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In this new NFL, no practice makes imperfect

This is my Thursday column.

Your favorite NFL team probably isn’t good.

Ten weeks into the season, only 11 of the 32 teams in the NFL have winning records. That’s the fewest number of winning teams this late in a season since 1990, when the number was also 11. Then, the league had 28 teams, not 32.

When did the NFL become so mediocre? Where have all the good teams gone?

“That’s a great question; I have no idea,” cornerback Richard Sherman said on a conference call Wednesday afternoon. Sherman’s Seahawks went to the Super Bowl the past two seasons — they used to be great.