Interesting Article: Were the Dolphins affected
Five of the eight NFL teams that got to play the NFC South in non-division games made the playoffs. Those five teams went 15-4-1 against the NFC South. The three teams that clinched wild-card spots in the playoffs (Bengals, Ravens, and Lions) went 10-1-1 against the NFC South and 21-15 against all other teams.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfls-historically-bad-division-screwed-151514740.html
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Larryfinfan 17-0...Priceless Club Member
The SOS can make a difference, but the bottom line is that we screwed the pooch mostly in the last 5 games...just think about this...no matter that the O was decent during that period, the D gave up 32.7 points a game....32.7 The NFCS didn't make a difference to this team...
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Don't tell me SOS didnt matter. The AFCN teams played 8 games vs the NFC South and AFC South, who have 1 team, Indy, with a winning record. The AFCE played the NFCN and AFCW, with 5 teams above .500.
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The whole SoS argument has little value when you lose to the NYJ and give up 500 yards to a Geno Smith lead offense. We don't deserve the playoffs.
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shula_guy Well-Known Member
If Miami would of made it in they would of most likely been one and done. Too many deficiencies to worry about sos
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I really see nothing brutal about a schedule where the vast majority of your games were played against non playoff teams.
I think the fact they were 1-5 against teams which did end up in the playoffs and only 3-3 in a mediocre AFC East division clearly shows that they are what their record states they are, MEDIOCRE.ASOT likes this. -
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There are two factors that contribute to your record: how good you were and how good the competition was.
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We played the Jaguars and the Ravens
They played the Colts and the Bengals.
Ravens and Bengals are a wash, Colts and Jaguars isn't. They played the tougher schedule and won 12 games and the first seed. -
If we had finished 10-6 and missed out, then I'd be griping. The team flopped on their own though. There have definately been other seasons where this kind of thing hurt us. We've been the beneficiaries once, in 2008 (at least dating back into the 80s in my time as a fan).
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MrClean Inglourious Basterd Club Member
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MrClean Inglourious Basterd Club Member
We did play the NFC South in 2013, and went 1-3.