Here is a hypothetical, so bear with me here:
Arizona is currently 2-4, 1 game back from the NFC West lead. What’s significant now is Deandre Hopkins just came off suspension this morning. Despite the year Adams and Jefferson are having, I still believe he is still the best WR in the NFL. He’s been that every year since Megatron retired and he’s STILL only 30. Week 7 he’ll be the freshest player in the NFL, and he’ll have deep threat Marquise Brown commanding a safety over the top every single play — something he’s never had his entire career. He is going to absolutely annihilate the league these next 10 games. Remember the Kyler Murray disparity last year: they started the year 10-2, then went 1-4 after Deandre got hurt. He has that big of an impact on Kyler and that team as a whole. No guarantee, but they have a real shot at running away with that division. Rams and Niners are both .500 teams and have had some UGLY losses this year. Niners have no offense, and their D just got run over by Atlanta. Rams are averaging 17 ppg, one of the worst offenses in the league.
Vikings look like they could run away with the NFC North, already have a 2 game lead and a tie breaker over the only other good team.
Dallas looks to be a wild card team and may even improve once Dak gets back. But even without him, they already beat….
NYG whom we should match up extremely well against.
Does anyone here realistically think Green Bay is losing 10-11 games this year? They still get to play the Bears whom they own, they still get the Lions, the Commanders, the Tua-less Dolphins…. Even in a bad year Rodgers will still have some big performances. That’s a wild card team in the 2022 NFC.
And then there’s New Orleans. Would love to get a top 5 pick from them, but they are also only 1 game out of the division lead there. Brady is not the same and the Saints have a rash of injuries to their Star players. When they all come back healthy, they could start racking up divisional wins. If there was one team that could take it to Brady in that division….
Its an outside shot, but it’s very possible Philadelphia could sweep the entire NFC playoff bracket in the regular season, which has never happened. Look at that list; that’s most of the best teams in the NFC.
And even if we did that, the narrative will still be that we never played anyone any good
