NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-17:
Kansas City
Buffalo
New England
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Tennessee
Indianapolis
Houston
Denver
Los Angeles Chargers
New York Football Giants
Minnesota
da Bears
Carolina
Arizona
Seattle
So not only did Detroit win, they beat the defending champions. Not only did the Giants lose (sorry, Manhattan Infidel) but they got curb-stomped by the Cowboys.
(On a side note, “The Cowboys” is a pretty good, though I wouldn’t say great, John Wayne film.)
The Browns won. The Texans lost. The worthless Chargers lost. The worthless Bills lost, even though Aaron Rodgers may be out for the season.
I think it is too early to predict a trend. But it wouldn’t shock me if Detroit won the Thanksgiving game this year.
The Lions get the Green Bay Packers on Thanksgiving day. The same Packers that the Lions defeated twice last year, the second time on the last game of the season, knocking the Packers out of the playoffs.
Aaron Rodgers is out for the season, due to a torn Achilles tendon. I never wish injuries on any team, or any player for that matter, as I have seen teams from Detroit get harmed by the injury bug more than their fair share, it seems. But as far as Aaron Rodgers as a player, I have no respect for him, after the bad remarks he made about Detroit last year, after losing to them the first time. He implied that the Lions were a substandard team, and that the Packers had no business losing to a ” team like that.”
One other note, from my days in high school football, speaking to a couple of college recruiters. The worst team in the NFL will nearly always beat the very best team at the college level.
I like the Pack, and I don’t wish ill on anybody either.
But I’m with you, pigpen: I’ve lost a lot of respect for Mr. Rodgers, and I was tired of hearing about him and the Jets even before his injury.
Granted, my media diet is kind of New York heavy, but I’m kind of hoping this will shut people up for the duration of the season.
“The worst team in the NFL will nearly always beat the very best team at the college level.”
Reminds me of something someone – it may have been Dave Barry – once said: the absolute worst player in the NBA could still beat the pants off any of us playing 1×1.