The fact that there were less teams making the playoffs in past decades does not diminish the trend of a #1 or #2 seed making the superbowl every year. The #1 and #2 seeds have always had to win 2 playoff games to make it to the superbowl. It has always been the same odds, even when there were just 4 teams from each conference making the playoffs.
Since the NFL merger in 1970, there have been 20 occasions where teams have played each other 3 times in the same season when one team was 2-0 against the other. In those 20 games, the team that was 2-0 against the other coming into the game had a record of 13-7 in the third and final game, the most recent team being the 2009 Cowboys who beat the Eagles 3 times last year.
The fact that there were less teams making the playoffs in past decades does not diminish the trend of a #1 or #2 seed making the superbowl every year. The #1 and #2 seeds have always had to win 2 playoff games to make it to the superbowl. It has always been the same odds, even when there were just 4 teams from each conference making the playoffs.
Actually, statistically speaking; it does.
The fact that there were less teams making the playoffs in past decades does not diminish the trend of a #1 or #2 seed making the superbowl every year. The #1 and #2 seeds have always had to win 2 playoff games to make it to the superbowl. It has always been the same odds, even when there were just 4 teams from each conference making the playoffs.
Since the NFL merger in 1970, there have been 20 occasions where teams have played each other 3 times in the same season when one team was 2-0 against the other. In those 20 games, the team that was 2-0 against the other coming into the game had a record of 13-7 in the third and final game, the most recent team being the 2009 Cowboys who beat the Eagles 3 times last year.
They added 2 wildcards in 1990 or so...before that 5 teams made it and the 4 and 5 seed played for the right to move on to the following weekend. Before that I haven't a clue.
Great post. 99% of posts in this forum that claim to be "trends" are nothing but garbage. These stats are true trends, they have been tested over a long period of time.
Thanks for digging this up!
You've been here for 8 YEARS and this is the ONE POST you decide to make?????
Makes ya wonder what deep thoughts he'll be pondering the next 8. Maybe he speaks from mountain tops so high, unreachable by the internet, passed on to us mortals by his deciples
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