Sun Wukong
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There are always bad teams. I realize this. You realize this. But this year? It seems like through the first five weeks there are way more abysmal teams than usual:
Bills, Browns, Raiders, Titans, Bucs, Chiefs, Lions, Panthers, and Redskins, are just outright atrocious teams. Just indefensibly awful in every phase of the game.
Then there are teams like Miami, Houston, Seattle, Arizona, and Jacksonville that are somewhat better, but so inconsistent that it's hard to take them seriously.
Now, I've been watching football long enough to know that any one of these teams could wake up and turn it around. Any given Sunday and all that. But I fail to recall a season in recent memory in which there was such a glut of bad play, bad planning, poor execution, and all-round uninspired football as I've seen this year. Today's slate of noon games was maybe one of the worst I've ever seen, and not just because the Saints had a bye. The matchups (with one or two exceptions) were almost unwatchable.
Am I alone in this? Am I just noticing it more this year and nothing is out of the ordinary, or is there a higher than average of awfulness in the NFL this season?
Bills, Browns, Raiders, Titans, Bucs, Chiefs, Lions, Panthers, and Redskins, are just outright atrocious teams. Just indefensibly awful in every phase of the game.
Then there are teams like Miami, Houston, Seattle, Arizona, and Jacksonville that are somewhat better, but so inconsistent that it's hard to take them seriously.
Now, I've been watching football long enough to know that any one of these teams could wake up and turn it around. Any given Sunday and all that. But I fail to recall a season in recent memory in which there was such a glut of bad play, bad planning, poor execution, and all-round uninspired football as I've seen this year. Today's slate of noon games was maybe one of the worst I've ever seen, and not just because the Saints had a bye. The matchups (with one or two exceptions) were almost unwatchable.
Am I alone in this? Am I just noticing it more this year and nothing is out of the ordinary, or is there a higher than average of awfulness in the NFL this season?