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Tony's Top 5 things we learned from the first half of the NFL season
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Pacman Jones was overrated. For that matter, so were the Dallas Cowboys. With or without Tony Romo, Dallas looks like the biggest waste of talent since the 1992 New York Mets.
4
The Lions are going winless. Already having been outscored by 102 points, the Lions' 8 remaining games are vs. the Jags, at Carolina, vs. the Bucs, vs. the Titans, vs. the Vikes, at Indy, vs. the Saints, at the Packers.
3
The Titans will not win the Super Bowl. Sure, they're a good football team. But it already has been proven that a team quarterbacked by Kerry Collins cannot win the Super Bowl. Bet they go 4-4 or 5-3 over the final eight.
2
The West stinks. Combined, in both conferences, teams playing in the West Division are a combined 21-43. The only West team with a winning record entering Week 9 is the Arizona Cardinals.
1
The NFC has overtaken the AFC. Maybe it's because Tom Brady is hurt and Peyton Manning looks like a shell of himself, but the best football is being played in the other conference, which is where this year's champ will come from.
Tony's Top 5
Red Sox spring training story lines
5
Shortstop Apparently, it's reached the point where the Red Sox have to trade their shortstop to trim payroll. Anyone feel good about that?
4
Carl Crawford After a poor debut season in Boston, he had wrist surgery. And now we know the owner never wanted him.
3
The bullpen No small story here. Jonathan Papelbon is gone and Daniel Bard is in the rotation. Welcome, Mark Melancon and Andrew Bailey.
2
Bobby Valentine The last time the Red Sox changed managers, they won the World Series. Will history repeat?
1
Josh Beckett By the end of last season, Beckett seemed to lose his focus and his fire. Can he bounce back - and stay healthy, too?
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"Embarrassment of riches" is a bit of an overstatement, Mazz, and will be until we're actually outspending the Yankee$ on a regular basis.
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Tony Massarotti is a Globe sportswriter and has been writing about sports in Boston for the last 19 years. A lifelong Bostonian, Massarotti graduated from Waltham High School and Tufts University. He was voted the Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by his peers in 2000 and 2008 and has been a finalist for the award on several other occasions. This blog won a 2008 EPpy award for "Best Sports Blog".
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