Show NFL division conferences ow 7 season mid-season report marco Villano Sports Editor With the NFL season half gone heres here's how each conference is faring up to this point The has the two most dominant teams in the league if not in NFL hi history tory The New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts are a cut above the rest of the teams in the league Last week they squared offin off offin offin in a game in which some reports said was the game of the millennium The Pats made a quarter fourth comeback to beat the Colts 24 This g game me may h have ve been a preview of the championship The other teams that have made a g good Sodd d showing this season ar arthe are the Pittsburgh and the Tennessee T Titans t ns With Ben healthy the lookas look lookas as g good od as they did vo two years ago when ili they y won won the The T Titans taris came out of f nowhere season and decided to play good football What to watch for in the second half Going into the game against the Colts the Pats had beaten their opponents by an average of 25 points per game and scored an average of 41 points per game Its It's been 35 years since there has been an undefeated team in the NFL The Patriots look ok like the team to break break- that streak Just as exciting as the undefeated Patriots the Miami Dolphins are winless winess There has never been a winless winess t team am in NFL history The doesn't have too many standout teams The Green Bay Packers are 7 1 but could just as easily be 5 3 as they made two spectacular plays to win their last two vo games The Dallas Cowboys are definitely the best team in inthis inthis inthis this conference They are second in the NFL in points per game and yards per game they are third in pass yards per game and tenth in rushing Their only loss of the season was to the Patriots which was a 48 27 blowout The other teams that are playing well in the are the Detroit Lions NY Giants and the Washington Redskins These are the three teams that will most likely be battling for the wild card spot in January After starting the season 04 04 04 0 4 the New Orleans Saints have won their last 4 games and may be the sleeper in inthe inthe inthe the South I The is also home to the worst division in football The West has one team at 4 the Seattle The rest are all below They have the the St. St Louis Rams who are tied for first as the worst team in the league Just like the Dolp Dolphins ins the Rams are winless winess and are showing no hope in winning a game this season |