Espn - Percentages of 2-0 Teams To Miss Playoffs

[pantherclaw]

I have to be honest, I only came to see who watches ESPN anymore.

[pantherphan96]

all that matters

[R0CKnR0LLA]

We could be heading into week 15 sitting at 11-2 and these chugglefugs would be like, yeah the math says they make the playoffs 100% of the time but you never really can trust that tricky math stuff, I'd give them a 50/50 chance at best

[Castavar]

Both the Panthers and Falcons could make the playoffs this year (highly possible) and ESPN would still say we are the worst division. I've stopped watching their bullsh*t a long time ago.

The NFC East is back to the NFC Least and the AFC South is yet another sorry division, yet people still talk about the NFC South from last year.

[Paintballr]

all that matters

weren't we 3-8 at one point last year? If so we made it with a 0% chance

[Omega Atrocity]

weren't we 3-8 at one point last year? If so we made it with a 0% chance

Yeah we were. And it's not 0%, it just rounds down.

[Panthro]

lol the falcons have a higher rate than us. 

That is pry because they play lower teams based on how they finished last year

[csx]

It helps to know what FPI is. Its based off of the previous years offense, defense, and special teams efficiencies......whatever that is.  Its pretty useless and has nothing to do with divisions either.

[Paintballr]

It helps to know what FPI is. Its based off of the previous years offense, defense, and special teams efficiencies......whatever that is.  Its pretty useless and has nothing to do with divisions either.

it's logical that ESPN would use last year's stats for this year's teams because no team lost or gained any players since then.../s

[csx]

it's logical that ESPN would use last year's stats for this year's teams because no team lost or gained any players since then.../s

they do mention taking that in to account as well. But regardless that explains why things dont seem to be logical. Also something about coaching. 

Whatever it is it generates a number which doesnt seem to take in to account relation to other teams in a division.

 

[pantherphan96]

weren't we 3-8 at one point last year? If so we made it with a 0% chance

the figure doesn't account for ties, but < 1% makes sense considering how we won the division with the 2nd worst record ever.

[pantherphan96]

Both the Panthers and Falcons could make the playoffs this year (highly possible) and ESPN would still say we are the worst division. I've stopped watching their bullsh*t a long time ago.

The NFC East is back to the NFC Least and the AFC South is yet another sorry division, yet people still talk about the NFC South from last year.

The only year the NFC South was the worst division was last year. In 2013 we had the 12-4 Panthers and 11-5 Saints, and it seemed like the next year it would the Panthers, Saints, and Falcons (only a year off from a 13-3 record in 2012) all battling for spots. Turned out quite differently, but the NFC South is still miles better than the AFC South, NFC East, and for most of the past 10 years, the AFC East.