The Cowboys stink...oh, wait, they won?  The NFL has truly
become a league of parity. There will only be two teams that are
winless, and three that are undefeated after week three in the
NFL. Following tonight's Monday night game, there will be 15
teams with a 1-2 record, and 12 teams that are 2-1.  That
distribution is almost perfectly disbursed. The previously
undefeated, early Super Bowl favorites, San Francisco 49ers were
beaten in Minnesota by a Vikings team that was just beaten by a
rookie quarterback (albeit Andrew Luck).  Speaking of losing to
rookie quarterbacks, the Cowboys are now one of the top 15 teams
in the league, boasting a 2-1 record. Only two teams in the NFC
have a better record than Dallas; neither is in the NFC East.
Reducing the formula to win in the NFL demonstrates how a
lightly regarded team can upset a Super Bowl favorite, how an
average team can blow out another team, and how two teams can
play a tight, hotly contested game. The simplistic formula is as
follows:  (Big plays + Posi