05-21-2022, 11:50 PM
From '00 through '20 (21 years of 16 games season and 12 playoff teams) a little over a third (36%) of the teams that made the playoffs had 10 wins or fewer. Less than half of those teams (45%) returned to the playoffs the next season. Vegas and the media experts know this and hold it against the Bengals.
But on the other hand, a third of the time (7 times in 21 years) a team that made the playoffs with 10 wins or less made it all the way to the Super Bowl the following season, and four times the team that WON the Super Bowl had made the playoffs the previous season with 10 or fewer wins ('02 Bucs, '07 Giants, '08 Steelers, '21 Rams).
All we have to do is stay reasonably healthy and we should be back.
But on the other hand, a third of the time (7 times in 21 years) a team that made the playoffs with 10 wins or less made it all the way to the Super Bowl the following season, and four times the team that WON the Super Bowl had made the playoffs the previous season with 10 or fewer wins ('02 Bucs, '07 Giants, '08 Steelers, '21 Rams).
All we have to do is stay reasonably healthy and we should be back.
