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Originally Posted by TheWatchGuy
To be fair, the #2 has only played a #7 seed 6 times now and has had a WC round bye up until 2020. Its a gotchya stat that needs context to show how small of a sample size it actually is.
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+1. Super Wild Card Weekend. It's a stupid stat, just like most of them. You have to think about what the stat is telling you. The stats that should get more light are how these teams fare against teams over .500 and stratify it by situations (i.e., Red Zone, third down, man vs. zone, simulated vs. standard pressure, personnel groupings, pre-snap motion, etc.) That will tell a lot about a team. The Cowboys, like a lot of teams, have made their bones beating up on bad football teams. The NYG, WAS, and a recently reeling PHI team account for half of your games*. And then when they play the better football teams they get pushed around.
EDIT: A third, not a half.