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[SweetT]

Were the Rams the best team in the NFC in 2018?

Were the 9-7 Giants the best team in the NFL in 2011?

the Giants proved they were the best despite their regular season record. Sorry, it’s all about who accomplished more and if the Giants won the chip, then they earned their right to be called the Super Bowl Champions. It’s simple

Since yall only think in Black and Gold, then let me ask this. In 2009, the Colts had a better regular season record than us. Do yall think that the Colts were the better team? Nope, they didn’t accomplish more than we did. We took the title as being the best. Doesn’t matter what you regular season record is. What matters is how much you accomplished. We didn’t accomplish more than the Bucs this past year. So no, the Bucs were better than we were.

 

[St. Geezy]

the Giants proved they were the best despite their regular season record. Sorry, it’s all about who accomplished more and if the Giants won the chip, then they earned their right to be called the Super Bowl Champions. It’s simple

I disagree with your premise, but it is what it is.

I think the hottest and luckiest team wins the SB. Sometimes that IS the best team, but a lot of times it’s just the team that got the lucky call or ball bounce or coin toss or the right matchups (especially with injuries factored in) at the right time.

A single elimination tournament involving teams in a league ruled by parity creates this dynamic.

 

[SweetT]

I disagree with your premise, but it is what it is.

I think the hottest and luckiest team wins the SB. Sometimes that IS the best team, but a lot of times it’s just the team that got the lucky call or ball bounce or coin toss or the right matchups (especially with injuries factored in) at the right time.

A single elimination tournament involving teams in a league ruled by parity creates this dynamic.

Have to make the most of your opportunities. Bucs made more out of their opportunities and we fell short. It’s not a hard concept to understand

 

[St. Geezy]

Have to make the most of your opportunities. Bucs made more out of their opportunities and we fell short. It’s not a hard concept to understand

I honestly don’t think I’m the one making this a hard concept. Two teams finish with the same exact record with a head to head split are the same level.

Just because one team wins an arbitrary tiebreaker based on games outside of the pair the two teams played in order to win first place of an arbitrary four team sector grouping does not make one “better” than the other.

You seem to be the only one that thinks otherwise. We can just agree to disagree though.

 

[St. Widge]

You’re very welcome.
I can’t have anyone on here believing that The Ravens who finished 13-4 was better than the SUPER BOWL winning Chiefs at 10-6.

Yeah and it's not like you ever supported giving away as many draft picks as needed to get Deshaun Watson.

 

[SweetT]

Yeah and it's not like you ever supported giving away as many draft picks as needed to get Deshaun Watson.

Yeah like that has anything to do with the topic? Guess I could be the GM of our team ( or a handful of teams) bc Mickey (and other GMs) moved **** and high water to get him

 

[St. Widge]

Yeah like that has anything to do with the topic? Guess I could be the GM of our team ( or a handful of teams) bc Mickey (and other GMs) moved **** and high water to get him

And they were all wrong. Just like you. It has to do with this topic because if you are going to be all high and mighty about "educating" the rest of us, your record on football opinions better be spotless or you look like you just have an over inflated opinion about the value of your opinions when all of us, save very few, are just fans giving opinions with little to no actual knowledge.

Now please post another GIF that has nothing to do with anything.

 

[SweetT]

And they were all wrong. Just like you. It has to do with this topic because if you are going to be all high and mighty about "educating" the rest of us, your record on football opinions better be spotless or you look like you just have an over inflated opinion about the value of your opinions when all of us, save very few, are just fans giving opinions with little to no actual knowledge.

Now please post another GIF that has nothing to do with anything.

Incorrect bc we can’t say that we were wrong bc we never got him. All you have to go on is that the Browns were wrong until this point. For all we know, he could’ve came here and led us to the playoffs?!?! I mean, he was 5-1 in his first 6 games this year before his injury. So we cant say that we were wrong bc you are speaking on assumptions.

What we CAN say is that the Bucs checked off 2 of their goals this past year by winning the division and advancing in the playoffs……

While we did NOT accomplish 1 goal that was made before the season

 

[BreesHOF2024]

We couldn’t win the worst division in the NFL, along with the easiest schedule, plus our schedule was even more easy with injuries to key players on our opposition. In a division where the QBs were Desmond Ridder, Bryce Young, and Baker Mayfield…….let that sink in for a minute

We're not the worst division in the NFL because a team in our division made it further and accomplished more goals than the AFCS. Glad I could "bring you some reality" or whatever sheet you like to say lol

 

[St. Geezy]

Incorrect bc we can’t say that we were wrong bc we never got him. All you have to go on is that the Browns were wrong until this point. For all we know, he could’ve came here and led us to the playoffs?!?! I mean, he was 5-1 in his first 6 games this year before his injury. So we cant say that we were wrong bc you are speaking on assumptions.

What we CAN say is that the Bucs checked off 2 of their goals this past year by winning the division and advancing in the playoffs……

While we did NOT accomplish 1 goal that was made before the season

We are not debating who had the most successful, satisfying season conclusion. I think that’s clearly the disconnect here.

You put heavy weight on how a team’s season concludes when defining a team’s ability versus another, where as folks like myself feel that those things are generally arbitrary and based on elements of luck at a specific time rather than ability displayed over a full season’s body of work.

Obviously winning the single elimination tournament at the end of the year is the end all be all goal, but as far as measuring up teams against one another in a vacuum, especially those in the same 9-8/average realm, I don’t put much weight into that.

 

[St. Geezy]

Incorrect bc we can’t say that we were wrong bc we never got him. All you have to go on is that the Browns were wrong until this point. For all we know, he could’ve came here and led us to the playoffs?!?! I mean, he was 5-1 in his first 6 games this year before his injury. So we cant say that we were wrong bc you are speaking on assumptions.

What we CAN say is that the Bucs checked off 2 of their goals this past year by winning the division and advancing in the playoffs……

While we did NOT accomplish 1 goal that was made before the season

Were the 2002 Bucs, who finished 12-4 but were swept by a Saints team that matched up better versus them than just about every other team, better than the Saints that year?

I acknowledge they were the SB winners and deserve to be crowned “the best,” but on the field, who is the better team if one team has your number and beats you anytime you play them?

Just trying to hear more of your philosophy on a granular level.

 

[SweetT]

We're not the worst division in the NFL because a team in our division made it further and accomplished more goals than the AFCS. Glad I could "bring you some reality" or whatever sheet you like to say lol

Our entire division garnered a whopping total of 27 victories for………wait for it……

THE WORST DIVISION IN THE ENTIRE NFL

Man some of yall logic is so far from reality

 

[SweetT]

Were the 2002 Bucs, who finished 12-4 but were swept by a Saints team that matched up better versus them than just about every other team, better than the Saints that year?

I acknowledge they were the SB winners and deserve to be crowned “the best,” but on the field, who is the better team if one team has your number and beats you anytime you play them?

Just trying to hear more of your philosophy on a granular level.

The 2002 Bucs were the best team in the NFL bc they won the Super Bowl. They accomplished what every team desires every season and earned the right to be called the best that year. Like I’ve said numerous times…..it’s simple

 

[NOLAJM504]

Don't act like we didn't have the same record as Tampa- with a QB injured for half the season and Kamara missing the first few games of the season. The only reason the Saints didn't win was because of how the schedule played out and how the tiebreaker rules played out, not because Tampa was better. They weren't.

It’s not an accomplishment to make the playoffs when it’s a forced format that isn’t well thought through. Teams shouldn’t make the playoffs, ever, with more losses than wins. And to make it even more ridiculous, they’re HOSTING playoff games against teams that have a much better record, sometimes.

See: Saints vs Seahawks, 2010. Beast quake game.

 

[ETSNCO]

Well if DA doesn't let Jordan Love come back and win in GB we would have been hosting a playoff game