The sheer misery of the NFC East and AFC South means we could be a few shocks absent from two sub-.500 teams playing for the NFL titleWho’s pumped for a Jaguars-Eagles Super Bowl?
This year,like every year, the playoffs will feature one team from the AFC South and another from the somehow even worse NFC East. The chances of those “champions” assembly on 7 February at Levi’s Stadium are incredibly slender, or as each and every team in those divisions is an embarrassment. But the chances of a 4-8 team being one game out of a division lead in mid-December were slender,too. Yet here we are, wondering how far Matt Cassel, or a guy who got cut by the Buffalo Bills back in September,can take “America’s Team”. Related: The Giants can still earn the playoffs – but is it time to fire Tom Coughlin? Related: Was the Patriots' loss to the Eagles unlucky or the start of a slide? Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com