12-11-2020, 01:45 PM
(12-11-2020, 01:33 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: Did you even read the initial post?
Losing by less than a score doesn't mean you're any closer than any of the other majority of teams that are losing in the same fashion. No team gets blown out constantly.
Even the Jets, who have an historically bad team this year, have 4 one score losses.
Let's take a look at the 2017 Browns, one of the worst teams of all time. Here are some of their losses:
21-18 to the Steelers
31-28 to the Colts
17-14 to the Jets
12-9 to the Titans
27-21 to the Packers
28-24 to the the Steelers
I agree that close losses are still losses, but you are losing me as you go to these extremes.
Everyone from TV analyst to Vegas bookmakers to the guys who make computer programs to rank college teams all look at point differential to judge teams. So it is not as meaningless as you claim. The worse teams get beaten my more points than the better teams.
And I have no idea what you think you are proving by showing that the 2017 Browns got beat my more than a single score 10 times while it has only happened to us 4 times this year. Seems to me you are proving the point for the other side with that stat.
