In honor of the new CBA which will expand the NFL playoffs to seven teams per conference, we look at the 10 best would-be seventh seeds since 1990 according to our DVOA ratings, from the 2008 Patriots (the Matt Cassel year) to the 1991 Niners (the Steve Bono year) to the 2017 Ravens (a Joe Flacco year like all the other Joe Flacco years).
1 That Detroit team outscored…
That Detroit team outscored non-Redskins opponents by 7.5 per game.
Don’t ask about the Redskins games.
2 1991? They made the playoffs
It sounds like you might be referring to the 1991 Lions, but they definitely made the playoffs -- otherwise, they wouldn't have had the opportunity to get walloped by Washington a second time.
3 ... And now I look like an…
... And now I look like an idiot for commenting before reading the whole ESPN piece. The above comment can be disregarded.
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