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We are essentially at the halfway point of the NFL season.

It's hard to have a halfway point.

They played eight and a half games.

Yeah, they all played eight and a half games. Right. Technically half time would be the time to look forward to the season saying we're at the

midway point, but we're going to do it on Thursday. So assessing where we are now in the NFL,

the teams that are at the top of the standings versus what we think is going to be at the end of the year.

In other words, who's real, who's not, who based on their injuries and other losses,

is not going to necessarily sustain.

Let's start over on the NFC.

It seems to be very interesting there.

You've got a lot of contending teams there.

Right now, technically the Arizona

Cardinals have the best record. They're 8 and 1. The Rams are right behind them at 7 and 2.

Green Bay leads the north at 7 and 2, and there's nobody even close to them. Tampa Bay has a

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