Yes, Dallas and the Rams easily have as much if not more talent than SF and the Saints. Dallas has a bad coach/GM/owner pulling them down. The Saints are still lacking in the secondary. THe Rams can beat both; but they can only do that with an A+ effort.....and Goff has to be 'on'....

Rams can beat the 9ers....but, they have to beat Dallas first.
Shanny is the best play call/designer in the NFL...totally mediocre/unproven talent doing huge things.
Beating Dallas will be very, very, very hard....


I also agree there is a thin line between bad and good sometims in the NFL:
Detroit is not so far away from being a 9-7+ team.....they are playing well much of the time, but having a 3rd string QB doesn't help you to beat anybody.