NFL mid-season roundup (week 9)
Everyone has now played at least half their games, and the season is taking shape. There will be one or two 'late run' teams who are currently at or under .500 who will make it in, but probably ten teams now are toast, which leaves 4-5 teams in each division still very much in the Wild Card hunt, and a few coaches waiting for the Black Monday carousel.
In the NFC West - the strongest division in 2013, Arizona have done me proud (my pre-season tip for a February spot). Top of the League now at 7-1, but their second half schedule is fairly brutal - with 5 tough divisional games remaining - they will do well to finish 12-4, which even so should be enough for the NFC West this year. Seattle & the 49rs will probably cancel each other out, and the Rams are not the worst 3-5 team in the league, having already seen off both their coastal rivals once.
The NFC South is still waiting for a hero - my bet is New Orleans, just now starting to look like themselves, and again I think Atlanta ill take off a little now to stump the efforts of the other to. Looks like a 10-6 winner and 2 .500 teams.
I'll look at a couple of divisions in detail each week as we start to see a little more clearly which teams can still hope to be playing in January.
Blessings
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In the NFC West - the strongest division in 2013, Arizona have done me proud (my pre-season tip for a February spot). Top of the League now at 7-1, but their second half schedule is fairly brutal - with 5 tough divisional games remaining - they will do well to finish 12-4, which even so should be enough for the NFC West this year. Seattle & the 49rs will probably cancel each other out, and the Rams are not the worst 3-5 team in the league, having already seen off both their coastal rivals once.
The NFC South is still waiting for a hero - my bet is New Orleans, just now starting to look like themselves, and again I think Atlanta ill take off a little now to stump the efforts of the other to. Looks like a 10-6 winner and 2 .500 teams.
I'll look at a couple of divisions in detail each week as we start to see a little more clearly which teams can still hope to be playing in January.
Blessings
T