Overvalued/Undervalued NFL (week 1)

Overvalued


1. San Francisco 49ers. Mike Singletary fired the OC Jimmy Raye but the Niners problems are more than a coordinator. Singletary is a great coach for college players. 18-22 year olds would rally around his fiery style and run through a wall for the Hall of Fame linebacker but that style is not going to work in the pros. Pros will tune you out when you continue to act that way. The other issue as duly noted is the quarterback. When you can't throw for more than 5 yards down the field, teams can defense you easily. Looks like its going to be another long season for football fans in the Bay area.

2. Detroit Lions. If the Lions didn't have any bad luck they wouldn't have any luck at all. Even with all the hype of their defensive line with Suh and Vanden Bosch, the Lions still can't buy a win. The team had a win stolen from them by the officials. Their top overall pick from last year is hurt in Matthew Stafford. And has anyone seen Calvin Johnson? The preseason can really be deceiving.


3. The Demise of the Steelers without Big Ben. Starting qb violates the personal conduct policy, no way the Steelers can beat the Falcons, Titans and then the Bucs to go 3-0, and yes they did. Not only with Ben's backup but with his backup backup playing at qb. Not saying it will happen but wouldn't it be something if the Steelers keep winning with Ben on the bench after the suspension. The way they do it is the Steeler way. Pound you on defense, run the ball and pound you some more. That's the way football was meant to be played.


4. Brett Favre could walk onto the field and the Vikes would win. For all the drama that Favre has given everyone each summer, Vikings fans figured this was their year. But Favre for the first time in three years looks old and the game does not look fun to him anymore. The boyish exuberance that we are used to seeing from him seems to have faded. Now football looks like a job to him and that's not good for the Vikings and their fans. Unless he finds that energy again, the Vikings will continue to struggle.



Undervalued


1. Philadelphia Eagles. With the Cowboys not showing up week to week, and the Giants and Redskins imploding, the Eagles really think they can win the division. In all honesty this team was not built to really built to contend this year but now the division is there for the taking. No one saw the rebirth of Michael Vick coming. He is now a pocket passer with incredible running skills. By the way, is there a db in the league that can cover Desean Foster in the open field?


2. Kansas City Chiefs. I made a joke three weeks ago if KC still had a football team. Yes they do and they are fast. The coordinators of Crennel and Weis are putting the speedsters in the right position and the kids are starting to believe. Don't think it will last long but you can tell that Scott Pioli is a great evaluator of talent. Drafting McCluster, Arenas and Moeaki shows, Belichek wasn't the only one in the Patriots making the smart picks.

3. Chicago Bears. Now the Bears looked awful in the preseason and Jay Cutler said their offense was using a "Cloak and Dagger". Like they were really fooling people. This we know, Mike Martz can coach offense, he is not a good head coach, but the man can coach offense. Now with that said, the Packers are the class of the NFC but for now Lovie, Cutler and the Bears are in first place.


5th Quarter in two days.