Zac Taylor - 30 Losses as Bengals HC

[Essex Johnson]

(12-07-2021, 12:56 PM)ochocincos Wrote: The division opponents only really matter for the tiebreakers.
If you go undefeated outside the division but winless within the division, you'd go 11-6 and still likely win the division.
As such, the division record doesn't matter as much.

It'd be a different game if NFL operated where division winners were based just on division record and then tiebreaker based on overall record.

Lets look at a different way, since 40% of your schedule is division and the realize you are going to lose a few games out of 11 out of division especially with teams you don;t know as well since you don;t play them year to year, you are better to dominate your division to after a better change making playoffs.  Finally i gather complete against 3 team and win that division for home team advantage over a wild card