That being said, after watching the NFL (particularly the 1:00 session on Sunday), there is no doubt in our minds that the college football viewing experience every Saturday is far superior to the product put forth by some of these “professional franchises.”

Here are our observations:

St. Louis Rams: Just one year removed from the first 0-16 team in NFL history, the Rams are a solid threat to “run the table in reverse” in 2009. In a year full of terrible teams, St. Louis is clearly the worst. They have now lost 32 of their last 37 games straight up. For the third straight season, they have gotten off to a 0-4 start. Following Sunday’s 38-10 loss to Minnesota, the team’s point differential dropped to an astounding -112, this is 40 points worse than the next sorry team (Tampa Bay). It also means they are losing by an average of over 22 PPG. Their 34 points scored means that they don’t even average a TD per game. Kyle Boeller is their quarterback, for crying out loud. They will not be favored in any of their remaining games and are double-digit dogs this week to a Jacksonville team that just lost 41-0 yesterday.

And perhaps the worst news is that Rush Limbaugh, a man who was once quoted as saying “I mean, let’s face it, we didn’t have slavery in this country for over 100 years because it was a bad thing. Quite the opposite: slavery built the South. I’m not saying we should bring it back; I’m just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark,” is trying to buy the team. This would do nothing but ensure that the five remaining players thinking about still signing with this team will no longer do so.

Cleveland at Buffalo: Speaking of noted conservative leaders in the political environment, no word yet on whether or not former VP Dick Cheney will add airing tapes of Sunday’s Browns/Bills game to his list of torturous practices. Forget hyperbole, this may have been the worst NFL game ever aired on television. The “game” was won by the Browns, 6-3, despite their quarterback Derek Anderson completing just TWO passes (on 17 attempts) for the entire game for 23 yards and finishing with a 0.0 passer rating. Buffalo committed 13 penalties that were accepted. Head coach Dick Jauron may be, and should be, fired by the time you read this. Perhaps it was only fitting that Cleveland punter Dave Zastudil, who dropped seven of nine punts inside the Bills 20, can be credited with winning this game as Buffalo muffed a punt late, setting up the game winning FG.

Three more 0-5 teams: At least both the Browns and Bills have won a game! There are three more teams joining St. Louis amongst the ranks of the winless. We suppose you can stop mentioning Tennessee as the best team to go 0-5, as the Titans have now dropped back to back division games by a combined 68-26 score. Since last year’s 10-0 start, Jeff Fisher has watched his team lose nine of its last 12. They are at New England this week. Tampa Bay is making a case to be the worst team not named “St. Louis” as they have now lost nine straight games dating back to last year, covering just two by a combined nine points. We actually feel bad for Kansas City, who could have as many as two wins this season, but they have none and have now lost 28 of 30 games overall.

What is truly sad is that there are other teams even worse than some of those we have actually discussed. Oakland is setting football back to the Paleozoic Era. The Silver and Black have scored seven points or less in three straight games, losing by an average of 26.67 PPG. Their only win this season came in a game where they were outgained by a 409-166 margin. How about Washington? Has Jim Zorn been fired yet? Since taking over in the Nation’s Capital, Zorn’s team has yet to win any game by more than eight points and has scored more than 20 points just once in their last 13 games. They just became the first team to lose to Carolina, who is the only team in the NFL not to have covered a single game this season.

Get this. We have yet to even mention the Detroit Lions, losers of 29 of their last 30 games overall! We would actually rank the Lions above all the aforementioned teams in our league-wide power rankings. At least, they are usually competitive on a weekly basis. Jacksonville, a team that lost 41-0 to Seattle and will likely have all of its remaining home games blacked out, also bears mentioning on this page.

What is the point of this article? Aside from having fun at several sorry teams’ expenses, we want to let you know that as attractive as all those points may be on a weekly basis, you’re probably going to want to stay away from this group, unless the situation REALLY calls for it. Last year, we made a fortune playing double-digit underdogs. This year, double-digit dogs have not been terrible. They went 1-3 ATS last week and have gone 4-8 ATS for the entire season. Two of those covers came on the Week One Monday Night Football doubleheader.

We leave you with this. Apparently, firing your offensive coordinator during the preseason is not a wise move. Who would have ever thought? Three teams – Buffalo, Tampa Bay and Kansas City – all did so this year and collectively have combined to go 1-14 SU. The only win was a result of the fact that the Bills played the Bucs!

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