I feel like the Rams could easily be 3 games better in the win column.
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The Ravens are worse than their record.
They've benefited from a ridiculously easy schedule, especially when looking at the QB's they've faced.
Combine that with other fortunate luck like facing the Browns earlier this year when they were starting DTR + Nick Chubb was freshly out for the season with a knee injury.
They even had the luck of facing the Bengals during week 2 when Joe Burrow was still hurt and that offense hadn't yet figured it out.
Their defense may be ranked #1, but that stat is built on smoke and mirrors. Come back to me when they face a legitimately good offense. They play the Bengals this week and the Chargers next week. I think those 2 games will go to show that this Ravens defense isn't as good as advertised.
I think the 6-4 Vikings are better than their record honestly. The insanely bad/unlucky turnovers earlier in the year practically had them start 0-3 but they were still 1 score games. Take away just 2 of those fumbles and they’re prolly sitting at 8-2. Dobbs is playing bonkers and Flores has this defense borderline top 10. Just absolutely madness
Cardinals even without Murray being back are way better than their record shows, other than the Cleveland game, they’ve kept all the games competitive
As a Seahawks fan I think we are worse.
Pats are worse than their record. Beating the bills was a miracle. We should have only one win this year
If you flip all our 1 score games we are 6-3,
So I would say we are right where we are supposed to be.
Our 1 score games: W @ Chiefs and Chargers, L against bitch pigeons in OT
Better than record: Vikings. 6-4 record, but they have won 5 straight without Justin Jefferson.
Worse than record: Browns. No idea how they got to 6-3 with their terrible QB play, which will likely get worse now that Watson is out.
Better: Bengals Worse: Steelers
We Don't Apologize For Winning #HereWeGoSteelers!
While i agree that 6 - 3 is seemingly too high for the Steelers, i don't think they are miles off either.
First of all, the teams they played against currently sit at a combined 44 - 39, so actually above average. And this is including the Steelers games. Excluding these games, the teams are even at 41 - 33.
And if we look closer at their results, it's even clearer they should be at least positive:
They are 3 - 0 against teams with an negative record (Titans, Rams, Packers, all 3-6)
They are 1 - 1 against teams with 5-5 and 5-4 (Raiders, Texans)
But most importantly:
They are 2 - 2 against teams with an record of 6-3 or higher.
Their only losses are against the 49ers and Jaguars (both 6-3) and one against the Texans, who started the season 1-2 but are now 5-1 in the last 6 games, including the Steelers game. These were hardly mediocre teams.
All in all i think 5-4 is pretty much exactly where the Steelers should be, certainly not lower then that though.
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