Not buying it. Luck exists across the board for all teams and on every play. Leaning on “luck” as the reason why any team wins or loses immediately discredits all the hard work that went into that success, or lack thereof in a failure. Regardless, since “luck” exists equally across the board, for all teams and all plays, then it makes both sides of the equation balanced. Making “luck” completely moot.

We were discussing win/loss record which is easily quantifiable, NOT qualitative statements re: how good our players are. You brought up the number of teams ahead of us, and how our record “could be” if we won those games leaving us with a “very high seeding”. Which is absolutely true. But -

Every. Single. Other. Team. In the NFL right now can make the same argument. Nobody has been eliminated yet, nor has anybody clinched.