Whats up with all of the bad NFL teams this year?

[CamMoon]

For all of the talk about how he haven't "played anybody", there is hardly anybody to actually play. Only 11 of the 32 teams are over .500, with the Bills and Colts being the only .500 teams in the league. The Patriots have played 1 team over .500, the Steelers, who other than the Patriots have only played 1 team over .500 the Cardinals, who have played nobody over .500 other than the Steelers. The Falcons have only played 1 team over .500, and the Packers have played nobody over .500. We have played nobody even close to .500. This seems to be an ongoing trend the last few years in the league, where you have a few dominate teams, a few ok teams, and a crap load of god awful teams. Parity is pretty much dead, especially in the AFC where the team 5 teams make the playoffs year in and year out. I'm not sure what to make of it.

 

[The_Cannon]

"something, something something parity" 

[GhostP.]

It's the NFL .. That's just how the season goes .. Just like all the teams that "won" the off-season, who are actually struggling (colts,miami,seattle) I don't care who we line up against or whether they are above or below .500 .. If we play like we did yesterday and keep that mindset we'll be taking another step to finally getting a SB win. 

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

We picked a good year to have a good year

[Davidson Deac II]

No worse this year than last year or the year before.

 

A team like New England or Green Bay will remain top quality as long as they continue to put talent around their great quarterback.  Hopefully, we will be in a similar position before long.  Once they lose that quarterback, they may drop off unless they find a suitable replacement.  That really is the essence of today's parity. 

[BettyBangzer]

Well, 6 NFL teams are undefeated, which is a record for most unbeaten teams by week 6. So, some teams are doing pretty well.

[t96]

Well, 6 NFL teams are undefeated, which is a record for most unbeaten teams by week 6. So, some teams are doing pretty well.

Green Bay, Denver, New England, Cincinnati, Carolina. Who else?

[KSpan]

Green Bay, Denver, New England, Cincinnati, Carolina. Who else?

Atlanta.  Oh, wait...never mind.

HA!

[BettyBangzer]

hah, I guess I should have said "were undefeated going into week 6" huh.

[Khaki Lackey]

It's all about QB play in today's league. If you have a good team with no QB you will beat all the bad teams with no QB and lose to all the good teams with a QB. That puts you in "QB purgatory" as far as draft position goes.