THE NFL 2005-2006 Thread.

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Originally Posted by ZebraRampage

Does anyone else feel like this is a weird football year? I guess some things have happened that haven't happened for a long time. Cincinnati is 3-0, New England already lost a game, the Packers kind of died, Tampa is 3-0, Carolina was able to beat New England, but not Miami or New Orleans. Maybe these things just happen.

In case you haven't noticed, this has been pretty much every year for the past 10 or so. There are no more dynasties. The NFL is actively bending the system such that every team is basically at about the same level. The idea is to establish parity. The fewer teams you have at 4-12, the more tickets you sell and interest you generate late in the season.

That’s why the team with the worst record gets the highest draft pick in the first round, but this is also the reasoning behind the salary cap, to keep the big market teams from outpacing the small markets like in baseball. The unfortunate thing is, unlike baseball, the NFL is in a good financial situation where all of its teams make money (maybe not the Cardinals, but everybody else) and there really is no reason for there to not be some salary flexibility. It would result in a MUCH better product on the field. There really aren't any truly good teams anymore, but it's a business not a game, so this is the way things are going to be.