Hope for the Downtrodden: Upward Mobility and the NFL

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Published: May 22, 2009

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... for a common denominator in the teams being picked to win their divisions: Almost all of them will be teams who were at least 8-8 last year.

 

Precious few will be the bottom dregs of the 2008 standings, teams like Kansas City, St. Louis, Cincinnati or, heaven forbid, the Detroit Lions.

 

But chances are at least one team from the bottom of 2008 will be playing playoff football in January 2010.

 

Now it won’t be the Lions. I’m all for making bold predictions, but that’s just stupid.

 

But when you look at the 2009 Rams, Chiefs, Seahawks and Raiders, don’t just assume that because they stunk last year they must also stink this year. We’ve had too many examples in recent history of zeros-to-heroes.

 
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