On a neutral field, with Megatron and Bush and Fairley, and their TE's healthy, right now yes. Detroit is highly underrated, IMO. They've been winning without Megatron, without Bush, without Bell. They are showing toughness this year they lacked previously. Like I said, I think there are about 6 teams that are interchangeable, Detroit and Denver are on that list.
. But Detroit is a similar physically dominant front 7 D that Seattle was last year. Denver didn't fare too well against them on a neutral field.
If you think Detroit is that good that must mean the Saints are great because the Saints went on the road 3 weeks ago(supposedly the saints can't win on the road) and absolutely gave that game away giving up a 13 point lead with 3 mins left in the game.
Then Detroit went to London and almost lost to who I consider the 2nd worst team in the NFL.
Then Detroit went to London and almost lost to who I consider the 2nd worst team in the NFL.
Yes but the Falcons of week 1 isn't anything like the Falcons of week 8.
The injuries have mounted.
They have lost 5 starters on the 0 line.
There is not another sport in the world that is more week to week then NFL football.
A team can go from good to bad from bad to good in a 4 week period.
Its honestly fun to watch.
The Patriots and Saints were done 4 weeks ago.
After the Chiefs game everyone was talking about them getting a top 5 pick.
4 weeks later they are ranked #1 in all the power polls.
Totally agree, which is why I rarely take any random week as meaningful in my opinion of teams. I tend to stick with quality teams and QB's that have been good over the Long Term like Brady, Billichick, Peyton, Brees, etc for a real long time before writing them off. And conversely, I'm slow, probably too slow, to jump on board a team like Zona, or now Cleveland. :think2:
I think Cleveland might be the real deal this season.
Especially with Gordon coming back.
There is going to be a really good team or 2 in the AFC North who will miss the playoffs and I'm beginning to think Cleveland won't be one of those teams.
That brings up another point.
4 weeks ago everyone said that the NFC is vastly superior to the AFC.
But I bet you would have a hard to finding anyone that would tell you the NFC is better now.
But then again.
4 weeks from now that could all change again.
I mean just 2 weeks ago people were saying Dallas was going to the Super Bowl.
2 weeks later people are saying that they may not even make the playoffs.
3 weeks ago people were saying Pittsburgh is done and Haley should be fired as OC.
3 weeks later he is a hot commodity for a head coaching job.
Its just amazing when you think about it.
I could list 50 examples like the ones above.
Especially with Gordon coming back.
There is going to be a really good team or 2 in the AFC North who will miss the playoffs and I'm beginning to think Cleveland won't be one of those teams.
That brings up another point.
4 weeks ago everyone said that the NFC is vastly superior to the AFC.
But I bet you would have a hard to finding anyone that would tell you the NFC is better now.
But then again.
4 weeks from now that could all change again.
I mean just 2 weeks ago people were saying Dallas was going to the Super Bowl.
2 weeks later people are saying that they may not even make the playoffs.
3 weeks ago people were saying Pittsburgh is done and Haley should be fired as OC.
3 weeks later he is a hot commodity for a head coaching job.
Its just amazing when you think about it.
I could list 50 examples like the ones above.
