Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur crystallized what the NFL is and how the league is designed when asked about his team’s 11-game winning streak against the Chicago Bears, the longest in the storied history of the rivalry.
“Most teams in this league, it’s a .500 league,” LaFleur said. “You have to find a way to win some of these tight games like we did.”
LaFleur is right. The NFL is designed to create parity. There’s a gravitational pull that brings the majority of the league — half the teams most seasons anyway — within a game or two of .