Oh how I dreaded those quarterly and midterm report cards I received while attending St Polycarp’s elementary school in Somerville, Massachusetts located just outside of Boston. Receiving the card was bad enough, but having it handed out by the pastor of our parish, Monsignor Garrity, who would first peruse the card and than look out over his glasses and firmly proclaim; “young man, if you spent one half of the time studying that you spent practicing baseball, football and hockey, you’d be an straight A student, was the ultimate derogation for a boy who could rattle off the stats of a Frank Gifford, Jackie Jensen and Lenny Moore, but couldn’t memorize an eight line poem.
Well now the game has changed. It is I, who on behalf of all other underachieving student will begin the process of passing out letter grade to all of our favorite NFL clubs. I will dispense with many of the embarrassing tradition that accompanied the distribution of the dreaded quarterly report; the commissioner will not personally hand out the card, although you should understand he is very much aware of your current situation. The card will not require a signature from a parent, guardian or in this case an owner and finally I’m not going to pose to you the dreaded question of why can’t you apply yourself in the same manor that your sibling or dad did when they were in my class.
Well before we get to the mid-term quarterly grade, lets’ take a look at both my preseason and adjusted mid-term division picks.
NFC East
Pre-season Mid-season
1 - Dallas 1 - N Y Giants
2 - Washington 2 - Dallas
3 - NY Giants 3 - Washington
4 - Philadelphia 4 - Philadelphia
NFC North
Pre-season Mid-season
1 - Green Bay 1 - Green Bay
2 - Minnesota 2 - Chicago
3 - Chicago 3 - Minnesota
4 - Detroit 4 - Detroit
NFC South
Pre-season Mid-season
1 - New Orleans 1 - Carolina
2 - Carolina 2 - New Orleans
3 - Tampa Bay 3 - Tampa Bay
4 - Atlanta 4 - Atlanta
NFC West
Pre-season Mid-season
1 - Seattle 1 - Arizona
2 - Arizona 2 - Seattle
3 - San Francisco 3 - St. Louis
4 - St Louis 4 - San Francisco
AFC East
Pre-season Mid-season
1 - New England 1 - New England
2 - Buffalo 2 - Buffalo
3 - NY Jets 3 - NY Jets
4 - Miami 4 - Miami
AFC North
Pre-season Mid-season
1 - Pittsburgh 1 - Pittsburgh
2 - Cincinnati 2 - Baltimore
3 - Cleveland 3 - Cleveland
4 - Baltimore 4 - Cincinnati
AFC South
Pre-season Mid-season
1 - Jacksonville 1 -Tennessee
2 - Tennessee 2 - Indianapolis
3 - Indianapolis 3 - Jacksonville
4 - Houston 4 - Houston
AFC West
Pre-season Mid-season
1 - San Diego 1 - Denver
2 - Denver 2 - San Diego
3 - Oakland 3 - Oakland
4 - Kansas City 4 - Kansas City