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
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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.
As a Seahawks fan I think we are worse.
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.
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
Pats are worse than their record. Beating the bills was a miracle. We should have only one win this year
We Don't Apologize For Winning #HereWeGoSteelers!
Better: Bengals Worse: Steelers
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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