We’ve reached conference championship week in the NFL. With that, comes an annual tradition -- using facets of the four remaining teams as concrete evidence regarding the correct way to build a team or to pinpoint which positions / players matter most.
And doing so isn’t crazy. In fact, it’s quite logical.
However, yes, this is the classic opportunity for recency bias to sneak into analysis, but because it’s the craze this week, I decided to offer the main thought I had after Sunday’s divisional-round games.
(For example, the justified talk during this championship game centers around elite QB play and the decreased importance of defense.