Half the teams lose every week! Conspiracy?
this post was submitted on 28 Nov 2023
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Through week 12 that statement has been 100% true. However, if any game ends in a tie, then less than half the teams will lose that week.
You know it’s a different time when the lions are apart of those 10
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Uh isn't that pretty typical?
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Last season, 7 teams were two games or more above 500 at the end of the regular season...
The title of this post is a bit misleading, as the 10 teams that are more than 1 game over 0.500 are all at least 3 games over 0.500.
Here is another way to look at it:: 10 teams are at least 3 games over 0.500, 12 teams are within 2 games of 0.500 and 10 teams are at least 3 games under 0.500.
From an overall league perspective that seems very balanced. When you look at each conference things are a slightly different, but still fairly balanced:
In the AFC:: 6 teams are at least 3 games over 0.500, 6 teams are within 2 games of 0.500 and 4 teams are at least 3 games under 0.500.
In the NFC:: 4 teams are at least 3 games over 0.500, 6 teams are within 2 games of 0.500 and 6 teams are at least 3 games under 0.500.
This difference may be due to the AFC teams having a home game this season for the non-conference "17th game" added to the regular season schedule in 2021. Overall the AFC leads the NFC 36-25 in non-conference games and AFC teams have hosted 13 more of the non-conference games than the NFC teams (including the Atlanta Falcons-Jacksonville Jaguars game in London where Jacksonville was the home team).