Midseason! The NFL season has reached the halfway point (well, not true halfway because it decided to go to an ugly 17-game season), making it a great time to pause and think about what's occurred over the first eight weeks of the season.
, making it a great time to pause and think about what's occurred over the first eight weeks of the season. There have been some pleasant surprises and ghastly disappointments, but this week's Four Verts column will start off with a positive — that team in Kansas City is still damn good, even though it feels different than usual.Anyone who has watched the Chiefs this season would say that the offense isn't very good.
Still, people aren’t necessarily wrong if they feel like the Chiefs have been a diminished version of themselves — offense as a whole has been down in the NFL. The league average yards per play is currently at 5.2, which is the lowest mark since 2017 . But the Chiefs are still one of the best offenses in the league.
The defense has held up its end of the bargain this season, currently ranking third in opposing points per drive and eighth in opposing yards per drive . With a few tweaks, the offense will be able to do the same.The Giants were never a lock to repeat as playoff contenders given their propensity to win one-score games in 2022, but no one could have predicted that this is how far they would fall less than a calendar year after playing in the NFC divisional round.
Hill already has the most yards in NFL history through eight games with 1,014 receiving yards to go with eight touchdowns. If he's able to keep up this pace for an entire season, he would end up with 2,155 receiving yards and 17 touchdowns — objectively the greatest season for a receiver of all time. Even at a 16-game pace, he would be on track to surpass the 2,000 yard mark, which no receiver has ever done.
Two unguardable talents. Two historic seasons. Two receivers on teams that have Super Bowl aspirations. They deserve more than MVP consideration, they deserve votes, especially in a season when there might not be a standout option at quarterback.It feels crazy to say that a head coach who has yet to have a losing record is doing a poor job, but that’s kind of where Chargers head coach Brandon Staley finds himself.
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