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At the halfway point of the season, which team is better than their record and which team is worse than their record? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by justainsel@alien.top to c/nfl@nfl.community

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Yeah, we know Bill Parcells said "You are what your record says you are."

But which to teams do you feel are not what their record says they are?

Better than record: Cardinals only because Kyler Murray is back

Worse than record: Steelers whose luck will run out any week now. Right guys? Any week now.

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[–] pacoLL3@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

While i agree that 6 - 3 is seemingly too high for the Steelers, i don't think they are miles off either.

First of all, the teams they played against currently sit at a combined 44 - 39, so actually above average. And this is including the Steelers games. Excluding these games, the teams are even at 41 - 33.

And if we look closer at their results, it's even clearer they should be at least positive:

They are 3 - 0 against teams with an negative record (Titans, Rams, Packers, all 3-6)

They are 1 - 1 against teams with 5-5 and 5-4 (Raiders, Texans)

But most importantly:

They are 2 - 2 against teams with an record of 6-3 or higher.

Their only losses are against the 49ers and Jaguars (both 6-3) and one against the Texans, who started the season 1-2 but are now 5-1 in the last 6 games, including the Steelers game. These were hardly mediocre teams.

All in all i think 5-4 is pretty much exactly where the Steelers should be, certainly not lower then that though.