Makes me feel good about the next few weeks about not laying an egg against a bad team
ATL (5-6, won today, still mediocre but have a chance to compete for NFC South) DET (8-3, split series 1-1) MIN (6-5, lost to them with a healthy Cousins) DEN (5-5 and beating the Browns, Russ is looking good) OAK (5-6 but giving KC a run for their money right now) PIT (7-4, beat Bengals today)
Every team deserves credit for every win they get. They’re all hard. No matter what.
Buffalo is a really talented team and they deserve credit for getting to a +101 point differential, but they’re 6-6. The Bengals would absolutely deserve to be in that next tier if their QB wasn’t on IR for the rest of the season.
Every season is a version of this. Some very good teams. Some very bad teams. And the rest in the middle to some degree, so “luck” of the schedule isn’t really a factor. Strength of schedule is relative. Like… Do we think the Chiefs would have liked to play the Packers a month ago vs playing them next week? Yeah, they probably would have. If the Packers continue to play as they have, that’s a much harder game than it was 4 weeks ago.
Every year is a series of “woulda shoulda coulda” and it tends to even out. The Lions are good, but they’re flawed and their strength (offensive line) has taken hits because of injuries. There have been 50 different QBs to start a game this year. It’s a hard league. Even shitty teams usually win a few games.
As it relates to the Packers, they’re growing. In a league where mistakes lose games, they’re making fewer and starting to win some of these close games. It’s probably too early to make grand statements about anyone on the offense, bust or not, but it looks better. That’s good.