Article By Charles Mann on 23rd August, 2010
And yet, the final scoreline hardly has anything to do with the regular season.
Wins and losses in the preseason are truly meaningless. If you want proof, just take a look at the 2008 preseason, when the Detroit Lions went 4-0. That was immediately prior to their record-setting 0-16 regular season.
The Indianapolis Colts have not seen a winning preseason record since 2004 and regularly go 1-3 or worse in the preseason. Yet, it would be hard to argue that they are not a top-tier team in the NFL.
Individual player success speaks more than the scoreline. ...
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