| LudicrousSpeed said: Record doesn't mean anything. Panthers have a bad record but are a tough team. Bengals were way better early in the season before their injuries starting piling up. Bucs might get a playoff spot, Falcons will probably end up the #2 seed in the NFC. Nothing fond about McDaniels going on here. His creative stuff rarely worked, but at least it was there. Worst head.coach I have seen. |
...record means quite a bit. It may not mean everything, but if you don't win games, you aren't a good team, plain and simple.
The Panthers have never been a particularly tough team this season. They lost by 33 points to Seattle. They've never been above .500. Their win over the Redskins was their first win over a team with a winning record this year. Carolina isn't awful, but they're nowhere near good.
Bengals were not way better earlier, either. Started 2-4. Half of their wins this season have come against the Browns. They too only have one win against a +.500 team, that being the Dolphins.
And, incidentially, if you're going to make arguments about how a team did earlier in the season, it's worth noting that the Bucs actually were far worse during the first six games (when the Broncos played them) than afterwards. After starting 2-4, they've gone 5-2. Denver played them in Week 4.
To put it simply, Denver's first five games included one team that will make the playoffs this season (Tampa isn't going unless 10 or so games go their way to win an obscure tiebreak with Green Bay). They went 4-1 in those games anyway, so the opening slate wasn't the Broncos' undoing. It was them blowing games that they should have won; specifically San Diego and Tennessee. When you play in the NFL's toughest division, you can't afford to lose games like that.
And, wow, worst head coach you've ever seen? I'd say you must be new to this whole NFL thing, except there are plenty of worse coaches that were employed this year. Look up Dick MacPherson if you want a truly awful NFL coach.
