The same question always
gets asked around playoff time in the NFL….which 12 teams will make it to the
playoffs?
Many NFL analysts continue
to state the obvious teams who were in the playoffs the previous year. This is interesting to me because different
teams make the playoffs each year with the exception of the New England
Patriots.
If I were making a judgment
on playoff teams, I would go with the hottest teams going into the
playoffs. Last year’s record or playoff success or
non-success has nothing to do with the current time frame.
If a team was bad last year
at this time, but good this year are they out of the playoffs because of what
happened last year?
If a team like the NY Giants
turns on the switch late in the season to make a playoff run, will they win the
Super Bowl again?
These are questions most NFL
enthusiast love because most make their decisions based on history. The United States of America is built on
history. Most businesses are built on a
theme of “established in 1887” or “been around since 1952”. We as Americans love history. Actually, there is nothing wrong with loving
history, but history is not always a guarantee to repeat itself.
If that were the case, the
New England Patriots would win the Super Bowl every year. It turns out that the Pats have not won a Super Bowl since they beat the Eagles in February of 2005. That is almost 8 years ago. I love Tom Brady and what he and Bill Belichek
bring to the table, but each year is different.
If history repeated itself
records could never be broken and new stars would never be created. The point of history is to tell a new story
so it can be placed into the history books.
Life in the NFL is all about history.
QB, Cam Newton of the
Carolina Panthers came into the NFL in 2011 and shattered QB rookie records. The following season rookie QB, Robert
Griffin III (RG3) follows behind Cam and breaks the single season QB rushing record for a rookie, according to CBS Sports.com.
Each NFL playoff season is
made up of teams, some old and some new, but each year is always
different. A 16 game season is broken
into 4 quarters. The teams who hit their
stride for the second half of the season (after week 8) will make the playoffs.
These are the top 10 teams
split between the AFC and the NFC with the best records over the last 5 weeks:
AFC Team
|
Overall Record
|
Last 5 Games
|
Houston Texans
|
12-2
|
4-1
|
Denver Broncos
|
11-3
|
5-0
|
New England Patriots
|
10-4
|
4-1
|
Cincinnati Bengals
|
8-6
|
4-1
|
Indianapolis Colts
|
9-5
|
3-2
|
NFC Team
|
Overall Record
|
Last 5 Games
|
Atlanta Falcons
|
12-2
|
4-1
|
San Francisco 49ers
|
10-3-1
|
4-1
|
Seattle Seahawks
|
9-5
|
4-1
|
Green Bay Packers
|
10-4
|
4-1
|
Washington Redskins
|
8-6
|
5-0
|
Also see snapshots from NFL
.com as of 12/18/2012
I just want to make it
clear, these teams are no guarantees to make the playoffs except for a few, but
they do have the best chances since they are playing well at the right time.
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