";s:4:"text";s:5820:" A win would have given them a playoff spot over Miami; instead, the Chiefs lost a tiebreaker based on common opponents.Kansas City had a slightly higher DVOA than the team that eventually represented the AFC in the Super Bowl, Tennessee (which ranked fifth). Assuming there is a season, the NFL playoffs will expand to 14 teams — seven from each conference.
,The Redskins overcame losing two turnovers and a 6-0 deficit to score 20 unanswered points. With these changes, three.The 3 and 6 seeds played each other in one game and the 4 and 5 in a second game, both making up what was dubbed the "Wild Card Round". Duper caught 3 passes for 113 yards and a touchdown. In came third-stringer Steve Bono.
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On average, the 7-seed would not be as good as the sixth seed, which is usually not as good as the fifth seed. Bears running back,In a shootout, the Bills jumped to a 13-3 lead in the first quarter, and kept pace with the Dolphins as the two teams matched each other score for score for the rest of the game. The format consisted of the following: About logos. A fake punt, however, caught the 49ers off guard and linebacker,With 2:36 left and with all three timeouts, Hostetler and the Giants began driving again. New York quarterback,The Raiders recorded 235 rushing yards (with 140 of them coming from running back.This game is also notable for being Marcus Allen's last 100-plus yard rushing performance with the Raiders, as well as the last postseason game the Bengals would play in until the 2005 season. New Orleans ended up the NFC West champion, at 11-5. To this day the Bengals have not won another playoff game. Can you name the NFL players with 100 or more rushing attempts in the playoffs since 1990? Your Account; Logout; Login; Create Account; via Sports Logos.net. (The Chiefs, with the best DVOA ever for an 8-8 team, weren't even in the discussion. The restrictions on intra-division playoff games during the Divisional Playoffs were removed. Marcus Spears and Desmond Howard explain why they like the idea of the NFL adding one more team from each conference to the playoff format. Sell your own stuff, get featured here (free). That gave the Seahawks a sweep of the series and thus a tiebreaker for the AFC West title after both teams finished 9-7. Thomas led the Bills ground attack with 32 carries for 117 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns, while also catching 3 passes for 38 yards.
The 49ers,And then, Bono and the 49ers started winning, taking the last six games in a row. Pittsburgh's overall DVOA was better than nine different teams with better win-loss records, but they were 2-4 in games decided by a field goal or less, and 9-7 wasn't enough to snag a wild card in the AFC.It didn't help that backup quarterback Kent Graham had to start five games and completed less than 45% of his passes with just one passing touchdown. Then Young went down with a knee injury in a Week 10 loss to Atlanta. Three of the top four teams in DVOA came out of the six-team Central: Tennessee, Baltimore and Pittsburgh. And remember that close loss to Atlanta with the last-minute touchdown?