FANTASY Dr X
01-01-2008, 11:57 PM
By Derek Lofland.
What was up with the final standings? – This is one thing that surprised me. Since 2002 when the league went to the current 4 teams and 4divisions format only in 2002 did all 4 teams in a division finish with less than 10 defeats. It happened in two divisions that year. Furthermore both divisions were in the AFC and it happened in a year when Oakland was the number one seed with an 11-5 record.
This year we had three divisions accomplish the feat, including the AFC South, which had 3 teams win 10 games or more. However, we had 4 teams finish at 13-3 or better with two being in each conference. The reason is two-fold.
For starters, we had 8 teams with 10 losses or more. In 2006 we also had 8 but it was one in every division. This year we had 3 divisions that had 2 such teams. That was in large part due to the inter conference schedule. While the Conferences were 32-32 against each other it was not evenly distributed. The result was an 11-5 record for the NFC East against the AFC East with 4 of the losses coming to the New England Patriots and a 13-3 record for the AFC South.
The AFC North dominated the NFC West at 10-6 while the NFC North dominated the AFC West at 12-4. The result was the NFC East, NFC North, and AFC South having last place teams with 7-9 or 8-8 records that were 3-1 against the other conference but dismal against their own conference. With the conferences rotating the division they play in the other conference every season I would not expect this trend to continue.
Want to know who got MVP honors, game of the week, bay of pigs, dumbest coaching decision, other impressions just like the one above?
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WEEK 17 NFL total recap... (http://fantasyfootballmaniaxs.alexia.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=537&Itemid=50)
What was up with the final standings? – This is one thing that surprised me. Since 2002 when the league went to the current 4 teams and 4divisions format only in 2002 did all 4 teams in a division finish with less than 10 defeats. It happened in two divisions that year. Furthermore both divisions were in the AFC and it happened in a year when Oakland was the number one seed with an 11-5 record.
This year we had three divisions accomplish the feat, including the AFC South, which had 3 teams win 10 games or more. However, we had 4 teams finish at 13-3 or better with two being in each conference. The reason is two-fold.
For starters, we had 8 teams with 10 losses or more. In 2006 we also had 8 but it was one in every division. This year we had 3 divisions that had 2 such teams. That was in large part due to the inter conference schedule. While the Conferences were 32-32 against each other it was not evenly distributed. The result was an 11-5 record for the NFC East against the AFC East with 4 of the losses coming to the New England Patriots and a 13-3 record for the AFC South.
The AFC North dominated the NFC West at 10-6 while the NFC North dominated the AFC West at 12-4. The result was the NFC East, NFC North, and AFC South having last place teams with 7-9 or 8-8 records that were 3-1 against the other conference but dismal against their own conference. With the conferences rotating the division they play in the other conference every season I would not expect this trend to continue.
Want to know who got MVP honors, game of the week, bay of pigs, dumbest coaching decision, other impressions just like the one above?
Find it all in:
WEEK 17 NFL total recap... (http://fantasyfootballmaniaxs.alexia.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=537&Itemid=50)