Parody?..Too Early to Tell

Stevie Baby!

So the NFL is three weeks in and of course we will talk surprises and all that nonsense we do early in sports seasons, but we can point out a few interesting things to watch the rest of the season. For one, the Buffalo Bills are 3-0, as well as the Lions, and they beat 3 quality teams. Chiefs, maybe not significant now RB Jamaal Charles is done for season, Raiders in a thriller and the Patriots. Both the Raiders game and Pats game the Bills trailed in the second half and fought back to win. Reminiscent of Jim Kelly and all those Run n Gun comeback games he had in his prime. The Bills are showing "moxy" and bravado and with the "Bungals" (Bengals) on the schedule for next week they have a chance to be going into a tough match up with the "Seagulls" (Eagles) 4-0. I highly doubt the Bills will win the AFC East though because the Pats and Jets will be focused and revitalized once the season is in its "winner" weeks, and what I mean by that is teams who are use to winning or have the talent to win start winning games they are suppose win. The beginning of the season and ladder parts of the season all great teams are primed for the upset. The verdict is still out on the Bills but I think whole heartily they will fall back into the pack and maybe have 7 or 8 wins.

MEGATRON!!!

Soon to be, in my eyes, Americas favorite team to root for the Detroit Lion's are 3-0 and gaining momentum going into this weeks match up with the Cowboys. Detroit is full of young talent across the board and if QB Mathew Stafford stays healthy and WR Calvin "Megatron" Johnson can also stay healthy and continue to do work then they have an outside chance of getting a wild card spot in the NFC. They won't contend for the division yet because the defense has to improve in the secondary and Packers will exploit that and at times maybe the Bears too. But what they have proved is that they can win and their 3 wins against the Buccs', Chiefs (common win for teams), and Vikes, showed the world this team is exciting and ready for the big stage. They just have to stay healthy, get more of a consistent running game, and keep playing hard and with heart. I will go as far to say they will make a playoff appearance, THIS SEASON, if, and it's a big if in the NFL, they can stay healthy. It is a exciting team to watch and if they can beat the, "I can't get the snap count right because the D-Line is yelling at me" Cowgirls (cowboys), then we will be talking more Lions all season.

State of the Game

Three remaining teams are undefeated at 3-0, and one of which is the defending champs Green Bay Packers, the other two haven't seen the playoffs since the turn of the new millennium, they also share the longest current playoff drought at 11 seasons. There is a stable of teams at 2-1, of the 15 teams at that mark 9 of them were not in the playoffs last season, I know only 6 make it from each conference but you get my point. The 2011 season has shown some sort of parody but again it is extremely early and like I mentioned earlier, when the season gets into its "winner" weeks then the strong teams will leave the pack and some will fall back. 

Blog by Mike McClendon