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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Not sure what the Seahawks have done so far to warrant inclusion in that group. Not burying them by any means, and I think they'll end up in the class of the NFL like usual, but they haven't shown it so far.
Based entirely on the first 2 weeks, I'd rank the Pats, Packers, and Cardinals as the class of the league.
Season far from over, but Seattle's odds of going to the playoffs starting 0-2 are really decreased after this loss. Seattle has given up 60+ points in 2 games.
It's only week 2 of the season, and things can obviously change over time, but I think it's pretty clear that the three best teams from last year (Patriots, Packers, Seahawks) are still the three best teams this year.
The Cardinals have played two teams that are playing like crap. Seattle's standing strong, on the road, against the Packers, and they lost last week to a team that's been playing them tough for years.
Seattle may end up 0-2 after this game. but there's no question in my mind that they are a top 3 NFL team right now.
Or maybe they're playing like crap because they've had to play the Cardinals and the Cardinals are really good. Hard to separate the two when you're dealing with a sample size of two weeks.
Saints last year: 7-9
Saints this year: 0-2
Bears last year: 5-11
Bears this year: 0-2
It's not really just a two week sample size and, while both Bears losses have been against quality teams, the Saints just lost to the Bucs, at home.
Divisional game, weird stuff happens. By the same logic, one of the teams the Seahawks lost to went 6-10 last year and lost to a Desean Jackson-less Redskins today. Seattle's lost to a bad divisional opponent too.
Either way, I'm taking the team that's crushed to mediocre-to-bad opponents over the team that's lost twice, once to a really good team and once to a generally bad divisional opponent.
That's fine. I'm taking the team that's been the best team in the NFC for the past two seasons, and I'm pointing to your hypocrisy with regards to divisional games as an example of confirmation bias.
In the end, we're obviously seeing the two teams differently, and there's not going to be any meeting of the minds on this.
What hypocrisy?