AFC parity

[OGTEleven]

Every division in the AFC has an 8-6 team and a 7-7 team

 

The divsion leaders' records are 12-2, 11-3, 11-3, 10-4

 

The last place teams are 6-8, 4-10, 4-10, 2-12

 

It does not get much more evenly distributed than that. The parity system is working. For now.

 

The NFC is even tighter except Chi and Det are screwing it up a bit

[BuffaloWings]

This really isn't parity. Parity is when a lot of the teams are evenly-matched, which usually results in their records being very similar. If there was parity in the AFC, you'd probably see the division leaders somewhere no higher than 10-4 or 9-5 and the last place teams around 6-8 or 5-9.

 

What we're seeing in the AFC is more of your classic statistical bell curve - some teams at the top end, some at the bottom, and the majority in between.

[Gary M]

This really isn't parity. Parity is when a lot of the teams are evenly-matched, which usually results in their records being very similar. If there was parity in the AFC, you'd probably see the division leaders somewhere no higher than 10-4 or 9-5 and the last place teams around 6-8 or 5-9.

 

What we're seeing in the AFC is more of your classic statistical bell curve - some teams at the top end, some at the bottom, and the majority in between.

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But I think the NFL got what it wanted. lots of meaningful games the last few weeks of the season.

[Steven in MD]

I think parity is alive and well when each week it gets harder and harder to pick the winners. On any given Sunday a team can beat another team One week the Dolfags shut out the Pats and the next week get shut out by the Bills....that is parity.