At the end of the year I thought we outperformed too, but then I saw our margin of victory and see we just eeked out some wins. We won 5 games by a combined 24 points.
But that's the nature of the NFL, every week there are games decided by a field goal. Miami also lost two games by 1 point, so they could have finished 7-9. The Titans won three games by a combined 10 pts, so by your logic they could have finished 6-10 and out of the playoffs. You are what your record says you are. And lets be clear about those five games, only the win against Cincy should have had a larger margin of victory. The other four: Beating the Patriots in Foxboro, beating the Jets in NY when they were just under .500 and in the playoff hunt, beating the Eagles who were in the playoff hunt, and beating the Colts in Indianapolis when at the time the Colts were 5-3, and Miami was a miserable 1-7. So expressing the opinion that they won 5 games by only 24 pts is a bit disingenuous.