Mark Potash
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I think it's the Vikings in 2022 went like 11-0 in one-score games.
Then last year, they were nine and one.
They faltered again.
The Chiefs, I think, were 11-0 last year in one-score games.
Then they went 1-9 this year.
When you're that fortunate, you know, 11-0, 9-1, then you're due for a fall off.
They were 8-5.
That's a much more sustainable record in one-score games, especially when the strength of your team is coming back.
And that goes back to something I'm sure we'll get to, and that's going back to 2018, the last Bears playoff team, which is when they had that great season, everything went their way, but their defense, not only was their
defense โ even if Vic Fangio stays their defense, the strength of their team isn't going to be the same.
And when he left, it dropped off.
You know, they dropped off to โ I think it was like from first to 25th in interceptions, from like ninth to 28th in sacks.
I mean, they couldn't sustain that.
And when the offense didn't make progress, they fell off.
This is a much different situation.
The strength of this team is โ
unless they get injuries, is going to be better next year because they have the coach, they have the quarterback, and they have at least four-fifths of an offensive line.
And so if I'm betting on it, I know they're going to be picked as a team to fall.
If I'm betting, I'm betting it's almost more likely that they at least sustain that record.
Well, and the biggest โ