Shula won meaningless year-end games too...

[THE PISTONS]

(12-25-2020, 08:54 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: I honestly think there's less of a difference than you might imagine...

Better record, but much weaker Strength of Schedule. -0.03 (18th in NFL) in 2020 vs 1.47 (5th in NFL) in 2019 according to PFR.
Actually the exact same ranking on scoring offense (30th) between the two years.
True the defense is 6 ranks higher in 2020 (19th vs 25th).
True they beat the Steelers.

It's pretty much a wash. They are both really bad teams.

Yep. 2 wins and 3.5 wins are both BAD Teams.

It's funny people point to the Steelers game as turning the corner. A bad Cowboys team beat us 30-7. And the Dolphins loss may have been the worst in the Taylor era.

So out of 3 games, 2 really bad losses and 1 good win...and people weight the win.