I respect your opinion, but it sounds a bit harsh after dominating the other last 16 team Monaco (the second game wasn't important anymore with two b-teams against each other, but the first was) and Tottenham twice. They struggled against CSKA and that's the reason they are "only" 2nd in this group. 4 points against Spurs & Monaco, only 2 points against CSKA after leading 2-0 in the first game at home with a huge chance to score the 3-0. And Leverkusen had to play the whole group stage without Bellarabi, maybe their best player. He should be ready in the next round.Firnen wrote: Leverkusen went undefeated (!) and followed the French in the last 16. They are probably the weakest team of the last 16 for me.
I'd say teams like Benfica, Porto, Leverkusen, Leicester, Monaco and Napoli are on a similar level. I can't say which one of them is the best and which one the worst. Since Roger Schmidt is coach, they beat Benfica two years ago (CL group stage) and Sporting last season (twice, EL KO stage) - so they like to face teams from Portugal - and Leicester are not in a good shape, their CL group was very easy and they are not experienced.
edit: In the last 3 CL seasons, Leverkusen have lost only 5 of 20 games. Opponents: Barcelona, Atletico, Zenit, AS Roma, Benfica, Monaco (2x), Tottenham, CSKA and BATE.