NFL "Flavor of the Week"

The 2010 NFL season has been like no other in recent memory. A bunch of teams are in the playoff mix just past the midway point in the season. No one team is a lock to win anything at this point. Let's take a look back at how the season started. Teams like the Cowboys, Vikings and Bengals all received some love from folks predicting Super Bowl matchups in early September. Who would have thought that none of these teams would have more than 3 wins just a week shy of Thanksgiving? The Chiefs started off the season hot, and surprisingly, was the last undefeated team in the league until they lost in Week 5. The '72 Dolphins didn't even break a sweat before they sipped their champagne this year. More recently we had the Patriots, who was ranked #1 in the ESPN NFL Power rankings, lose their luster when they were pounded by the Browns but gained it back after beating the Steelers a week later. Going into that game, the Steelers were being touted as the best team by a few experts. The Giants were lauded as the best team in the New York, the NFC and possibly the whole league after dismantling the Seahawks a week ago, only to be brought back down to earth by the lowly, underachieving Cowboys on Sunday. Now the current "Flavor of the Week" is the Eagles, who on Monday night absolutely destroyed the Redskins. Some even questioned whether Eagle QB Michael Vick had the best day ever for a quarterback in a regular season game. I've been hearing folks gushing over Vick & the Eagles the last two days, most saying they are unstoppable. Some have even tried to crown the Falcons as the best team, but their memories are short. They were crowned the best team a couple of weeks ago; then they marched into Lincoln Financial Field and was dethroned by the Eagles. If this season holds to form, the Eagles should have a bad game soon. Then who will be the "Flavor of the Week" after them?