In any other year 15 wins would have had us top 4 and dropping a game late in the season stopped us from having 16 wins.
7th rated us poorly, we were certainly a top 4 side or at worst a top 5 side. 7th was just a number.
I don't agree if you are implying we sort of fluked it from 7th. whatever way I look at it we should not have dropped like we have.
The post season is another matter, hopefully lessons have been learned.