The other stuff is important, sure, the big stuff, the dominant defense and the efficient offense and the special teams that seem to be forever downing footballs inside the 5-yard line, owning field position, demoralizing opponents. That’s what dangerous football teams are built upon. That’s understood.
Every now and then, though, it’s worth your while to think about the things that happen to a football team on a roll, the good fortune that becomes so habitual that is stops feeling random, stops feeling like luck. And starts feeling like the simple side benefit of being a team that is growing in confidence, and stature, week after week after week.