08-10-2021, 03:56 PM
(08-10-2021, 03:50 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Those are two anomalies and convenient anecdotes.My whole point is not to put stock in pre-season games. What are you smoking? Stop putting words in my mouth.
In 2019 the Bills and Ravens went 4-0 in the preseason
the Browns, Steelers, Buccaneers and Seahawks went 3-1
in the 1-3 and 0-4 club were the Bengals, Jaguars, Lions, and Falcons .
Yes, pre-season scores don't count and I'm not saying they do. You are the one who is putting too much stock in the pre-season by acting like teams who "win" preseason games are more likely to lose in the regular season. We lost more pre-season games last year than the SB champs, multiple playoff teams, and we won MORE preseason games than the Jaguars who went 1-15 (whoops, that was in 2020, but the Jags stunk that year too).
By citing the 0-16 Lions and Browns going 4-0 you are suggesting there is a strong correlation between pre-season success and regular season failure and that just isn't so.
BUT in the end the score doesn't matter. Still, if Brandon Allen throws a bunch of TDs in the pre-season I'm not going to assume our team is doomed nor set to win it all.
To each his own... unless you belong to a political party...
