NFC East dominance growing
by JasonB on Sep 23, 2008 10:23 AM EDT
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The NFC East is the best division in the NFL.
That statement is a fact. A fact defensible by any possible stat or measurement one can make. Here's just a few eye openers...
- The NFC East is a combined 10-2.
- NFC East teams are undefeated outside of their own division.
- No NFC East team has lost at home.
- Three NFC East teams are currently ranked in the top 10 defenses in the NFL(Dallas being the lone exception)
- Three NFC East teams are currently ranked in the top 10 offenses in the NFL (Skins being the long exception.
ESPN's Matt Mosely(Dallas guy) agrees.
Yes, the balance of power has shifted from the AFC to the NFC, but we need to be more specific. The NFC's Super Bowl representative is coming out of the East. I've tried to defend the Colts, Chargers and Jaguars as possible late-bloomers this season, but all three of those teams are seriously flawed. The Colts have looked one-dimensional on offense, and that dimension (the forward pass) hasn't been reliable. As we discussed earlier, Jacksonville appears to be thin on the defensive line, which is a remarkable development when you consider that it was the strength of the defense in 2007.
And since most of us can agree that this league is all about the quarterback, I think it's safe to say that Tony Romo, Donovan McNabb and Eli Manning have been the best in the league through three games -- and Jason Campbell has been solid in his team's two wins.
After Dallas beat the Pack on the road, Washington beat the class of the NFC West, and the Eagles beat up one of the best teams in the AFC... Writers from around the country are trumpeting the dominance of the East this week.
Brian Van Octhen - Grand Rapids Press
Is the NFC East the league's toughest division?
Yep, no contest.
The Sporting News - The NFC East, It's almost unfair!
The East should easily send 3 teams to the playoffs... again. If it was allowed, I would say all 4 teams would fill out a great playoff bracket. The balance has been disturbed. The weakest NFC East team would be a heavyweight in any other NFC division.
If you can't jump to conclusions after three weeks of the NFL season, when can you jump to conclusions? So allow me to suggest that the NFC East might be even better than we thought - and we thought pretty highly of it to begin with, inasmuch as it sent three teams to the playoffs last year.
Daly points out the NFC East teams are dominant off the field as well
In the latest Forbes rankings, Dallas ($1.612 billion), Washington ($1.538B), New York ($1.178B) and Philadelphia ($1.116B) were first, second, fourth and seventh in the league in franchise value. Yeah, it's a hard salary cap, but it's a lot harder when your franchise doesn't have 10,000 club seats or isn't worth a billion dollars.
Joe West - Northwest Arkansas Times
There's no doubt that the NFC East is the best division in the NFL. Some are saying it's the best division in any sport.
I don't really care enough about other sports to make that kind of judgment, but I know that so far in 2008 the teams of the NFC East have been bullying their opponents with high-flying offense and some hard-hitting defense.
Admittedly, before the season I said I thought the AFC South would be a better a division... Obviously, I must have been high on cough medicine or something at the time.
When all the big power ranks come out later today, how much do you wanna bet the Cowboys, Giants, and Eagles make up the top 3 in nearly every one?
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Cowboys, Gints, Eagles
across the board, with the skins in the top 10-15.
by joshjoshjosh on Sep 23, 2008 10:32 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I think the Skins break the top 10… barely… at 9
by foos05 on Sep 23, 2008 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i think that’s how it should be, but i must say last week when i saw the eagles ranked 11 after barely losing to the cowboys, who were ranked one, i was a little confused. but as long as the eagles keep winning, they can rank em last in their silly power rankings, won’t bother me.
by eagleyosh on Sep 23, 2008 10:43 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
its scary
do you understant that makes our schedual the toughest in the league by defalt. i am very confidant about our team here but we are always close in a game against the giants. if they are really this good can it be possible that those games wont be as easy as thought?
by NickPampani on Sep 23, 2008 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
so that being said...
As Eagles fans will we be content to simply make the playoffs? I know I want the division badly, but if merely making the playoffs in our division means being one of the best 3 teams in the NFC… and knowing that ANYTHING can happen in the playoffs….
I’d have to say as long as we get to the dance i like our chances
http://vimeo.com/1590229
by 700 Level on Sep 23, 2008 11:28 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I don’t really care how we get in. I just want it. If we win the division in the process… great. But honestly it makes no difference once the tournament begins.
by JasonB on Sep 23, 2008 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah but
i dont want dallas to be able to say “yeah well we were still the best team in the devision, we just lost in the playoffs by a fluke”
by NickPampani on Sep 23, 2008 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i wan to win the devision and win it all i want there to be no doubt that we are the best team, like they are saying about the giants
by NickPampani on Sep 23, 2008 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
After their 2 straight years of choking in the postseason… If Dallas loses again, no one on earth will call it a fluke.
by JasonB on Sep 23, 2008 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
no, see thats exactly what i want them to say!
I mean why not have them say that for the THIRD YEAR IN A ROW
http://vimeo.com/1590229
by 700 Level on Sep 23, 2008 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just for the record
I think the replying function is odd on this blog… either that or i dont know how to use it properly. That last post was supposed to be in response to Nick’s “Yeah but”
http://vimeo.com/1590229
by 700 Level on Sep 23, 2008 12:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
it worked fine 700. when more than one individual replies to a post, it just orders them below the OP in the order the replies occured…
by foos05 on Sep 23, 2008 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
cbs had us ranked at number five behind dallas, giants, titans, and broncos. espn has us at 3 behind dallas and giants. I buy the titans as a tough team but i’m not to sure on denver. I think that they’re pretty good but not quite fourth best good. two of they’re wins could easily had been losses without a little help from the refs. even the ref admits that he screwed up in the chargers game. That definately was a gift. they had a guy standing way over the nuetral zone with no call. when you look at the tapes that call is made 99.9% of the time considering where he lined up at. that would have been a first down and a little closer making it a much easier kick. I don’t dislike the broncos but its just the facts. I do think they are good but if they’re 1-2 they don’t make fourth
by bula412 on Sep 24, 2008 12:43 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't buy the titans at all.
Their defense is stout I mean there stats are helped by the schedule but their offense is marginal at best. They beat Jacksonville, which is slightly impressive but Jacksonville has been off then they beat the Bengals and the Texans. Vince Young is a terrible QB so they are better with Kerry Collins but not that much better.
by Whodie126 on Sep 24, 2008 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
the second the titans...
…defense begins to cool down, the titans are FINISHED. haynesworth is playing like a mad man and that secondary is vicious.
despite their terrible defense, the broncos are looking good….i take that back. jay cutler’s ARM and deep ball are looking good.
skins defense didn’t get enough credit against the cards. living in the DMV, i’m forced to catch most of their games when a philly game isn’t on fox. they played a solid game. their team really falls on cambell. although solid a back, portis can’t carry that team. even with santana moss having solid outings so far, i don’t think of him as a consistent receiver at all.
4th and 26!!!!
by kingofnorth on Sep 25, 2008 5:35 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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