Keep the main thing the main thing. I referenced it when the Pittsburgh Steelers were flying high beating up on the Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals. The tune doesn’t change despite two bad losses to the Philadelphia Eagles and Baltimore Ravens. No question, they were tough ‘L’s’ to hold. The Eagles and Ravens trouncing the Steelers at the line of scrimmage. More physical. More fundamental. Flat out, the better team by obvious margins.
That’s not how the Steelers season will be remembered. Whether Pittsburgh was continuing to prove pundits wrong or shrinking against top opponents, the only thing that matters are the playoffs.