Non sequitor argument, you know that. Without a doubt, winning out would put us as the division winner and in the playoffs. But..., we haven’t done that yet and you stated that “most of the league would love to be in our position”. And that’s just a non-truth, bc of where we sit currently, right now. Not where we Could be if “luck” favors us. And if “luck” played a role, significant or not, in Eli Manning’s Super Bowl championships, then “luck” was responsible also for the Saints one championship. “Luck” is an excuse. No different from a chef blaming his pot of water boiling differently this time than last, for his bad pasta dish. It would be an excuse, not a reason. There are WAY too many absolutes that dictate the success of his dish than just chalking failure up to an inexact thermodynamics beginning. One pot, one gallon of water, and one fire source, and I guarantee you the water will boil differently every single time over a billion iterations.

No different with the NFL. Success is born on the back of preparation, repetition, conditioning, etc... Those attributes, among many other known absolutes, trump any “luck” mucking things up. Luck, regardless of possession or absence of it, is an excuse. It is not a reason, either for success..., or failure.

TLDR: Is our current record playoff-worthy right now? The answer is no. Leading to a non sequitor argument, unambiguously. Nobody knows what the future holds. We absolutely DO know the current state of affairs.