If there was a theme in Week 1 in the NFL, it was "Don't believe the hype." Let's take a look at a few highly touted, trendy-pick teams and how they fared.
*New York Jets: The Super Bowl pick of many, 9-7 a year ago with a miracle run to the AFC Championship, they were shut down by Baltimore. 9 points, 5 first downs, 1 Braylon Edwards beard. Apparently you also need an offense to win consistently in the NFL.
*San Francisco 49ers: In spite of no reason to think they are improved, annointed as the new NFC West favorite (though that's not saying much). They got clobbered 31-6 by Seattle. Yes, Seattle. When will Mike Singletary learn that acting all tough and wearing a stopwatch around your neck, isn't really coaching or strategy?
*Oakland Raiders: Supposed to be vastly improved. I bought into this somewhat, picking them to go 6-10, and I still think they'll win their fair share of games at home. But other than adding Jason Campbell, they're still the Raiders. They were smacked in Tennessee, 38-13.
Week 1 just goes to show - when you're presented with a disagreement between seemingly undeserved hoopla, and common sense, trust your gut. And don't believe the hype.
1 comment:
Nice work! You could have also gone with a PE favorite of mine, "Can't Truss It," in that you shouldn't trust anything Peter King or almost anybody else has to say with regards to the upcoming season.
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