To: Mr. Mulliner
I hope thats the angle they use to promote Superbowl XL. There was the Boz/Elway thing, the Kingdom crowd causing Elway all kinds of problems, the Largent revenge hit on Denvers corner. There was alot of good games there in those years and it would be a fitting closure for the Seahawks after being relocated to beat their old division.
46 posted on
01/20/2006 9:21:46 AM PST by
normy
(Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.)
To: normy
I like Kenneth Massey and his Massey Ratings, especially for college football. Here's something from his NFL ratings that may buck you up if you're rooting for a Broncos-Seahawks Super Bowl. Notice that his ratings have Denver and Seattle as the two highest rated teams left in the playoffs.
Using games from Thursday, September 8, 2005 to Sunday, January 15, 2006
- These ratings are based on win-loss outcomes relative to schedule difficulty.
- Margin of victory is not used, and ratings don't reflect point differentials.
- Early season ratings will fluctuate significantly until a sufficient number of games have been played.
- Teams that are not connected via the schedule graph are rated as isolated groups.
| Ch |
Team |
W |
L |
Rating |
Schedule |
|
| 1 |
Denver |
14 |
3 |
1.833 |
( 1) |
0.19 |
( 5) |
AFC West |
| -1 |
Indianapolis |
14 |
3 |
1.582 |
( 2) |
-0.05 |
(20) |
AFC South |
|
|
Seattle |
14 |
3 |
1.367 |
( 3) |
-0.16 |
(32) |
NFC West |
|
|
Pittsburgh |
13 |
5 |
1.176 |
( 4) |
0.06 |
(11) |
AFC North |
| 1 |
Jacksonville |
12 |
5 |
0.897 |
( 5) |
-0.07 |
(23) |
AFC South |
| 2 |
NY Giants |
11 |
6 |
0.863 |
( 6) |
0.12 |
( 9) |
NFC East |
| 4 |
Carolina |
13 |
5 |
0.847 |
( 7) |
-0.11 |
(30) |
NFC South |
| -1 |
New England |
11 |
7 |
0.819 |
( 8) |
0.20 |
( 4) |
AFC East |
|
|
Kansas City |
10 |
6 |
0.815 |
( 9) |
0.16 |
( 6) |
AFC West |
| -5 |
Washington |
11 |
7 |
0.815 |
(10) |
0.24 |
( 2) |
NFC East |
| -1 |
San Diego |
9 |
7 |
0.767 |
(11) |
0.33 |
( 1) |
AFC West |
| 1 |
Cincinnati |
11 |
6 |
0.614 |
(12) |
-0.01 |
(16) |
AFC North |
| -1 |
Chicago |
11 |
6 |
0.532 |
(13) |
-0.10 |
(26) |
NFC North |
|
|
Dallas |
9 |
7 |
0.469 |
(14) |
0.16 |
( 8) |
NFC East |
|
|
Tampa Bay |
11 |
6 |
0.454 |
(15) |
-0.11 |
(29) |
NFC South |
|
|
Miami |
9 |
7 |
0.235 |
(16) |
-0.07 |
(24) |
AFC East |
|
|
Minnesota |
9 |
7 |
0.189 |
(17) |
-0.10 |
(27) |
NFC North |
|
|
Atlanta |
8 |
8 |
-0.143 |
(18) |
-0.06 |
(22) |
NFC South |
|
|
Philadelphia |
6 |
10 |
-0.360 |
(19) |
0.16 |
( 7) |
NFC East |
|
|
Baltimore |
6 |
10 |
-0.506 |
(20) |
0.01 |
(12) |
AFC North |
|
|
Cleveland |
6 |
10 |
-0.622 |
(21) |
-0.04 |
(18) |
AFC North |
|
|
St Louis |
6 |
10 |
-0.760 |
(22) |
-0.13 |
(31) |
NFC West |
|
|
Buffalo |
5 |
11 |
-0.788 |
(23) |
0.01 |
(14) |
AFC East |
|
|
Oakland |
4 |
12 |
-0.861 |
(24) |
0.22 |
( 3) |
AFC West |
|
|
Detroit |
5 |
11 |
-0.975 |
(25) |
-0.06 |
(21) |
NFC North |
|
|
NY Jets |
4 |
12 |
-1.003 |
(26) |
0.10 |
(10) |
AFC East |
|
|
Green Bay |
4 |
12 |
-1.004 |
(27) |
0.01 |
(13) |
NFC North |
|
|
Arizona |
5 |
11 |
-1.031 |
(28) |
-0.07 |
(25) |
NFC West |
|
|
San Francisco |
4 |
12 |
-1.207 |
(29) |
-0.01 |
(17) |
NFC West |
|
|
Tennessee |
4 |
12 |
-1.428 |
(30) |
-0.11 |
(28) |
AFC South |
|
|
New Orleans |
3 |
13 |
-1.502 |
(31) |
-0.01 |
(15) |
NFC South |
|
|
Houston |
2 |
14 |
-2.084 |
(32) |
-0.05 |
(19) |
AFC South |
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