1. Everyone was drooling over the Eagles high powered offense after their win opening night against Washington. Reality has set in over these past two weeks however. The Eagles are a mediocre team and beat a terrible Redskins team. The Chargers traveled across the country and beat the Eagles last week, now the Chiefs travel half way across the country and beat the Eagles on a short week. The Eagles have a lot to look forward to, but it won't be anything more than a 8-8 record this season.
2. The Houston Texans weren't very good down the stretch last year, and they've carried over their poor performances to the start of this season as well. Matt Schuab has been awful to start the year and the Texans should be 0-3.
3. The New York Giants stink. The offensive line is the worst its been in a decade. The Giants can't run the football and can't protect Eli Manning. The defense has no pass rush and the Giants three starting linebackers, wouldn't start on any other team in the league. The Giants have gotten away with being bad and then stringing together some heroic run that won them two Super Bowls, but it is time for a change in New York. That method won't cut it anymore. The Giants have either tuned out Tom Coughlin or the personnel lacks talent. Either way at the end of the year, expect many big name Giants (Justin Tuck, Antrel Rolle, David Baas, Hakeem Nicks, David Diehl) to be on the brink of having to find a spot on a new team for next year.
4. The Indianapolis Colts went to San Francisco and beat the 49ers this weekend. Talk about impressive! The Colts also acquired Trent Richardson last week. If the defense continues to play well, the Colts might be the biggest threat to the Broncos in the AFC. Andrew Luck vs. Peyton Manning in the AFC Championship game? Who wouldn't pay to see that.
5. The Chicago Bears and Miami Dolphins improved to 3-0 this weekend. Dolphins beat a good Atlanta Falcons team and the progress Ryan Tannehill is making in his second season now has him in the same category as Luck, RG3 and Wilson. The Bears defense takes the ball away from you and then scores better then anyone in the league. With the weapons Cutler has now, Bears look to be the hot story in the NFC.
6. The San Francisco 49ers, Atlanta Falcons, Washington Redskins, and Green Bay Packers are a combined 3-9 this season. That's 4 out of the 6 playoff teams in the NFC from a year ago. Will we see a whole new field of teams in the NFC make the playoffs this year? Or will these teams turn it around this week?
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