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Nah, there's a difference between seeing an occasional upset (undoubtedly they happen), and downplaying your team's chances every week, or nearly every week. The former is reasonable, the latter is sandbagging. And there's some of that to go around. :-)

Just pointing out what is possible.   For us that have been watching this sport for a long time- surprises are to be expected from time to time. 
And when a team has its “ Super Bowl”, the savior game, they have gut level motivation.  

For physical team sports, especially if you have played them, true gut level motivation can’t be manufactured or faked.  
 
It’s often not enough to get you over the hump of better talent.   But- sometimes it is.  

I am not predicting it.   Just saying it isn’t impossible- or even shocking.