Chiefs Game A Humbling Reality Check

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(08-20-2017, 10:46 AM)rfaulk34 Wrote: People that are successful can say whatever they want. That doesn't mean that's how it works all the time. 

Interesting point is that players who are elite-level actually have a harder time knowing "what works" for others.  Experts in many occupations follow their own template while average performers are the ones who understand and implement common practices.  This is why average players usually make better coaches than elite players. 


But back to the pre-season, the score and the W/L don't matter but this is semi-legit game action that is used to make big regular season decisions.  Don't players who look bad in prior seasons and practice tend to look bad in pre-season too?  I know Brock Osweiller looked like crap last year, in practice, and in pre-season for example. Hard to look at that guy and say "Who knows...it's just pre-season...he might kill us in the regular season!"

The pre-season often confirms what we've seen/know in prior instances.  So until someone here is willing to say Brock and the Browns could very well storm the AFC North I think we need to admit that pre-season actually yields some predictive data.  DUH!

FYI - The Lions' starters looked like total crap (aka, the guys who actually play when the games count) during that 4-0 pre-season run that people love to cite when mentioning how a team that "lights it up" in pre-season means nothing.