http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-packers-injuries&prov=ap&type=lgns Harris, Kampman lost for season with knee injuries GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP)?Green Bay cornerback Al Harris(notes) and linebacker Aaron Kampman(notes) will both have season-ending knee surgery. Coach Mike McCarthy said Monday that losing the two veterans will be a major challenge to the Packers, who have a 6-4 record and are in the middle of the NFC wild card race after Sunday?s victory over San Francisco. With a Thanksgiving Day game in Detroit just three days away, McCarthy says coaches still are considering their options at each position. Harris and Kampman both taken to the locker room after being hurt on separate plays in the second half. McCarthy would not confirm the specifics of either injury, but both appeared to hurt their left knees.
Huh, that's a hard choice, but not for the reasons you think. Neither team is a true disappointment. I like Jake and Murrell never expected great things of Jets THIS year. Sure it unfolded differently than I expected, those early big wins were surprises, but other than the "momentum" the end will be about the same. Kinda the same thing for last year, if you think about it, Jets had only maybe one or two less wins than what the majority here was predicting. As far as the Packers ... the only big disappointment was the Tampa game. Take away the two losses to the Vikings (a better team) and that Tampa game, and then the Bengal loss (a team that is definitely good, if not also "better") and the Packers are 6-0 in the rest of their games ...
Kampman hasn't been that great in his transition year honestly. Poppinga will be fine in his place. That being said it's still a bit of a weakness. Harris is 35 and seems to fall apart in December/January so I'm not too worried about it. He's no longer a #1 OR 2 CB. Green Bay needs to address CB directly after OL.
Obviously I have to speak more s l o w l y for you. Losing to two teams that are as good as or better than you, losing only one game against the eight other opponents you've played outside those two team, and winning games against perhaps evenly matched opponents (eg Cowboys) is not my definition of "biggest disappointment in the league this year."
