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What an underwhelming season overall so far

Mark from Jersey : 11/21/2021 8:11 pm
Tennessee loses to Houston?

What happened to Buffalo?

Dallas looks like a pretender now.

Buffalo went from AFC favorite for SB to can they make the playoffs....loss to Jacksonville?!?!?

Arizona keeps wining though they cannot stay healthy.

Its wide open with no real favorite. I cannot remember a season like this through the mid point like this in my lifetime.
This is the new NFL  
UConn4523 : 11/21/2021 8:16 pm : link
this is what keeping TNF, adding another game without another BYE, COVID, lack of practice, etc all get you. Quality is simply poor.
Mark  
Eric from BBI : Admin : 11/21/2021 8:22 pm : link
Mark, very few people in January 2022 will remember what happened in November 2021.

Don't fall victim to the same problems the "experts" have in evaluating sports.
Tennesse has lost to the Texans and Jets  
Chris684 : 11/21/2021 8:23 pm : link
But has beaten Chiefs, Rams and Bills.
RE: This is the new NFL  
terz22 : 11/21/2021 8:32 pm : link
In comment 15460065 UConn4523 said:
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this is what keeping TNF, adding another game without another BYE, COVID, lack of practice, etc all get you. Quality is simply poor.


This. Really aren't any true great teams and seems like there's a ton of just trash out there.
Underwhelming???  
BigBlueJ : 11/21/2021 8:32 pm : link
This season is AWESOME to me. You cannot take anything for granted on Sunday. Every fanbase has a shot at pissing of any other fanbase. No one is rolling over because the parody is so close. I am lost at why you are not happy with this.
RE: Underwhelming???  
UConn4523 : 11/21/2021 8:40 pm : link
In comment 15460086 BigBlueJ said:
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This season is AWESOME to me. You cannot take anything for granted on Sunday. Every fanbase has a shot at pissing of any other fanbase. No one is rolling over because the parody is so close. I am lost at why you are not happy with this.


Parody doesn’t equal quality. The NFLs #1 attraction is gambling everything else is a distant 2nd. They do not care if the games are good or if players are getting rest, or if officiating is bad.
Teams always have ups and downs over the course of a season  
Ten Ton Hammer : 11/21/2021 8:42 pm : link
There's a reason why the patriots going 16-0 in the regular season was a huge deal.
Also, what's wrong with Tennessee losing to houston?  
Ten Ton Hammer : 11/21/2021 8:44 pm : link
Have you noticed how injured Tennessee is?

Playoffs will be interesting  
Mark from Jersey : 11/21/2021 8:55 pm : link
but I am not overly excited about it. Who is the favorite? So many "stars" hurt. And, of course, the Giants sucking ass doesn't help either.
Whoever  
Rory : 11/21/2021 10:31 pm : link
Is healthiest and hottest the last qtr of the season is all that matters
Long season  
JonC : 11/21/2021 10:44 pm : link
always several ups and downs, and injuries always a factor.
I'm excited for the playoffs  
Producer : 11/21/2021 10:45 pm : link
a lot of good teams will make for fascinating match-ups.

A couple of teams will get hot and seem inevitable. Happens every year.
Back in the day  
mpinmaine : 11/21/2021 10:55 pm : link
lets take 89....79 if you prefer///steeelers


in 89 the f ing 49ers were going to most likely win it


now we cannot even bank on any team weekly.


not a bad thing IMO
What a post  
bronxct1 : 11/22/2021 12:02 am : link
This season has been great. Teams are close in skill level and are all dealing with their own adversity. Not having a clear favorite is a plus. Makes the rest of the year and playoffs very interesting. Any given sunday.
This reminds me of year philly won the SB  
Breeze_94 : 11/22/2021 12:14 am : link
There was no dominant teams in the league that year.

New England did not have their best team and made it through the AFC beating Mariota and Bortles.

NFC championship featured Keenum vs Foles.

That was a strange year.

This year hasn't been as bad, but a lot of upsets so far. I think it says more about the parody in the league.

Ultimately, I think this season comes down to Green Bay, Tampa, Kansas City, New England, and the LA Teams.
RE: Long season  
Bobby Humphrey's Earpad : 11/22/2021 7:58 am : link
In comment 15460248 JonC said:
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always several ups and downs, and injuries always a factor.


Not only that, but style/personnel matchups mean more now than ever. The old "we're onto Cincinnati" adage rings true.
Parody is SNL  
BobOnLI : 11/22/2021 8:12 am : link
Parity is NFL.
Every team in the AFC North  
jeff57 : 11/22/2021 8:15 am : link
is over .500.
Only 5 teams in the NFC  
jeff57 : 11/22/2021 8:17 am : link
are over .500.
RE: Whoever  
x meadowlander : 11/22/2021 8:34 am : link
In comment 15460238 Rory said:
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Is healthiest and hottest the last qtr of the season is all that matters
THIS is the truth of the last 20 years. Injuries ruin everything in modern-era NFL. Giants getting healthy in time for the playoffs in 2007 and 11 were a huge factor in the Super Bowl runs.
RE: RE: Underwhelming???  
jsuds : 11/22/2021 9:13 am : link
In comment 15460104 UConn4523 said:
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In comment 15460086 BigBlueJ said:

This season is AWESOME ... because the parody is so close.

And was followed by:

Parody doesn’t equal quality.



All I got to say is parody isn't parity.
RE: This is the new NFL  
Gatorade Dunk : 11/22/2021 9:31 am : link
In comment 15460065 UConn4523 said:
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this is what keeping TNF, adding another game without another BYE, COVID, lack of practice, etc all get you. Quality is simply poor.

It's also a decades-long effort toward promoting parity. TNF and the other factors you mentioned definitely contribute to that, but this is really the desired effect in a salary cap league, particularly when the salary cap gets squeezed as it has in the past two seasons (and this is obviously a COVID effect, so that is consistent with the point you're making).
20 years from now,  
Jerry in_DC : 11/22/2021 10:07 am : link
there will be a bunch of dudes in their 40s posting that the modern game is terrible and nowhere near as great as it was in the 2020s.
I'm still trying to figure out  
shadow_spinner0 : 11/22/2021 10:33 am : link
who the hell is the best team in football. Once you think it's one team, they let you down. So many top teams losing to bad teams at a rate I never seen before. Even yesterday, Packers lose to the Vikings, Bills blown out by the Colts, Titans lose to the Texans. We thought it was the Rams? They laid an egg last Monday, we thought maybe the Ravens, they laid an egg against the Dolphins. Buccaneers are in a spin. Packers just lost one of their best OL for the season. What's going on? There is no dominant team
RE: I'm still trying to figure out  
Gatorade Dunk : 11/22/2021 10:43 am : link
In comment 15460484 shadow_spinner0 said:
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who the hell is the best team in football. Once you think it's one team, they let you down. So many top teams losing to bad teams at a rate I never seen before. Even yesterday, Packers lose to the Vikings, Bills blown out by the Colts, Titans lose to the Texans. We thought it was the Rams? They laid an egg last Monday, we thought maybe the Ravens, they laid an egg against the Dolphins. Buccaneers are in a spin. Packers just lost one of their best OL for the season. What's going on? There is no dominant team

That's the NFL's goal.

You'll find out on Feb 13th.
yet we all watch  
djm : 11/22/2021 2:08 pm : link
week after week after week.

I hate to say this but the NFL is alive and well. It aint your daddy's NFL or even my NFL from the 80s but it's still doing just fine.
It is PARITY  
Matt M. : 11/22/2021 2:29 pm : link
not parody.
The product sucks and is hideously boring  
moespree : 11/22/2021 2:32 pm : link
It's every team doing the exact same thing on offense and defense, flags, stoppage of play, commercial, flag, boring play, flag, stoppage of play, flag, commercial, flag, commercial, boring play.

RE: The product sucks and is hideously boring  
Gatorade Dunk : 11/22/2021 3:30 pm : link
In comment 15460832 moespree said:
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It's every team doing the exact same thing on offense and defense, flags, stoppage of play, commercial, flag, boring play, flag, stoppage of play, flag, commercial, flag, commercial, boring play.

It has been that for decades. You just feel more inclined to complain now.
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moespree : 11/22/2021 3:38 pm : link
1. I would not say every single team played the same way on offense and defense for decades. The whole "it's a copycat league" is not something I'd say about the 70s, 80s, or 90s. Sure, some teams may do similar things that worked, but there were well defined systems that certain teams ran and stuck to them.

2. They have significantly upgraded what is cause for a penalty. They changed the rules on how to defend a wide receiver which has led to more defensive holding and pass interference plays. They have changed the rules on tackling. They have changed the rules on protecting the QB.

So, no I don't think it's just about feeling "more inclined to complain now" without cause or reason. There are notable difference to "decades" ago.
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SFGFNCGiantsFan : 11/22/2021 7:34 pm : link
It looks like the annual AFC contenders are stating to emerge...i.e. the Pats & Chiefs. Baltimore is up there too. If Henry was healthy, I'd give TN a real shot at the conference crown.

The NFC...I have no clue. Gun to head...I will take Packers, but who knows? Arizona has best record, but loss to GB. The Bucs are the defending champions & have the GOAT. The Rams have looked meh of late. Dallas didn't look good vs. KC.
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