With one game left on the docket in Week 6 of the NFL season, we've already seen 50 games decided by seven points or less. That's the highest total through six weeks since 1990, and while it produces exciting football, it just doesn't tell us much about the teams involved.
In 2014, the eventual Super Bowl winner Patriots started 2-2 and were left for dead after a blowout loss to the Chiefs on Monday Night Football. They then took off on a seven-game winning streak. After Week 6, they were 4-2. Their Super Bowl opponents that year, the defending champions in Seattle, were 3-3 after a loss to the Rams.