With just four games left in the season, the Dallas Cowboys are cruising right along, riding an 11-game winning streak. Are they an elite team this year? Or just beneficiaries of a soft schedule and no other dominant teams in the league this year?
I'm not sure how many of you are aware, but there aren't any far-and-away elite teams this year. Meaning teams that are dominant on 2-to-3 phases of the game. Cowboys? Great offense, poor defense. Patriots? Same story. Raiders? Yup.
Here's Football Outsiders just to give us some perspective:
The Year of No Great Teams has reached another pinnacle.