Trent Green: "Chiefs play nearly PERFECT football and still almost lose"

[DaWolf]

I heard Petro say this as well and I think it is a poorly formulated point about the game. I mean how do we know that Carolina also didn't play one of their best games of the year? They were 6-10 on 3rd downs, averaged 7.5 yards per rush and 8.1 yards per pass, and had no turnovers.

In the end, two bad teams played excellent football on one day. If either team plays that way throughout the year, they'd be going to the playoffs. So to make the point that the Chiefs played great but still barely won is silly in my opinion, because it assumes that Carolina played the crappy game that their record indicates they should have played...

[BJ2K]

Originally Posted by DaWolf

I heard Petro say this as well and I think it is a poorly formulated point about the game. I mean how do we know that Carolina also didn't play one of their best games of the year? They were 6-10 on 3rd downs, averaged 7.5 yards per rush and 8.1 yards per pass, and had no turnovers.

In the end, two bad teams played excellent football on one day. If either team plays that way throughout the year, they'd be going to the playoffs. So to make the point that the Chiefs played great but still barely won is silly in my opinion, because it assumes that Carolina played the crappy game that their record indicates they should have played...

This seems like a reasonable solution.

[philfree]

Originally Posted by DaWolf

I heard Petro say this as well and I think it is a poorly formulated point about the game. I mean how do we know that Carolina also didn't play one of their best games of the year? They were 6-10 on 3rd downs, averaged 7.5 yards per rush and 8.1 yards per pass, and had no turnovers.

In the end, two bad teams played excellent football on one day. If either team plays that way throughout the year, they'd be going to the playoffs. So to make the point that the Chiefs played great but still barely won is silly in my opinion, because it assumes that Carolina played the crappy game that their record indicates they should have played...

To go along with that I see what are the good teams in the league squeek out wins all the time against inferior teams. So yeah it's a pretty lame take.