Is This The Kind Of Parity The NFL Envisions
You are half way through the seasons and you have 10 teams that are play off tier. 10 that are around .500 and deluding themselves. And about a dozen that are playing for draft position because they are unwatchable.
Big issues leading to this boring state of attrition. Not enough quality QBs. Not enough quality OLmen. Bad refereeing.
QBs - QBs have become a lottery. They are not being developed well in general. There is no way for young medium talents to get the reps to be competent.
OL - No two a days. Colleges don't play a pro system. On the whole they are not doing a very good job.
Refereeing - they need to move towards an eye in the sky that can reverse any play without a challenge like college - it currently is so inconsistent it looks corrupt