Weight Of Division Record

[ArtMonkDrillz]

I got into an arguement with a random Vag-iants (I just came up with that one and I'm very proud) fan over this a couple of months ago. He randomly started talking shit to me because of my Skins hat at a bar even though (at the time) we were still in the playoffs and they had been shut out at home by Carolina. He tried to say they had such a great season b/c they won the division, but he wouldn't listen to my arguement that we had a better division/playoff record.

I honestly believe that if you go 6-10 with your only wins coming against division teams, you should have every right to claim the division championship. If the other teams couldn't beat you at least once, are they really that much better?


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[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by ArtMonkDrillz

Vag-iants

Sorry to burst the bubble but that one has been around here for a while.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by ArtMonkDrillz

I got into an arguement with a random Vag-iants (I just came up with that one and I'm very proud) fan over this a couple of months ago. He randomly started talking shit to me because of my Skins hat at a bar even though (at the time) we were still in the playoffs and they had been shut out at home by Carolina. He tried to say they had such a great season b/c they won the division, but he wouldn't listen to my arguement that we had a better division/playoff record.

I honestly believe that if you go 6-10 with your only wins coming against division teams, you should have every right to claim the division championship. If the other teams couldn't beat you at least once, are they really that much better?


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This argument makes no sense to me. We don't just play the 6 games within the division, we also play 8 other games against opponents that each of the NFC East teams also has to play. That makes 14 games against common opponents, and each one is a fair measuring stick to use to compare to your division.

Division champion based on six games??? Are you guys crazy? That would render the other 10 games of the season almost meaningless. There are 12 playoff spots, 8 of which are reserved for division champs.