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10-22-2018, 03:24 PM | #106 |
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That's a good point. The jinx hasn't been 13 wins, the jinx has been playing in the playoffs. But I think we're about to burst through that barrier like a high school team running through a cheerleader banner.
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10-22-2018, 03:27 PM | #107 |
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10-22-2018, 03:41 PM | #108 |
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Let's take the number 13 out of the equation altogether, since you seem to think this is simple triskaidekaphobia. These 13-3 teams have another common thread.
10 of them were #1 seeds. If I go ahead and and just take out record and only look at playoff seeding, it shows a similar pattern. 5 additional 14-2 or 12-4 teams (in addition to the 13-3 teams that were also #1 seeds) exited the playoffs at home after a bye. The 2003 Patriots and 1998 and 2015 Broncos are the only AFC #1 seeds to win the Super Bowl in the last 25 years. |
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10-22-2018, 03:42 PM | #109 |
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I don't think that we can have another game flexed. I believe that the NFL has set a maximum of 6 primetime games per team per year. We started with 5. The Bengals game made 6. They may flex to a double header game with national coverage, but I think that's it.
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You realize this undercuts the argument you made w/r/t Earl Thomas, right? What you're citing here is EXACTLY why my position is always that I'm going to prefer the path that gives us more bites at the apple than the one that gives us a couple of larger ones. It's a maelstrom of a sport with large men throwing themselves at each other while holding an oblong ball. There's no stranger sport imaginable, to be honest. It's remarkably random when you get down to it. But if you're asking me if I'd rather be the #1 seed and get home games throughout the playoffs or a 6 seed (or any other seed) - I'm gonna take the 1 every single time. Not because it guarantees a thing, but because it makes your chances just an Nth better and that's all you can ask.
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Being a better team is more likely to make them a #1 seed. If they're a #1 seed, they're evidently less likely to win a championship in your world. Dude - say what you want, but this is superstition on your part, no matter how hard you try to rationalize it otherwise.
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10-22-2018, 04:03 PM | #113 |
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10-22-2018, 04:05 PM | #114 |
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This team basically needs the 1 to make the bowl the defense plays significantly better at home.
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10-22-2018, 04:18 PM | #115 |
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10-22-2018, 04:20 PM | #117 |
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Except the Colts didn't win it all with Manning, not as the #1 seed or with a 13-3 record.
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10-22-2018, 04:21 PM | #118 |
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Wonder if we'll have an answer for the Broncos blitz this time around
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The 13-3 saga is not a curse, it's merely a coincidence.
That's all that it is.
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