Which 2-0 teams are contenders ?

[megalodon30]

siemien has a .7 better rating than brady, who shat himself in week 1.

Trevor Siemian is 2-0. Tom Brady is 1-1. Thread winner: Trevor Siemian. Thread disqualified: Tom Brady.

 

[Rock Strongo]

id be curious if siemien can keep this up tho. kinda fell apart down the stretch last year. nothing like a good late round story...

 

[Clayton]

Probably 2 out of the 3 of the following are pretenders: Ravens, Lions and Panthers

I think every other team is in good shape

 

[Eco]

heard that for about a decade.

it never gets old.

I saw Brady play Bama in the Orange Bowl back in 99/00 season. He's a hell of a QB, and while I'm obviously tired of hearing about last year's SB...this is a new year...and in this new year, we are undefeated and you aren't so find your own thread

 

[Rock Strongo]

I saw Brady play Bama in the Orange Bowl back in 99/00 season. He's a hell of a QB, and while I'm obviously tired of hearing about last year's SB...this is a new year...and in this new year, we are undefeated and you aren't so find your own thread

those falcons will never get over this.

like seattle.

 

[wingsauce7]

those falcons will never get over this.

like seattle.

I think you're correct.

Franchise wreckers.

 

[Rock Strongo]

I think you're correct.

Franchise wreckers.

its VERY hard to come back from such a demoralizing defeat in the biggest game of your life.

only a few teams have really shown they can do it.

 

[Clayton]

its VERY hard to come back from such a demoralizing defeat in the biggest game of your life.

only a few teams have really shown they can do it.

Laundry doesn't win championships.

There is so much turnover in the NFL that I'm not sure you can link one year's team to the next 90% of the time. In the time I took to write this, New England probably cut 2 pass rushers and the Chiefs probably signed and cut 2 running backs.

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

Carolina immediately comes to mind as PRETENDERS

Cam looks awful, that defense isnt holding opponents to 3 points every week

 

[wingsauce7]

Yep. Teams get to SB caliber and can only stay there for a season or two with the pieces that got them that far before free agency kills it.

NE has been the exception. Their QB and coach are ridiculous.

 

[megalodon30]

Carolina immediately comes to mind as PRETENDERS

Cam looks awful, that defense isnt holding opponents to 3 points every week

I think we figured that out last year. Just another instance of Siemian being better than.

Look at baby Cam with the towel over his head again.

 

[Clayton]

Carolina immediately comes to mind as PRETENDERS

Cam looks awful, that defense isnt holding opponents to 3 points every week

Of the 2-0 teams I've watched, Carolina has jumped out at me as the most mediocre.

 

[Rock Strongo]

Laundry doesn't win championships.

There is so much turnover in the NFL that I'm not sure you can link one year's team to the next 90% of the time. In the time I took to right this, New England probably cut 2 pass rushers and the Chiefs probably signed and cut 2 running backs.

coach
QB
coordinator

that consistency at your core helps. ive seen my pats lose 2 miserable superb owls, only to have that core return and win more and more.

thats the problem in the nfl. coaching and coordinator turnover. how many coaches, coordinators, and offenses has matty ice had?

 

[Rock Strongo]

Of the 2-0 teams I've watched, Carolina has jumped out at me as the most mediocre.

how did cam newton ever win an MVP?

he did start slow that year too like this year.

 

[chappee11]

Laundry doesn't win championships.

There is so much turnover in the NFL that I'm not sure you can link one year's team to the next 90% of the time. In the time I took to write this, New England probably cut 2 pass rushers and the Chiefs probably signed and cut 2 running backs.

This is true, but don't discount the importance of continuity with the coach & QB(maybe even ownership). Stability means something. Talent at the QB position does, too, of course.

 

[chappee11]

how did cam newton ever win an MVP?

he did start slow that year too like this year.

Duante Culpepper was awesome once, too.

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

Thats all i got

Denver looks so for real IMO

I like Detroit enough as a playoff team for sure

I think the Raiders defense stinks, dont buy them as a SB contender like most, but a playoff team for sure

Id hate to see America punished by the falcons in the SB again, but they are pretty for real, probably a 11 or 12 win team

I think KC is really in the conversation for best team in the NFL, Eric Berry really could sting badly by seasons end though

 

[Rock Strongo]

Duante Culpepper was awesome once, too.

was talking about him with my boss the other day. hes from Nebraska. Told me he used to go to UFL games and saw maurice clarrett play there. he couldnt remember the name of the "fat black QB who sucked at the end of his career" who played there. it was culpepper. he said he looked "awful" in those UFL games.

 

[megalodon30]

was talking about him with my boss the other day. hes from Nebraska. Told me he used to go to UFL games and saw maurice clarrett play there. he couldnt remember the name of the "fat black QB who sucked at the end of his career" who played there. it was culpepper. he said he looked "awful" in those UFL games.

He played for my hometown Sacramento Mountain Lions.

 

[megalodon30]