Super Bowl XLVI: Giants vs. Patriots

[Erik]

That's a sign of how quickly things can change within a season (very few teams are good all year or bad all year anymore), and how much of a crapshoot the playoffs have become. See also the Colts SB team being the first to win it all despite being last in run defense.

[revo]

That's a sign of how quickly things can change within a season (very few teams are good all year or bad all year anymore), and how much of a crapshoot the playoffs have become. See also the Colts SB team being the first to win it all despite being last in run defense.

Either that or the NFL has quickly become like other sports, where the hottest team entering the post-season is the most dangerous, regardless of record.

The bye week that the team with the best records get has become more of a curse than a blessing.

I'd like to see how teams that had byes fared in the post-season vs. their regular season record.

[Erik]

I believe the last year that both 1 seeds made it to the SB was 2004-05 (PHI vs. NE).