Who Wins The AFCN "Honestly"

[fredtoast]

(05-11-2022, 02:57 PM)Stewy Wrote: 2018 - Houston/Colts were in the playoffs as the 3rd/6th seeds;  the AFCS played the AFCEast again, which was worse than the previous year with Jest, Buff, and fins all with losing records ranked 15/13/10 in the AFC.  On top of that they played the NFCEast, which was abysmal at the time including the Giants and Redskins with losing records.  Though Dallas and Philly were both in the playoffs, it was as the 4th/6th seeds.  Plus Hous had the advantage of a last place schedule.


Summary:  Having two playoff teams from your division doesn't mean squat unless you look at strength of schedule.

2021 Bengals played the NFC North which was the only division in the entire league that only had one winning team.

2018 Texans played a higher percentage of their games against teams with winning records (7 of 16) than the 2021 Bengals (7 of 17).

Anything you try to say about Watson winning a "weak division" applies to Burrow and the 2021 AFC North.


Let me remind everyone that when this discussion began the first thing I said was that i would take Burrow over Watson.  I was just addressing my comments to the people here who claim Watson is not even close to Burrow.