Hapless Bills Fan Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 How unusual is it, with 3 weeks left, to see 4 teams in each conference legitimately vying for a playoff spot? I probably haven't paid much attention to playoffs for the last 17 years for some reason but struck me as unusual. Same # of wins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarleyNY Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 (edited) I was pretty interested last year - for a little different reason though. Edited December 15, 2018 by BarleyNY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackFergy Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 #parity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: How unusual is it, with 3 weeks left, to see 4 teams in each conference legitimately vying for a playoff spot? I probably haven't paid much attention to playoffs for the last 17 years for some reason but struck me as unusual. Same # of wins Not that unusual for one conference, but pretty unusual for both conferences to be flirting with an 8-8 playoff team, although it will likely take 9-7 in the AFC to make it. Edited December 15, 2018 by matter2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianmoorman4jesus Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Nowhere near as unusual as being eliminated before week 16 like 17 of the last 18 seasons. Other then last season and 2004 I am pretty sure the Bills have been eliminated (with 2 games left) every single year since 2000. That is a punishable offense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 2 hours ago, BringBackFergy said: #parity Mediocrity at its finest, nobody is really good And the Bills are 4-9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 12 minutes ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said: Nowhere near as unusual as being eliminated before week 16 like 17 of the last 18 seasons. Other then last season and 2004 I am pretty sure the Bills have been eliminated (with 2 games left) every single year since 2000. That is a punishable offense Nope. 2014 we were still alive with two to play. Lost at Oakland. 2016 we were still alive with two to play. Lost to Miami. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 3 minutes ago, row_33 said: Mediocrity at its finest, nobody is really good And the Bills are 4-9 ...remember when the Seahawks won the division at 7-9?........or the Patsies MISSED at 11-5 with Cassel at the helm when Brady went down?....odd stuff........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianmoorman4jesus Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 (edited) 6 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: Nope. 2014 we were still alive with two to play. Lost at Oakland. 2016 we were still alive with two to play. Lost to Miami. Maybe it’s after week 16 then. Either way still embarrassing 1 season in the last 18 where the last game could matter Edited December 15, 2018 by Brianmoorman4jesus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capco Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 3 minutes ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said: ...remember when the Seahawks won the division at 7-9?........or the Patsies MISSED at 11-5 with Cassel at the helm when Brady went down?....odd stuff........... I even remember Marino talking about the Seahawks that year on Inside the NFL, saying how they are a good example of what is wrong with the conference playoff system. Buffalo was a far better team in 2004 but because of the arbitrary dividing lines of the conferences, the Bills don't get in while the Seahawks win the division lol. A similar argument that is more regularly made is that sometimes the 2 best teams in the league are in the same conference and thus the Superbowl isn't always a match between the 2 best teams in the league. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 18 minutes ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said: ...remember when the Seahawks won the division at 7-9?........or the Patsies MISSED at 11-5 with Cassel at the helm when Brady went down?....odd stuff........... Eagles were a fluke last year, dropped their QB for another nobody and it doesn’t matter, and this year looks like another fluke champion 12 minutes ago, Capco said: I even remember Marino talking about the Seahawks that year on Inside the NFL, saying how they are a good example of what is wrong with the conference playoff system. Buffalo was a far better team in 2004 but because of the arbitrary dividing lines of the conferences, the Bills don't get in while the Seahawks win the division lol. A similar argument that is more regularly made is that sometimes the 2 best teams in the league are in the same conference and thus the Superbowl isn't always a match between the 2 best teams in the league. The problem is the NFC has been consistently stronger most years than the AFC since Bradshaw retired a top team may come from the AFC but teams 1-6 are heavily tilted to the NFC in talent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 That is just not true ie. Patriots, Steelers with Ben, and so on. I counted up a long time ago the SB wins from each conference and they were very close. Starting from the Jets in 69, Chiefs in 70, Dolphins and Raiders in the 70’s. The NFC OWNED MOST OF THE 80’s, and into the Bills SB YEARS, but then the Broncos won twice in the 90’s, and about a billion Pats victories in the 2000’s. This year you have the Chiefs, and Chargers look just as strong as well as the Pats. Bottom line is the AFC has 25 SB wins, and NFC has 27. Sounds pretty even to me. Don’t take my word for it, you can easily find in Wikipedia. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 That's why the NFL is by far the most popular pro sport in the civilized world.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Right on Weo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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