field goal kicking? How many missed chip shots were missed this past week (some in domes)? Is moving the extra point back really screwing with the kickers' head that much? There was at least three games that were lost because of missed easy field goals (Pittsburg losing to Baltimore, Jags losing to Indy, and Vikes losing to Denver). The Saints could have lost because of a missed easy field goal too.
- What happened to the Texans? I never thought they would be a legitimate contender, but thought they would give Indy a run for the division. And as bad as Indy is right now, I still don't see the Texans contending for the division. The most surprising thing is their defense absolutely sucks.
- I still am not sold on the Jets or Broncos or that their defenses are as good as they look right now. I think the Jets might be the second best team in the AFC East, but they are still a 7-8 win team. I think both of their defense and the Broncos defense have benefitted from facing miserable offenses. Neither defense has faced a decent QB (at least by this year's standards). I think the Broncos will still most likely win the West because their division sucks, but I don't think their defense can carry them in the playoffs. And I think the fast pace of the Phillips' defense will end up wearing some of their key players out like Ware and Talib who have long histories of falling apart as the season goes along.
- Speaking of the Broncos, their offense is miserable. I am convinced the only reason Manning came back is because he had the total yardage record in sight (it was something like 2,000 yards away at the start of the season which may take him the entire season to get). He is a shell of himself and it is still early October. Their running game sucks too.
- I am convinced that Rex Ryan took the Bills' job because he is obsessed with Belichick and the Pats. His goal is to beat the Pats for the division as much as it is to win the Super Bowl. He is just a bad fit for the Bills because unlike for the Jets, he doesn't have enough veteran leadership to help channel his do whatever you want style into solid production rather than stupid, costly penalties. Of course he and the fans blame the refs and their biases. I wonder if the head ref for yesterday's game works for the company that helped to build MET Life stadium.
- There are next to no young great QBs in this league. In five years, we are likely to be back in the 90s where there is mostly mediocre QB play. Manning is done. Brady only has a handful of years left. Same with Brees and Roethlisberger. Who are going to replace them? Bridgewater? Bortles? Other than Luck (who is overrated) there hasn't been a great QB drafted in 5-8 years.
- I saw the Dolphins collapse coming. Everyone gushed over the Suh signing and ignored that they gutted this team. They lost most of their receiving corp and some solid starters on defense. And people were just focusing on how Suh would change their entire defense and how Tannehill will keep on getting better and better forever. I never saw it. I didn't think they would be this bad, but I thought they would be worse than last year.