Re: 49ers - How a team can go from 13-3 to a 9 or 8 win team

The team can be the same but the ball bounces differently, or a deep throw gets better not caught. That's variance.

When looking at a team's record pay close attention to one score games. If they did better than .500 in those games they are not as good as their record most likely. Especially on defense driven teams or teams that have a high positive turnover differential.