NFL Grade Cards...midterm exam

Stoo-dents...pay attention! Professor Bandit is calling class to order and will hand out mid term grades for your favorite NFL team
Instead of breaking down each team individually I'll just break it down by grades

Head of The Class

A+
New England (9-0)
Duh....The Pats shown their moxie with their rally against the Colts. Forget the hate that Don Shula threw at them, they're biggest obstacle is themselves

A
Indianapolis, Dallas, Green Bay (7-1)
The Colts stay in the A class depsite their loss, the Pokes aside from their Patriots Spanking have made it look rather easy. I keep saying that the Packs lack of a running game will get them and it will eventually, but it'll probably be in the Super Bowl.

Good Grades here

B+
New York Giants, Detroit, Pittsburgh (6-2)
The G-Men have shook off their 0-2 start but the have yet to beat a good team besides Washington. The Lions have turned heads but they have a brutal back half of their schedule. The Steelers have one bad game a month, that'll only get them a 12-4 record...yikes.

B
Jacksonville (5-3)
The Jags are doing it without a real QB and thats gonna catch up with them.

B-
Cleveland, Washington (5-3), Tampa Bay (5-4)
The Skins are winning in spite of themselves while the Browns are winning games that they shouldn't but thats gonna catch up with them both soon. How are the Bucs doing it, Chucky Gruden couldn't tell you and I'm not gonna try

Middle of the Class

C+
New Orleans, Carolina, San Diego, Seattle (4-4)
The only reason all of these teams are in the plus is because they are at the top of their divisions. The Saints have done the most to improve, while Carolina's QB situation will make things hard on them. The Chargers are the most schizo team in the NFL while Seattle is as usual making may in the super weak NFC West

C
Buffalo, Baltimore, Kansas City (4-4)
The Bills will sport a winning record only because of their weak schedule, The Ravens are coming apart fast and the Chiefs will be hurting without Larry Johnson and their grade will begin to show that

C-
Houston (4-5), Minnesota (3-5)
The Vikings have a lot going for them RB wise, but they are still lacking in a lot of areas but they have improved
The Texans are still trying to find their sea legs, but they are not a pushover. If they could get a real homerun back to complement their solid receiving corps they would be solid. But residing the no-joke AFC South, they won't get anywhere anytime soon.

Sleeping in Class
D (You aren't getting a plus if you're below a C
Philadelphia, Chicago, Denver, Arizona,
The Eagles are a team that is teetering on collapse, while the Bears seem to find ways to lose. The Broncos are 3 last second field goals from being winless and the Cards are spinning their wheels since Matt Leinart's season ending injury
D-
Cincinnati, New York Jets, Atlanta, San Francisco, Oakland
These teams are only off the failure list because they have wins, but their litany of wrongs is too long to list here, but at least they are passing, barely.

Failing the Course
F
St. Louis, Miami
The Rams are closer to getting off this list than the Dolphins are, but at least they have an excuse having been ravaged by injuries. The Dolphins are just bad, period.

These grades will be reviewed again at after each team has played 12 games, (week 13) Until Next Post Fellow Sports Fans!