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haha. I'm not sure what's worse up to this point -- Minnesota and Dallas at 3 and 4 or Tampa Bay and STL at 30 and 32.

 

Neither Tampa or STL is good. Tampa has beaten some crappy teams and lost to everybody that posed a threat, plus they've been outscored by a wide margin. They could both easily finish in the bottom 10 of the league, while Dallas and Minnesota have no chance of being a top 10 team. STL plays in a crap division and their AFC division opponents are also the weakest.

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haha. I'm not sure what's worse up to this point -- Minnesota and Dallas at 3 and 4 or Tampa Bay and STL at 30 and 32.

 

Neither Tampa or STL is good. Tampa has beaten some crappy teams and lost to everybody that posed a threat, plus they've been outscored by a wide margin. They could both easily finish in the bottom 10 of the league, while Dallas and Minnesota have no chance of being a top 10 team. STL plays in a crap division and their AFC division opponents are also the weakest.

 

St. Louis is probably a upper 20s in terms of ranking. They've showed some promise, not as a team that can be good this year or maybe next year but as a team that's improved and could certainly win that putrid division.

 

TB is just so young, I don't feel like they know they're supposed to suck. The D is fairly decent though. They're probably in the 17-20 range in rankings imo.

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haha. I'm not sure what's worse up to this point -- Minnesota and Dallas at 3 and 4 or Tampa Bay and STL at 30 and 32.

 

Neither Tampa or STL is good. Tampa has beaten some crappy teams and lost to everybody that posed a threat, plus they've been outscored by a wide margin. They could both easily finish in the bottom 10 of the league, while Dallas and Minnesota have no chance of being a top 10 team. STL plays in a crap division and their AFC division opponents are also the weakest.

 

Tampa very easily could've won on the road against Atlanta yesterday. I don't think they're that bad.

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haha. I'm not sure what's worse up to this point -- Minnesota and Dallas at 3 and 4 or Tampa Bay and STL at 30 and 32.

 

Neither Tampa or STL is good. Tampa has beaten some crappy teams and lost to everybody that posed a threat, plus they've been outscored by a wide margin. They could both easily finish in the bottom 10 of the league, while Dallas and Minnesota have no chance of being a top 10 team. STL plays in a crap division and their AFC division opponents are also the weakest.

 

Tampa very easily could've won on the road against Atlanta yesterday. I don't think they're that bad.

 

No, they aren't the 30th worst team in the game, but that ranking is not as egregious of a mistake as Dallas and Minny up top.

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Wade Phillips has been fired and replaced by OC Jason Garrett.

 

Welcome to last page... ;)

Damn. Well, it just became official so everyone else was just speculating and I broke the news.

 

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For whoever said they almost feel bad for Phillips, I'm not. He is probably relieved right now. What incentive did he have to finish the season with the team? He was gonna get canned no matter what, the team has completely quit under him, so the chances of him salvaging some of the season with a 5-3 finish or that would make him more appealing for a future job are pretty much non-existent. Cutting him loose right now helps him just as much as it helps the Cowboys. There was no benefit, other than a small amount of financial benefit for the Cowboys, for either side to remain married.
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St. Louis, Detroit, Tampa and Minnesota are an interchangeable mix as the sixth-best team in the NFC. If Minnesota had a better coach they'd be a significant cut above those teams.

 

EDIT: Chicago is in that mix, too.

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1. Giants

2. Falcons

3. Packers

4. Saints

5. Eagles

6. Vikings

7. Buccaneers

8. Bears

 

I'd get to that point before I started considering the Rams for #9. I think the Eagles and Vikings, even with their season, are clearly better than the Rams. The Bucs and Bears probably are, but its not as clear cut.

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For whoever said they almost feel bad for Phillips, I'm not. He is probably relieved right now. What incentive did he have to finish the season with the team? He was gonna get canned no matter what, the team has completely quit under him, so the chances of him salvaging some of the season with a 5-3 finish or that would make him more appealing for a future job are pretty much non-existent. Cutting him loose right now helps him just as much as it helps the Cowboys. There was no benefit, other than a small amount of financial benefit for the Cowboys, for either side to remain married.

 

He was also born into the sport and been given numerous opportunities to be a completely underwhelming coach. Not sure he needs any pity.

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1. Giants

2. Falcons

3. Packers

4. Saints

5. Eagles

6. Vikings

7. Buccaneers

8. Bears

 

I'd get to that point before I started considering the Rams for #9. I think the Eagles and Vikings, even with their season, are clearly better than the Rams. The Bucs and Bears probably are, but its not as clear cut.

 

That sounds about right.

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For whoever said they almost feel bad for Phillips, I'm not. He is probably relieved right now. What incentive did he have to finish the season with the team? He was gonna get canned no matter what, the team has completely quit under him, so the chances of him salvaging some of the season with a 5-3 finish or that would make him more appealing for a future job are pretty much non-existent. Cutting him loose right now helps him just as much as it helps the Cowboys. There was no benefit, other than a small amount of financial benefit for the Cowboys, for either side to remain married.

 

He was also born into the sport and been given numerous opportunities to be a completely underwhelming coach. Not sure he needs any pity.

 

The reason I feel bad is that he has always been talked up by the players for being a great players coach, yet the players completely quit on him. I am glad he is gone though and bet he is glad its over with.

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Perhaps, but the Rams are still at least even with the Bucs and Bears.

 

Why? They have 4 losses, none of them to good teams. It's not that hard to make a top 8 list of NFC teams anyway. There may be 12 AFC teams in that discussion.

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Perhaps, but the Rams are still at least even with the Bucs and Bears.

 

Why? They have 4 losses, none of them to good teams. It's not that hard to make a top 8 list of NFC teams anyway. There may be 12 AFC teams in that discussion.

 

The Bears lost to the Seahawks and Redskins at home. The Rams beat those two teams by a combined 30 points.

 

The Bears are 27th in points scored and fourth in points allowed. The Rams are 29th in points scored and seventh in points allowed.

 

Looks pretty even to me.

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STL has played nobody this year and they are 4-4. The Bears have played two top teams in NYG and GB, are 1-1 against them and have 5 wins. STL beat two mediocre teams the Bears lost to, they also got their asses kicked by DET. Yet you are claiming STL might be the 6th best team in the conference.
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STL has played nobody this year and they are 4-4. The Bears have played two top teams in NYG and GB, are 1-1 against them and have 5 wins. STL beat two mediocre teams the Bears lost to, they also got their asses kicked by DET. Yet you are claiming STL might be the 6th best team in the conference.

 

Your logic is outstanding. The Bears are better because they beat Green Bay? Sure.

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