Least Plausible Division-Leading Record After 11

based on their performances to date. or pre-season expectations i guess. whatever you want. inspired by noticing chicago is 8-3, although that is not necessarily my answer, just a little surprising to me.

yeah, so the Rams are 5-6 not 9-2. otherwise no need for this poll.

unlikely is prob Rams of Chiefs but there are always teams that really capitalize on getting a last place schedule & plus both are in the terrible west divisions

could say jets are undeserved cuz theyve been handed a bunch of those games by opponents screw-ups

also no 1 wouldve said the JAGS would be in 1st place after 11 wks

Chicago, Jags and Chiefs, maybe Philly, would've been surprises to me as division leaders before the season began. i guess they have each had their bad games, but i know i have watched Jax and Chicago play sooo badly this year. i guess maybe Jax were just slow starters, but it seems ludicrous to me that they have a winning record.

Chicago has looked better since their bye week, when they actually started running some run plays, but they've also been playing some shitty teams (beat the bills, vikings, and miami). I was pleasantly surprised they beat Philly though.

Jets bc I am mean spirited

voting 9-2 Rams

shut yr goddamn trap perry

Jags or Chiefs for me... went w/Jags cuz the division's so competitive

jags easy for me - chiefs and rams seemed very predictable if still lolworthy. no way i woulda seen colts and texans and titans flopping and jags somehow squeaking thru.

the obv answer is prob the jags but they've been sneaky like this under del rio before -- the bears being ahead of the vikes & the packers is not something i saw coming -- i think they've been helped a bit by injuries to both teams (& the packers have been generally unlucky i think), but yeah

nothing that has happens in the afc or nfc west is surprising

I am surprised by how much the Chiefs has improved, and how much the Broncos have fallen.

I'm surprised Bradford is so far along, and surprised the 49ers aren't better considering how many good players they have.

The fact that Singletary didn't work Westbrook in earlier than this is a fireable offense imo

Also, in my opinion the Cardinals would've won the West with Leinart at QB.

in my opinion the cardinals would've won the west with literally any other qb available besides the ones on their roster (that includes jake delhomme)

if fitz gets frustrated & leaves that team i'm not sure if there would've been any season in the nfl in the past, like, 20 years for one team that you could point out and be like "well this killed the franchise" as much as you could for the 2010 cardinals, outside of a team moving cities

i seriously have no idea how they could go into the season w/ those qbs, really just have no idea. if they wanted to rinse their hands of leinart because of behind the scenes issues i think that's fine, teams do that with talented players/wasted draft picks routinely -- but to do nothing aside from signing derek anderson -- seriously one of the worst qbs in nfl history last season -- and signing an undrafted rookie is malpractice

feel like they really need to throw their eggs in the ryan mallet/cam newton basket (assuming that the panthers take andrew luck in .00000001 seconds) if only to keep fitzgerald from pulling a juwanna man on the ufl

Which team would say no to a hypothetical trade of Larry Fitzgerald and the Arizona #1 for the Carolina #1?

carolina

i mean fitz is magnanimously good but i don't think that you can overstate what it means to strike gold on a #1 overall qb -- you could easily make an argument that sam bradford is already more valuable than fitz

So they give up on Clausen after like three games? He was a pretty high pick.

yeah idk -- if they think that luck is as good as everyone says he is, then they have to take him -- i mean the worst thing that happens if they pick luck is that clausen develops into a good qb and they have to trade him or be satisfied w/ having a quality back up -- the worst that happens if they pick anyone else is that they end up passing on a guy as good as aaron rodgers or matt ryan for a guy as good as ryan fitzpatrick or brady quinn (& that's regardless of how good whoever they pick is)

the clausen pick just seems like an "aw shucks" thing to me -- i think it was "good value" at the time because i don't think they or really anyone thought that they were gonna be as historically bad as they are now, so it made sense to see if he could turn himself into something while riding out matt moore as a good/fringe-great qb for a few years -- but obv none of that happened & i don't think clausen is someone that you want to stamp as "franchise QB of the future" when you have a rare opportunity to pick a guy that might actually be one

That makes sense to me. Also Fox will likely be out and the new guy will not consider Clausen "his guy"

honestly i doubt that fox does either

I think Fox likes Clausen a lot more than Moore, fwiw. Moore's been on his shitlist for a few years now, guy's really lazy and cavalier and basically rubs Foxy the wrong way.

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ok did the rams voters not know the rams actual record? and the jets voters - is this general disgust? acknowledgement of how many of those wins the jets somehow lucked into? cuz it's not like 'jets at 9-2' is a huge shocker right?

I voted Rams because they are 5-6 with a rookie QB with a decent shot to make the playoffs. Bradford has had a nice rookie season so far. They really sucked the last couple of years outside of Jackson on offense.

The team I would have voted for is the Bucs. I saw them play twice last year and they looked TERRIBLE and a complete shambles. Tampa is mostly beating clubs that are not that good and haven't yet hung a good clubs skull on the mantle, but they are a suprise. Their QB seems to be for real (for now).

Jacksonville Jaguars - Eh, the Jags are a bit hit and miss. I buy them as a .500 club, thing is that the Colts have come back to them to put them into a playoff hunt. Jville has also had a ton of injury problems the previous two years, which knocked them back quite a bit.

New York Jets - Hey they are living up to the hype so far.

Chicago Bears - http://i54.tinypic.com/1j14s2.jpg and the Bears offensive problems have been a big story, but really the story is that getting Peppers has worked out pretty well so far and that has put the Bears defense back in the very top tier, possibly as good as the year they went to the Superbowl. Crazy thing is if they had a bit better offense they would probably be 10-1. No one picked them to do much, but then again the Bears have been a hot/cold club for quite a few years. When they stay healthy and the defense is good, they are going to hand around some games.

Kansas City Chiefs - KC was getting a bit of press, as they had some interesting draft picks and they picked up Weis and Crennel, which might end up being the big thing they did right.

Philadelphia Eagles - It looked ugly early on, but Andy Reid has won a crap load of games in Philly and kept things going with QB injuries before, shouldn't be suprised I suppose. They have been able to rebuild and get younger without completely hitting the bricks.

Atlanta Falcons - ATL was kind of banged up last year. They seem to bounced back. You wouldn't pick them to get homefield in the NFC, but things have gone right.

Baltimore Ravens - B-more is a decent club and has been the past couple of years. They have also been able to bring in some new blood to keep things going. You would figure them to be playoff contenders.

jay http://i54.tinypic.com/1j14s2.jpg

god that's annoying