No one sells hope like the NFL. Every year, every team has a shot at winning it all, going from worst to first. It’s a nice idea and comes true for some, but it is otherwise a fallacy.
In the NFL, in the words of the gentlemen Mr. Randy Savage, the cream of the crop always rises to the top. Come January and the Divisional Round especially, the best teams (with the best quarterbacks) are the only ones left standing. Those plucky underdogs and teams with a shot? They’re gone now. We have reached the top of this silly little professional, gladiatorial sport.