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Originally Posted by Chronic
I wasnt directing the 12-13 win prediction your way, but saying..
And they didnt
You don't get blown out 2 weeks in a row by 43 and 48 points and put up just 10 points with the same team you think has the talent to compete with any team in the NFL this year
The math doesn't add up
You didnt make that much of an improvement that would convince me a betting man to lay my coin on the Chiefs anytime soon
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Building a playoff caliber team is a non-linear process. You can have 9 players on either side of the ball who are performing at a high level, and if the opposition spies where the 1-2 weak spots are, the WHOLE platoon can end up looking like dogshit.
Teams don't progress from 2-4-8-12 wins over the seasons to build a SB caliber squad. They also don't exhibit linear progression of smaller and smaller margins of loss or larger and larger margins of victory. Much more often, they go from puzzling and disheartening yo-yos of close losses and blowout losses to regular wins when everything 'clicks.'
The closest analogy I've come to over the years is tuning an automobile engine. You have the timing 3-5 degrees out of whack or the fuel mix 3-5% off and even a supercar engine will perform like a 4-banger out of a Yugo or Festiva. But when you dial everything in, power can come on like gangbusters with just the finest of tweaks.