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Worst games
1. Jacksonville Jaguars at Minnesota Vikings (Sunday, Sept. 9): The Vikings and Jaguars ranked No. 1 and No. 4, respectively, in the dubious category of overpaying for particular free agents, according to this analysis, and I can't disagree. If you're going to spend that kind of money, you should get better than a guy who flopped one place and a guy who produced only one good year out of five. Worse, both teams did very little to help their young, developing quarterbacks, which is just sad when you consider that each spent a first-round draft pick in 2011 on Blaine Gabbert and Christian Ponder, respectively. The best formula for making a quarterback play better is to surround him with better people.

 

2. New York Jets at Jacksonville Jaguars (Sunday, Dec. 9): Dear Jacksonville fans, don't take this as one of my annual shots at your town or your team. In this case, I don't even need to go there. Rather, this is all about Tim Tebow, who's coming home again to bask in the love he gets from the Sunshine State and all the people who buy into his hype. Fact is, it was very telling when Denver could only get essentially a fourth-round draft pick for Tebow. Think about what Arizona gave up for Kevin Kolb less than a year ago. That should put some perspective on how much people around the league think he can play. Then again, Tebow fans don't tend to rely on football logic.
3. St. Louis Rams at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Sunday, Dec. 23): In 2010, these teams matched up in a game that looked like the beginning of some special things for quarterbacks Sam Bradford and Josh Freeman. After 2011, those visions are definitely on hold, but the potential is still there. Both teams are in rebuilding mode with new coach Jeff Fisher in St. Louis and Greg Schiano in Tampa Bay, respectively. Both coaches will have to turn around their teams with quarterbacks they didn't select themselves. That situation is always problematic.


4. Seattle Seahawks at San Francisco 49ers (Thursday, Oct. 18): Last season, the Seahawks and 49ers did very little to resuscitate the rivalry coaches Pete Carroll and Jim Harbaugh developed during their days at USC and Stanford. The result was two really dull, lifeless games that San Francisco swept on the way to dominating the NFC West. Seahawks fans like to boast about their defense and they're hoping that quarterback Matt Flynn is something special. Likewise, the 49ers are hoping for a Randy Moss reincarnation and that Mario Manningham is more than a third receiver. Expect more of what you saw in 2011.
5. Indianapolis Colts at Detroit Lions (Sunday, Dec. 2): Sure, there's plenty of reason to be curious about how Andrew Luck is going to do in Indianapolis as he follows Peyton Manning. However, this game isn't likely to produce a lot of highlights. More likely, expect Detroit to put up about 45 points in what will be a lopsided win and a reminder that the Colts still have a long way to go to get back to what they were. Simply put, the Lions are a couple of years ahead of where the Colts hope to be one day.
6. Kansas City Chiefs at Cleveland Browns (Sunday, Dec. 9): This will get billed as a revenge game for Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel, who once ran the show in Cleveland. Anybody who knows Crennel understands that vengeance is not one of his stronger characteristics. The lack of such an approach is part of what makes him a really good man, but it doesn't make for good storylines in an otherwise really dull matchup.
7. Jacksonville Jaguars at Cincinnati Bengals (Sunday, Sept. 30): In the battle of cats, the only thing that could make this really interesting is if new Jaguars owner Shahid Khan let his mustache line up at wide receiver. That's just how lifeless this game is. Then again, it's a reflection of the cities. Jacksonville is a boring city on an ocean (that's hard to do) and Cincinnati is a boring city on a river (which is easier to do).


8. Tennessee Titans at Miami Dolphins (Sunday, Nov. 11): Lest the people of Jacksonville think I'm favoring the Dolphins (for whatever reason), fear not. Miami faces many great challenges these days. Right now, things are so bad in Magic City that the Dolphins might want to hire Ozzie Guillen away from the Marlins just to stir things up. Just kidding, my many Cuban-American friends. But let's face facts: The Dolphins have a home schedule that will be almost impossible to sell to the public. Aside from the traditional AFC East games, the Dolphins host the Titans, St. Louis, Oakland, Seattle and Jacksonville. There are people on the management side who wonder if they'll have more than 35,000 people at some of those games.

 

9. Buffalo Bills at Indianapolis Colts (Sunday, Nov. 25): It's not every day that you get a potential matchup of a former Harvard quarterback (Ryan Fitzpatrick) against a former Stanford quarterback (Luck). Then again, there's a reason for that. Moreover, if that's the most interesting thing you can say about this game, there's a lot of work to be done by the marketing people.
10. Minnesota Vikings at St. Louis Rams (Sunday, Dec. 16): Another game featuring a pair of young, struggling quarterbacks on some young, struggling teams. Yeah, there's hope for both the Vikings and the Rams. But that hope is at least two years away from being realized.

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