Tuesday, September 19, 2017

3 things we learned from the first two NFL weeks.


1. It’s the Falcons vs the field in the NFC

After the Packers beat Seattle and then Atlanta destroyed Green Bay, it looks like the Falcons are the team to beat in the NFC. Atlanta is great on all sides of the ball. On offense, they have the reining MVP Matt Ryan, great receivers starting with Julio Jones (every time you try to go one-on-one with Julio Jones, Matt Ryan makes you pay). And great running backs starting with Devonta Freeman. They also have a great defense. Aaron Rodgers is maybe the best QB in the league and specializes in avoiding sacks but Atlanta was getting to him all night long. Atlanta’s secondary was also able to go one-on-one with all of Green Bay’s receivers. Atlanta is a well-oiled machine and nobody seems to be on their level in the NFC.


2. AFC>NFC

The AFC, right now, seems to have five of the top six teams. Atlanta being the NFC team and then Kansas City, Pittsburg, New England, Oakland and Denver being the other five.

3. The AFC West is the best division in the NFL

The AFC West could realistically send three teams to the playoffs. Rarely does one division take both wild card spots – because you play each other twice each and thus knock each other down. However, the Chiefs, Broncos, and Raiders all look so good they could all make the playoffs despite being in the same division. Their schedules are hard but not too hard. Their out of conference schedule is the NFC East and the AFC East (Cowboys, Giants, Redskins, Eagles, Patriots, Dolphins, Bills, Jets). Besides New England, those are look like very winnable games. And even the Patriots have been losing players left and right this year to injuries so they may be quite beatable as well. Kansas City already beat them in week 1.

Overall, at the start of the season it looked like the AFC would be dominated by the Patriots and the NFC was up for grabs. After two weeks in the NFL, it looks like the complete opposite. The Falcons look to be the juggernaut in the NFC, and the AFC looks to be up for grabs right now.

 
 


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