NFL Win Differentials by Division 1989-2011

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So, what started as a project born from boredom about which NFC East team was the best since I've been alive has now morphed into my next big thing. It probably won't take very long and I figured some of you guys might be interested in the results. I'll do a new division every couple days hopefully. I started with the NFC East of course, considering it's the best, most interesting, and most popular. I compiled a list of their games and the outcomes each regular season and gave them 1 point for each victory while taking away a point for each loss. A tie leaves them even. And here are the results for the NFC East!



If you like this idea, let me know which division you want next and I'll do it by popular demand. And after that maybe I'll do other time periods.

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BOOM, done. I was amazed at just how absurd these teams have been. The 49ers and Cardinals busted my scale with how good/bad they were. The Seahawks on the other hand seem determined never to stray to far from even. Meanwhile, the Rams have become equally determined to catch the ridiculous Cardinals in terms of being horrendous.

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I'd ask for the AFC North but the Browns might break your computer.

Ugh probably, but I'll give it a shot. AFC East after that!

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I will also say that I plan on putting off the AFC South as long as possible. And I'm doing the AFC North right now.

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Aaaaand no problems. The Bengals almost outdid the Browns' awful record due to the Browns being able to remain even for three off seasons. The Ravens are the only real challenge to the Steelers and they're just hitting their groove now (by staying even with the Steelers), even after already winning a ring.

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I've linked to it before, but that reminds me a lot of this site.

Yeah, I've seen that. I like that site. Pretty much the exact same as what I'm doing now.

AFC East is being worked on right now.

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Tada! AFC East was a good one. The middling Patriots' meteoric rise is incredible. Overcoming two historically great teams to reach a spot near the top. Overall an even better division than I anticipated, despite the overwhelmingly uninteresting Jets. Up until 2004, the Dolphins were one of the most consistently decent teams in the league with very few streaks.

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Halfway through:

1. Pittsburgh Steelers (91)
2. San Francisco 49ers (60)
3. Philadelphia Eagles (58)
4. New England Patriots (56)
5. New York Giants (37)
6. Dallas Cowboys (28)
7. Baltimore Ravens (25)
8. Miami Dolphins (22)
9. Buffalo Bills (8)
10. Seattle Seahawks (-22)
11. Washington Redskins (-27)
12. New York Jets (-32)
13. St. Louis Rams (-70)
14. Cincinnati Bengals (-85)
15. Cleveland Browns (-86)
16. Arizona Cardinals (-92)

Suspected top missing teams include the Packers, Colts, Broncos
Suspected missing bottom dwellers include the Chargers, Lions, Saints, Raiders

AFC West is up next, so we'll see if I'm at all right on a lot of those!

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Time for a weird one. The AFC West has had a terrible couple years recently (except the Chargers). The Chiefs have managed to stop the bleeding but still aren't very good. The Raiders have been floundering since the Super Bowl. The Broncos can't quite get above being decent again and suffered their worst string of games in the chart just recently (not nearly as bad a streak as the Chiefs' implosion). Yet the Chargers have taken off after years in the pits.

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Here's another for you, the cumulative successes of each division. The Wests had a horrendous close to last decade (well, the NFC West has been that bad for a while and stayed bad). NFC East is far ahead of course.