Ok, the Giants are in the Super Bowl, and though it is hard to watch a team from your division go to the Super Bowl, there is a little bit of pride in the fact that your division has such good teams. It begs the question:
Is the NFC East as good as we all pretend that it is?
Well, let’s forgive the Cowboys their faults for a minute and realize that they are relevant and they do not suck. They have good players, and people know they are dangerous.
The Giants, Redskins, and the Eagles occupy the other four slots in the NFC East. Granted, the division didn’t put three teams in the playoffs like the AFC North, so I’m not saying that the division is the best. I am saying that we should consider how good the division is.
Each team in the division is relevant no matter what they do. Everyone will talk about the Redskins, Eagles, Giants, and Cowboys even if they’re all so bad that the division winner is deemed not good enough to go to the playoffs. That’s how it works.
The best division in football is the AFC North, but the most intriguing division is the East. The Eagles are a mess, but they always play tough games with their division rivals. There are no cupcakes in this division, like Cleveland, and that makes this division number two. When we see NFC East games, I always say that it’s like two boxers standing in place and punching each other in the face. They just keep taking a beating until the game ends. That’s how the Giants go to the Super Bowl.
Next year, it could be the Cowboys, that’s why there’s always hope. We know that teams in this division are just that dangerous. What, with 11 Super Bowls in the division, you have to take them seriously.
