Field Gulls · Mar 22, 2018
Are the 49ers better than the Seahawks?
One of the funniest things about this job to me is when I write about or mention the quality of another team, having that team’s fans respond to me with “Why don’t you focus on your own team?” as if the relativity of talent doesn’t matter in competitive sports. Relativity is ... everything. And writing about the quality of other teams, especially teams within your own division where relativity is everything (and explains things like “How do the Patriots win the AFC East every year for almost two decades?” and “How did Chuck Pagano keep a job for so long?”), is just as necessary for predicting success as evaluating the state of the team you’re covering.
