Week 10: Worst and Best

I've spent a decent amount of time looking at the best NFL teams. Let's start this week by looking at the worst. 

The Panthers are 1-8. Their only victory was by 2 points over the Texans. And looking at their schedule, they don't have any dogshit teams remaining. They seem to have a strangehold on the worst record...except for the crazy fact that they don't own their 1st round pick. So they have no motivations to keep losing. They lost to the Bears and Saints by 3 points each. It's not impossible to think they can get to 3 wins, possibly 4 if they're playing harder at the end of the year than some other teams. 

The Cardinals are 2-8 but on a one-game winning streak with Kyler back. The team wants to see what Kyler can do and he has stuff to prove, so I think they'll win at least 3 more and not be vying for the #1 pick. 

The other two teams with only 2 wins are the Patriots and Giants. If there ever was a team who could successfully tank, it would be the Patriots right? Belichick knows he needs a QB and knows this season is over. The Giants on the other hand are legitimately terrible, top to bottom. Pats and Giants play each other on 11/26 and the winner will be the loser. The Pats should crush the Giants, so Belichick is going to need to gameplan some sneaky stuff to lose. 

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Here are the 3 teams with the best records in the NFL:

The Lions were a hot preseason pick and it's actually happening. Their offense has scored more points than the Chiefs. They're 4-1 on the road. Wild stuff. 

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I am once again reminded of the razor-thin margins in the NFL. 

Let's look at the Bills. If you were a Bills fan and had a magic wand, it wouldn't take that much to turn the season around. 

Week 1: They were beating the Jets in the Aaron Rodgers injury game. They lose on a punt return in OT. 

Week 7: They were up late over the Pats, and Mac Jones comes down the field to win at the buzzer.

Week 10: Denver misses the kick at the buzzer. All the Bills needed was to have 11 men on the field. 

If those 3 games go the Bills way, they would be 8-2 in 1st place in the AFC. Ken Dorsey would have a job. 

Of course, they really should have lost to the Giants in Week 6. 

And who knows how the last two years play out differently if they do a squib kick against the Chiefs with 13 seconds left.