It seems like only yesterday the New York Giants and Dallas
Cowboys were kicking off the season. We
are now four games into the season and ¼ of the way done. There have been so many huge storylines that I
could cover for my quarterly review but I will stick to the biggest surprise
and disappointing teams so far.
There are three teams through four weeks who are undefeated:
The Houston Texans, the Atlanta Falcons, and the biggest surprise of the season
the Arizona Cardinals. No one expected
much for the Cardinals this year that is why this 4-0 start is so impressive. Their offense has not played well so far this
season but the defense has carried them.
They have held every opponent under 22 points and let up only 18 to the New
England Patriots and 6 to the Philadelphia Eagles. The NFC West this year looks to be pretty
competitive and Arizona’s hot start will help them out a lot in trying to win
the division. We will see how good the
Cardinals are when they take on the San Francisco 49ers for the first
time.
No team has been a bigger disappointment this year than the
0-4 New Orleans Saints. The Saints are
coming off a solid year last year but all of the off season problems have seem
too caught up with them. Drew Brees has
been playing well this year but his defense is giving him no support at
all. They are allowing 32.5 points per
game and have not given up less than 25 this year. We all know their offense is capable of
putting up ridiculous numbers every week but having to score more than 30
points a game every week is a challenge.
This could be a very long season for the Saints with their next couple
games being against strong teams.
Overall it has been a great start to the 2012 season. It has had its ups and downs with the whole
replacement refs issue but now that the issue is resolved the rest of the
season should be even better. I am
hoping my favorite team the Houston Texans can continue their impressive start
and that the rest of the season has many great games and amazing performances.
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