Can the Eagles hold up defensively? Can the Dolphins win a big game? Here's what to know as the 2023 NFL season hits the midway point.
Nine weeks of the 2023 NFL season have given way to heightened hopes for some and a heavy dose of reality for others.With that in mind, ESPN's 32 NFL team reporters took part in a midseason reset. They lay out what they've learned through the first eight or nine games and frame what's to come over the final nine weeks and beyond. Each team's currentThe Bills defense is solid -- ranking No. 5 in scoring defense -- but injuries to key players are taking a toll.
Halfway through the season, the offense is still muddling through large stretches of most games, leaving some doubt whether the Chiefs can routinely return to their high-scoring ways. The wide receivers the Chiefs were counting on,The Chiefs are allowing 15.9 points per game. That's the team's best through nine games since the Chiefs started 9-0 in 2013. Those Chiefs collapsed down the stretch, but don't expect that to happen this time.
Are the Cowboys a real Super Bowl contender? Their five wins have come against teams with a combined 15-28 record this season. In their biggest tests against the 49ers and Eagles, they lost. But the loss that is actually galling is thein Week 3. If the Cowboys' season ends without a playoff game, that will be the loss that haunts them. Four of their next five games are at home, where they have won 11 straight, and the road game is at one-win Carolina.
Can Todd Bowles turn this thing around? The expectation was that the offense would struggle early on with a new quarterback inand a new offensive coordinator in Dave Canales. But the defense's dramatic decline the last four weeks has raised questions about Bowles' job status. If the Bucs don't reverse course, does he get more time, given that he didn't get to choose his staff last season and the salary cap limitations caused by retired quarterback Tom Brady's $35.
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