9. New York Jets (4-3)
The Jets are better than their 4-3 record suggests. With only one team in the NFL undefeated, 3 losses isn’t as bad as it usually seems. They may be 2 games behind the Patriots, but they’ve had their BYE already and look fresher and more confident since the break. The Pats have got some really tough matches on the horizon and after 8 games the picture could look much better for the White and Green side of New York. Despite recent postseason success, the 4-3 record leads me to classify the jets as a dangerous sleeper…
…and a real nightmare for some.
10. New York Giants (4-2)
The Giants are a hard team to work out. They shouldn’t be winning, but they keep on getting the job done. Manning has been better than usual and has showed maturity and poise in the pocket. He is still an echelon below the Bradys, Rodgers and Brees of the league, but is quietly justifying his preseason complaint at being mandatorily excluded from conversation whenever the subject turned to elite QBs.
He has got a Super Bowl ring, after all, but can he get him and his team another? A Week 9 match-up with the Patriots will tell us more, until then the giants must keep picking up easy games. It figures that the NFC East will be a tight one with some close-to-even records come January. Right now, though, they look favourites to edge it.
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