UNDERACHIEVERS OF THE NFL

[texaspackerbacker]

The Packers certainly are under-achieving this season, but as others have pointed out, they have a helluva lot of company.

The Cowboys and Eagles have to be near the top of the list. Cleveland and Seattle also could be considered under-achievers, but only in comparison to recent past achievements. Neither of those teams has that much talent. I would put San Diego into that category. The Colts, on the other hand, really do have super talent, and are not achieving up to what they should.

Three others I'd throw in that I don't think have been mentioned are the Jaguars, the Bengals, and the Vikings. The Jags have talent just a half notch below top level, and they have failed miserably. The Bengals SEEM to have excellent talent, but have not even risen to the mediocre level. And the Vikings are keeping up their tradition of having great talent, and choking/stinking it up--although like the Packers, the jury is still out on their season.

[Fritz]

I wonder what our record would be with a top tier defensive coordinator ?

oops.........wrong thread

No different without top tier defensive players to go with it!
The Packers have a few such players, but not enough who consistently win the one-on-one battles that football boils down too, especially in line play.

Ah, a defense that can take over a game, exert its will on the other team's offense; how long has it been since we have seen that in GB? When will we ever see it again?

I sure do like that kind of defense. I'd prefer it, in fact, to an offense that can seemingly score at will.

Does anyone here consider the Packers' Reggie White-led defenses dominating defenses? I'm not sure why, but I don't. They seemed...good enough. But maybe I was simply spoiled.

[Patler]

Does anyone here consider the Packers' Reggie White-led defenses dominating defenses? I'm not sure why, but I don't. They seemed...good enough. But maybe I was simply spoiled.

I think they led the league in defense in 1996.

[mngolf19]

The Packers certainly are under-achieving this season, but as others have pointed out, they have a helluva lot of company.

The Cowboys and Eagles have to be near the top of the list. Cleveland and Seattle also could be considered under-achievers, but only in comparison to recent past achievements. Neither of those teams has that much talent. I would put San Diego into that category. The Colts, on the other hand, really do have super talent, and are not achieving up to what they should.

Three others I'd throw in that I don't think have been mentioned are the Jaguars, the Bengals, and the Vikings. The Jags have talent just a half notch below top level, and they have failed miserably. The Bengals SEEM to have excellent talent, but have not even risen to the mediocre level. And the Vikings are keeping up their tradition of having great talent, and choking/stinking it up--although like the Packers, the jury is still out on their season.

The Cowboys are 8-4 and are an underachiever? The Vikings are tied for first in their division and are an underachiever? Wow, now tell me what you had them pegged for at the top of the season because that's the only way for you to call them underachieving.

[SnakeLH2006]

The Packers certainly are under-achieving this season, but as others have pointed out, they have a helluva lot of company.

The Cowboys and Eagles have to be near the top of the list. Cleveland and Seattle also could be considered under-achievers, but only in comparison to recent past achievements. Neither of those teams has that much talent. I would put San Diego into that category. The Colts, on the other hand, really do have super talent, and are not achieving up to what they should.

Three others I'd throw in that I don't think have been mentioned are the Jaguars, the Bengals, and the Vikings. The Jags have talent just a half notch below top level, and they have failed miserably. The Bengals SEEM to have excellent talent, but have not even risen to the mediocre level. And the Vikings are keeping up their tradition of having great talent, and choking/stinking it up--although like the Packers, the jury is still out on their season.

The Cowboys are 8-4 and are an underachiever? The Vikings are tied for first in their division and are an underachiever? Wow, now tell me what you had them pegged for at the top of the season because that's the only way for you to call them underachieving.

I agree to a point..The Cowboys were 11-1 at one point last year and WERE supposed to be better this year. Romo's injury sucked, but it looks like they are struggling to get a hold of their division even at a good 8-4. At this point they are easily better than the Pack though, so I have nothing to say other than that.