Dirty Dozen: First Impressions Seldom Last in NFL

by Dave Goldberg

Filed under: 49ers, Arizona Cardinals, Chargers, Chiefs, Colts, Cowboys, Jets, Giants, Rams, Saints, Texans, Vikings, NFL Analysis

For the bottom line on the 2010 NFL season thus far, let's turn to the coach of the United Football League's Sacramento Mountain Lions.

"They are who we thought they were,'' Dennis Green said on Oct. 26, 2006 to describe the Chicago Bears after Green's Arizona Cardinals blew a 20-point lead despite holding the Bears, a Super Bowl team that season, without an offensive touchdown.

In 2010, with Green coaching a team quarterbacked by Daunte Culpepper, whom he drafted for the Vikings in 1999, his phrase has been turned on its head.

Very few teams are who we thought they were.

Consider: there are no unbeaten teams five weeks into the season for the first time since 1970. Some folks lament it; the NFL loves it.

As of now ...

 

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