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What’s the highest point spread we could realistically see in a modern SB? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by 3headeddragn@alien.top to c/nfl@nfl.community

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The Diamondbacks being in the World Series had me thinking…

What if in the NFC you had a team like the Falcons go 9-8 with a -10 point differential to win the NFC south. They shock the world and make their way through the NFC playoffs by beating the Cowboys at home, somehow shocking the Eagles on the road and then getting matched up with a wild card Seahawks team that upset division rival 49ers in the divisional round. They beat Seattle in a close game in Atlanta to punch a ticket to the SB.

They go and face a 15-2 Chiefs team that is top 5 on offense and defense and has a +200 point differential. Patrick Mahomes looks as unstoppable as ever down the stretch of the regular season and postseason and KC blows their way through the Bills/Bengals to reach the SB.

What is the point spread in that Super Bowl?

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[–] warped_and_bubbling@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

In 2010 the Seahawks won the NFC west with a 7-9 record, it was a rather ugly season to say the least. This gave them the 4 seed in the playoffs though and behind what is arguably the greatest rushing play in league history by Marshawn Lynch they managed to beat the defending champ Saints at home. The next week they played a very "meh" game against a good Chicago Bears team and lost.

Had the Seahawks though, somehow managed to pull off a win in Chicago they would've hosted the 6 seed Packers in the NFC championship game. Let me put it another way, the UNDER .500 Seattle Seahawks would've hosted the NFC title game in front of that home crowd. Lots of what-ifs but I wonder what kind of spread that SB would've had, Pittsburgh was very good that year and was the AFC representative. I'm thinking at least a 15 pt spread.