The Wild (Weak) West
November 23rd 2010 18:03
The Chargers pulled away from the Denver Broncos last night 35-14, continuing their post-halloween regular season supremacy, improving to 15 straight wins after october in regular season contests. The same San Diego team that started 2-5, suddenly is 5-5. In the AFC east, NFC south, or either north, that record would not cut it. But this is one of the west divisions.
It's a mess. San Diego is one game out of first-place to a team (Cheifs) that was killed by Denver last week. And now San Diego, at least looking at the scoreboard, took care of the Broncos last night. No wonder it's called the wild west. It's the same story in the NFC west, where the Seattle Seahawks still look like the front-runners... at 5-5. Yes, 5-5. Just to think that San Francisco and Arizona are still far from out of the division race at 3-7.
In the AFC version of the west, Oakland looked like they were all of a sudden the team to beat in the west. But after getting waxed by Pittsburgh this week, I'm sure their glad their in the division they are. The Chargers are getting hot as they always do this time of year, and even with losing Patrick Crayton, they get back pro bowl tight end Antonio Gates back from injury for next week along with their other star pass-catcher, Vincent Jackson. Those look like the best two teams in the division, but with all that said, Kansas City leads the divison. Denver looks nothing like a playoff team, so I'd say they are the only team out of the AFC west race.
Now for the NFC. San Fran is below-average, Arizona is flat, St.Louis just isn't "there" yet, and Seattle...*yawn*... Who wants to watch Arizona and the 49ers play on Monday Night Football next week. We'll see how long I can endure before I drift-off. I'd say I want the Rams to pull out the division with Sammy Bradford, but I still don't know if their at the playoff level, or any where close. But then again, who is in that division?
Overall I think San Diego and Seattle will end up winning those divisions. I think the Chargers are the only team out of the eight west teams that I think could win an opening-round playoff game. It's just the wild, weird, and wacky west. And rather weak.
It's a mess. San Diego is one game out of first-place to a team (Cheifs) that was killed by Denver last week. And now San Diego, at least looking at the scoreboard, took care of the Broncos last night. No wonder it's called the wild west. It's the same story in the NFC west, where the Seattle Seahawks still look like the front-runners... at 5-5. Yes, 5-5. Just to think that San Francisco and Arizona are still far from out of the division race at 3-7.
In the AFC version of the west, Oakland looked like they were all of a sudden the team to beat in the west. But after getting waxed by Pittsburgh this week, I'm sure their glad their in the division they are. The Chargers are getting hot as they always do this time of year, and even with losing Patrick Crayton, they get back pro bowl tight end Antonio Gates back from injury for next week along with their other star pass-catcher, Vincent Jackson. Those look like the best two teams in the division, but with all that said, Kansas City leads the divison. Denver looks nothing like a playoff team, so I'd say they are the only team out of the AFC west race.
Now for the NFC. San Fran is below-average, Arizona is flat, St.Louis just isn't "there" yet, and Seattle...*yawn*... Who wants to watch Arizona and the 49ers play on Monday Night Football next week. We'll see how long I can endure before I drift-off. I'd say I want the Rams to pull out the division with Sammy Bradford, but I still don't know if their at the playoff level, or any where close. But then again, who is in that division?
Overall I think San Diego and Seattle will end up winning those divisions. I think the Chargers are the only team out of the eight west teams that I think could win an opening-round playoff game. It's just the wild, weird, and wacky west. And rather weak.
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