If you are sitting here after Week 10, as you have done through most of the NFL season, wondering which teams are actually good, then boy, does Gary Gramling have a treat for you: His midseason ranking mitigating “luck” factors like fumble-recovery rate and fourth-down conversions. If you can get past Gary closely guarding the secrets of his math, it’s a really fascinating—and useful—answer to the question that’s been perplexing us all season. Now, onto five things to know about Week 10 that don’t have to do with Gary’s ingenuity.
1. It’s hard to build a superteam.