It’s a long season, NFL fans. Rising to the top is far different from remaining at the top. You want dominance? You’ll have to wait and see. The only real dominance at roughly the midway point of the 2014 season is the media’s consistent ability to pillory or coronate based on incomplete evidence.
Crown a king, the king goes down. Bury an also-ran, they rise from the dead. So, how do you make sense of the NFL’s zeitgeist? Bet against it.
Read my latest article about what we know and what we think we know so far in the NFL season, published in Oregon Sports News and the Seattle PI.
Julian Rogers is a freelance writer, communications consultant and owner of Juju Eye Communications. Follow him on Twitter (@mrturophile), or connect with him on LinkedIn and Google+.