And this is what you would call moving the goalposts. Very impressive, so far we have some "straw man rebuttals" and some goalposts moves, all in one thread. Not too bad imo.
Stats are numbers. Their meaning is arbitrary unless you delve into the facts behind them.
Simply put, last year this team had one of the easiest schedules in the league. This year not so much. That doesn't take away their accomplishment, because you have to play the schedule. But to post a 17-6 record to brag about doesn't take in that fact of ease of schedule.
Miami had an undefeated season once. Yet they are considered to have had the third easiest schedule in the history of the NFL. Does that make them the best? I don't believe so.
Dan Marino and Tony Romo neither won Super Bowls. How do they figure in the history of the NFL?
This stat reminds me of off-season football when they tested people for their foot speed. They classified the groups. The slowest were called the turtles. I recall the coaches put me in that group because they didn't pay much attention since I was not a stud player. I lapped the guys several times because I was much faster, and should have been in the top group.. So I was the fastest in the turtle. Comparatively speaking I may have been a bit above middle of the pack of fastest guys there.
So should I brag about my "first place?" Statistically I smoked those guys.
See my point. I suspect not.
One last point. When was the last Super Bowl win for this team? 1995.
So we are twenty one years away from a championship. Most, if not all of the factual bragging rights I know of about this sport is championships.
Champions don't argue any stat but that stat. All the rest rely on statistical fallacy to support flagging egos about teams that are not champions.
