Tyler Reddick, Austin Dillon quietly making progress with RCR

— Looking at the NASCAR Cup Series standings and the playoff bubble as we approach the halfway point of 2021, things appear much the same as they did heading into the regular-season finale a year ago.Richard Childress Racing teammates Austin Dillon and Tyler Reddick are there on the brink.But sometimes looks can be deceiving. Last year, Reddick made the playoffs on points, and Dillon was the first car out."Me and Tyler are both big competitors," Dillon said. And we’ve been fortunate enough to hit it a couple of more weeks than the rest."The inconsistent nature of Reddick’s season — he nearly won on the Bristol dirt, had a horrible day at Dover and placed second at Darlington in a span of four weeks — shows that he and his team still need to learn about adjustments in the new car."Just one adjustment, even though it was a good-sized adjustment, took us from being on the tight side, can’t turn in a 40-acre field, to sideways loose holding on," he said of Dover earlier this month."These cars definitely are more sensitive than the last car. Sign up for the FOX Sports NASCAR Newsletter with Bob Pockrass!Thinking out loudWas Joey Logano’s move at the end of the race Sunday justified?It didn’t appear so.