NFL Mid Season Review

 

Here we go, we are basically at the halfway point in the NFL season so why not come out with our mid season review about our thoughts so far...

Best team in the NFL: Green Bay Packers 

Johnny Baseball's Packers are by far the best team in the NFL. If you have learned anything from this season so far it should be that the Packers are the class of the league and other than them, there are no other really good teams. There are good teams, but the Packers are the only REALLY GOOD team. 

AFC Thoughts: 

Quite honestly, I have no idea what to make of the AFC. New England is good, but they're not far and away better than anyone in the rest of the conference. Baltimore shows up when they want to, no one knows what to make of the Jets, the West looks like a disaster and the South is awful. My real thoughts are that the Steelers are emerging as the best team in the AFC. They showed me a lot against New England and their defense is starting to come around. They'll be dangerous as the weather gets cold.

NFC Thoughts:

I've already spoke about the Packers so I won't talk about them again. But even though the Giants are 5-2, don't expect that to last with their schedule actually starting next week. They'll go 7-9 or 8-8. The Eagles look like they're starting to turn it around, but who knows. Dallas makes you think one week that they're legit and then the next week they don't show up and the Saints aren't as dominant as we all thought they would be. On the brighter side of things, the 49ers basically clinched the West yesterday moving to 6-1 and the Lions are 6-2. By the way, the Lions were my second wild card team when I made my picks this year. 

Biggest disappointment:

Hands down, it's Chris Johnson. He gets his money and has now decided to not show up. This is the main reason why I wouldn't have given him his money. If he was still playing under his old contract he would have something to play for, but now he has his money and nothing to play for. I think everyone saw this one coming. 

Biggest surprise:

How about those San Francisco 49ers? Harbaugh has made this team a tough physical team and they are physically pounding teams week in and week out. The defense has been awesome and Alex Smith has played surprisingly well. They have pretty much won the West already with that division being so awful and they can make a run in the NFC Playoffs. I'm saying this team will be 12-4 with a first round bye.