NFL Quarter of the Season Surprising Teams and Disappointing Teams

We are one month into the new N-F-L season and boy has it been one of the most interesting starts to an N-F-L season I have ever seen. From weeks one to four, we have seen many highs for N-F-L teams and we have seen a lot of lows for certain N-F-L teams. One thing is for certain though, the N-F-L season is still young and there are plenty of teams that can turn it around after a slow start and there are also teams that start out hot to begin the first quarter of the season and then cool off towards the end of the season.

I want to start off by highlighting some teams that have surprised me the most through four weeks. One team that has definitely surprised me the most to start this season has got to be the Philadelphia Eagles. If you would have told me in the month of July that the Philadelphia Eagles not only traded for and signed wide receiver AJ Brown, Jalen Hurts will play like an M-V-P quarterback, the Eagles defense will be one of the best units in the league, and that the Eagles would be the only undefeated team left in the N-F-L through four weeks, I would tell you that you are out of your mind. But that is exactly what happened and the Eagles if they can keep this up, not only have a great chance to win there division, but to perhaps go on a deep playoff run in the month of January.

Another team that I want to highlight that is off to a surprising start that I did not see coming has to be the Miami Dolphins who are currently as of today three and one. The reason why I am shocked at their surging start is due to the fact that during the offseason, the Miami Dolphins had a lot of changes to the coaching staff and the roster as a whole. The Miami Dolphins have also had to deal a lot of scandals during the offseason and during the season. One of those scandals was former head coach Brian Flores filing a lawsuit against the Dolphins accusing them of intentionally paying to lose games. Another scandal that hit the Dolphins was tampering with Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady and former N-F-L head coach Sean Payton. After those scandals hit, the Dolphins managed to persevere into the N-F-L with a new head coach named Mike McDaniel and a new wide receiver who they traded for named Tyreek Hill, former Kansas City Chiefs receiver now Miami Dolphin. Overall, the Dolphins as of this point can be a good dark horse candidate for the playoffs in a loaded A-F-C conference, but, for the Dolphins to be good for the rest of the season, it will all be on their quarterback, Tua Tagovailoa.

After naming my surprising teams so far this season, lets name some disappointing teams so far a quarter way into this young N-F-L season. One of those disappointing teams that have to be named has to be the Indianapolis Colts. The reason why I put the Indianapolis Colts on this list is not only due to how badly they finished last season, losing the final two games of the season to miss the playoffs but, through four weeks, the Colts have a record of one win, two losses, and one tie. Safe to say, the Colts are off to a slow start to begin this season. The other reason why the Colts have to be on the list is due to the fact that the reason why they traded for quarterback Matt Ryan was due to the fact that with Carson Wentz, they only won nine games and he struggled during that season. The Colts believed that with Matt Ryan, they could win more than nine games. But so far to this point, Matt Ryan is struggling at the quarterback position due to old age, bad offensive line play, and the overall team is struggling as a whole whether that is with playing against division opponents like the Jaguars and Titans or having to battle injuries to the likes of Michael Pittman jr and Shaquille Leonard.

The other team that I am disappointed with so far this season has to be the Las Vegas Raiders. The reason being is because before yesterday’s victory against the Denver Broncos, the Raiders were the only team besides the Houston Texans to not win a game so far this season. I am also disappointed in the Raiders due to the fact that after last season of winning ten games and making the playoffs with former head coach now special teams coordinator for the Green Bay Packers, Rich Bisaccia, they got even better by trading for one of the best receivers in the N-F-L named Davante Adams and hiring Josh McDaniels to be their head coach for this season. Even after all of those moves, the Raiders have one big problem and if they want to redeem themselves and be off the disappointing list, the defense has to get better and Derek Carr has to play like he did last year and will his teams to victory out of thin air.

This N-F-L season is very young and many things can change as the season goes on. But so far, teams like the Philadelphia Eagles and the Miami Dolphins have surprised me the most while teams like the Indianapolis Colts and the Las Vegas Raiders have been disappointing to me.