If you guessed that today we would be looking at the 0-2 teams then give yourself a pat on the back. There are ten winless squads, and those range from the absolutely inevitable to the absolutely shocking. We’ll go alphabetically agan:

Cincinnati – Let me say it yet again – Marvin Lewis is the worst coach in professional football, and he has wasted a stunning amount of offensive talent. He seems to have lost the respect of his team, they can’t score, they don’t play defense, and this season is lost. I hope they play so badly this year that Lewis never gets another job – no other team’s fans deserve to go through what he has put Cincinnati through. I don’t even like the Bengals, and I have never been to Cincinnati, but I’m still offended by this guy.

Cleveland – I though that the Browns’ fans were being a bit premature with their Super Bowl chants in the preseason, but I am surprised by how bad this team has been. The defense is non-existent, Braylon Edwards has been terrible, and Derek Anderson has come back to earth. Of course, it doesn’t help that they opened with Pittsburgh and Dallas – the toughest one-two punch of any team in the league. Things will get better for this team and the start will just be a bad memory, but the playoffs are a longshot.

Detroit – Matt Millen is the Marvin Lewis of general managers. I don’t understand how this team is as bad as they are, and I don’t know why I keep getting sucked into thinking they are better. They are going to win a few games this year, but not enough to justify giving Millen even an ounce of respect.

Jacksonville – I boldy predicted that this team would not only win their division but also the AFC. Moron. Their offensive line has been as bad as any a contender has fielded in a long, long time. That has meant that the running game has been stifled, and that David Garrard has had to run for his life regularly – something he doesn’t do a good job of at all. Injuries will heal and this team will improve, but I don’t think they will reach their goal of finishing ahead of the Colts.

Kansas City – Tyler Thigpen is their third starting QB of the year. This is only their third game. The team has consciously chosen to start Thigpen. What else do you need to know. After getting blown out by the Raiders last week, this team has a look at 0-16. I know how hard that is, so I am not getting my hopes up. Still, this team is really, really, really not good.

Miami – Some people seemed to expect more than this, but I can’t understand why. They are making good progress, and they have certainly looked better than they did at times last year. They still have all sorts of issues, though, and they are a long way from complete. They will be some sort of respectable this year, but they are a couple of years away from being good, and that’s assuming Chad Henne figures out how to play. He looked good in late action last week.

Minnesota – I had high hopes for the Vikings coming into the season. That was before I knew just hw little progress Tarvaris Jackson had made, that their left tackle situation would be such a mess to start, or that their defense wouldn’t gel immediately. I like the move to Gus Frerotte, and I expect the losing ways to come to an end soon. Like this week.

San Diego – Stop me if you have heard this before – amid high expectations the Chargers have struggled out of the gate. That’s been the same story in five of the last six seasons, and I am getting sick of it. They can blame the officials all they want, but it really comes down to the fact that something in their locker room is broken. Probably the mirror, because that’s where the problem is. If the past is any indicator, they’ll soon get their act together and coact along until the playoffs – their playground for underachievement.

Seattle – Before the season I thought it seemed lie a bad idea to operate with a lame duck coach. Two games into the season I am even more convinced of that. They have had laughably bad luck with receivers, but that doesn’t explain their lackadaisical play elsewhere on the field, or their seeming disinterest. This team will do fine, but for the first time in what seems like decades I am far from convinced that they will win their division.

St. Louis – My computer’s thesaurus doesn’t have enough synonyms for bad to describe this team. I won’t even try. Needless to say, there are not a lot of reasons for hope.