[Ads-l] Q: "lumping the team ... much chance ..."?

[Joel Berson]

>From Yahoo Sports, Eric Edholm, Shutdown Corner, Dec 14, 2016, 12:06 PM:

The 9-4 New York Giants are a mystery wrapped in an enigma, or something along those lines, and they have given observers a lot of pause in terms of lumping the team tied with the fifth-best record in the NFL much chance of doing damage in the postseason.

"lumping the team ... much chance of doing damage"?

Joel

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