maddog Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 The NFL realigned to eight divisions after the 2001 season. Since that time (three seasons), the AFC East has easily been the most dominant division in all of pro football. Take a look at the out-of-division records and winning percentage of the respective divisions: AFC East 72-48 .600 AFC West 65-55 .542 NFC South 63-56-1 .529 AFC South 62-58 .517 NFC East 60-60 .500 AFC North 57-62-1 .479 NFC West 51-69 .425 NFC North 49-71 .408 One may think that New England has wind-aided the division, however all four AFC East teams have winning non-division records over this time period: New England 23-7 NY Jets 17-13 Buffalo 16-14 Miami 16-14 To be fair, when assessing the Bills performance over the last few years, one should keep in mind that perennially we play in the toughest division in football. Interestingly, in the last three years, the division has had only one wild-card entrant (this year's Jets). Could you imagine if Indy was still in the division? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Typical TBD Guy Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 Actually, I think the AFC East has been the toughest division since the mid-90's when the Bills SB dynasty crumbled (I don't have the stats to back this up, just a "gut" feeling). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 A very important point to keep in mind when assessing overall performance!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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