LOSING RECORDS NOW IN THE MAJORITY

LOOKED AT THE NFL STANDINGS LATELY?  

Stop looking at the teams in the lead. Cut it out. You are missing the news.

There are 32 teams in the NFL.  There are only 3 weeks left in the season.  21 of the 32 NFL teams have LOSING records.  I have been following pro football since I was 6 years old, 52 years ago, and I've never seen a 2/3 majority of teams with losing records this late in the season.  That's enough to override a veto.

Two entire divisions have losing records!  That's right, we could have a Super Bowl between two teams with regular season records of, say, 7-9.   It could even be 6-10.  That's right, the Doormat Division is winning. It's only a matter of time. Come over to the majority side of the aisle!

THE NFC LEAST

'Skins    6-7
Giants   6-7
Eagles   6-7
Cows     4-9

AFC 'gone' SOUTH

Colts    6-7
Texans  6-7
Jags      5-8
Titans   3-10

Funny things about the AFC South- the Jags are currently the best team, yet may not even win the division. There is not be 'best' team in the NFC East. Come on, I dare you to even talk about any of those teams in glowing terms, even if that's a 5 watt night light. But the playoffs are a funny place, and teams can get on a late season roll, and look out. Wild Card teams, like the Raiders in 1980, have barely winning records and have won the Super Bowl.

The Texans play the Colts and Jags both in the last 3 weeks.  Colts and Jags do not play each other.  The Texans have the division in their hands.  Watch 'em blow it.   8-8 at best takes this division.
7-9 still theoretically possible, but will be hard.

In the NFC East, the Eagles finish up with both the Skins and Giants, and also have the division as theirs to lose.  They should get shellacked by the Cardinals this weekend, putting them at 6-8, so the best they can do is finish 8-8.  The Skins have the Bills, Eagles and Cows- they haven't won two in a row all year, and they just won last week, so they have an excellent chance to finish 7-9, and if all goes right, still run up the Division title banner.  The Giants get the Panthers this week, looks like solid loss, and then finish up with the Vikings (who are fading badly) and the Eagles.  So, 7-9 only wins the title for NYG if the Eagles lose all three of their games.  Or they could finish in a 7-9 tie, if the Giants last win is the Eagles (splitting the season), giving the Gints the better division record (3-2).  The only NFC East team currently with a winning record in their division are the Cowboys (3-2 in division), who, believe it or not, still have a shot to win the division if they win all three of their final games, and finish tied with the Redskins (as they will have beaten them 2-0 for the season).

Go Cows!!