Here we are after Week 12 and not much has changed over the past few weeks. The Patriots are still undefeated, the Cowboys and Packers still rule the NFC, and the Dolphins are still winless. Looking over the rest of the schedule, I do think the Patriots will go undefeated this season. The only possible hiccup is Week 17 at the Giants (Sorry Steeler fans, no chance next week because your team can't play on the road). The Patriots may not have much to play for that week except for the record and the Giants might have everything to play for and they are at home.
There are a lot of Patriots bashers and haters out there, but I like what they are doing. There should not be an asterik because of Spygate if they do run the table. The Patriots got caught because they were arrogant about it. I can guarantee you they weren't the only ones doing it. There have been wide-spread cheating, or what some like to say, unfair advantage in the NFL for a long time. Whether it's the dome teams feeding in noise, teams opening trucking dock doors for a wind advantage on Field Goals, the Headset/Communication system randomly blacking out, or the home team growing the grass thick on purpose if they feel they have a speed disadvantage. The list goes on and on.
Before this year, I thought the 85 Chicago Bears were the greatest team I've seen in my lifetime. Offensively, I think this Patriots team is the best I've seen. They have a lot of flaws on defense as the Eagles showed on Sunday. I think the 85 Bears Defense was more dominant than the Patriots Offense of this year. I would like to see the Patriots beat a playoff caliber team 56-10 or whatever instead of inferior teams like the Dolphins, Bills, or Redskins. Do it against Pittsburgh, Indy, Jacksonville, etc and I will be sold. The Patriots Offense have yet to prove they can run the ball. The only way they will lose if a team outscores them and plays error free football. I think Indy and Dallas are the only 2 teams that could possibly do that, even though the Patriots have already defeated them. If the Patriots have to play either again this year, it could spell trouble because Indy and Dallas can correct their mistakes from the 1st game. If they go undefeated this year, I'm not ready to say they are the greatest team of all-time, but they will be one of the greatest.
Top 10 NFL Rankings
1 - New England Patriots (No question about it)
2 - Indianapolis Colts (Lots of injuries, but the champs get respect from me)
3 - Dallas Cowboys (Like the Cowyboys against the Packers tomorrow)
4 - Green Bay Packers (Still need to establish a running game against good teams)
5 - Pittsburgh Steelers (Need to show they can win on the road)
6 - Jacksonville Jaguars (On a roll, very physical, and Garrard is the real deal)
7 - Seatle Seahawks (Hasselbeck is carring this team on offense.)
8 - Cleveland Browns (Who would have thunk it?)
9 - Tampa Bay Bucaneers (Been overlooked because of dreadful NFC South)
10 - San Diego Chargers (Most underachieving team in the NFL. Should be Top 5.)
That's it for today. Tomorrow: Fantasy Football and weekend football picks
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3 comments:
My only problem with calling the Pats the best team ever, is that there aren't a lot of great or good teams in the NFL.
Indy is banged up, Dallas is good and Green Bay is good.
Other than that, it's mediocre city. The Bears had to play the '85 Giants.
The Pats may get hurt historically because the rest of the teams sucked.
You mean the same 85 Giants that finished 10-6 and second in their own division?
Yeah I would definatly put them ahead of the 07 Colts, or Dallas....Hell, what have the Colts done lately?
While Im not ready to annoint them the next "Greatest Ever" team, it isnt because of a lack of good teams to play. The nice thing is, they have played Dallas, and Indy this year, so if they go the rest of the season undefeated, and dont somehow play those two teams again, you can easily see an argument about the Pats greatness.
2000 Ravens D was statistically better than the 85' Bears. I'm a homer, that's all.
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