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elsuakned t1_j4t5vpq wrote

Reply to comment by zlaw32 in NFC East becomes first division since 2002 realignment to have three teams advance to divisional round by RollingMoss1

History doesn't mean much. Giants had 6 losing seasons out of the seven years before 2020, Commanders five of the last seven. Before this weekend the cowboys had won two playoff games in the past decade. They have not been one of the best divisions in football for quite awhile now, and all four figuring out their issues and putting together decent seasons, with two playoff wins and a bye, is not some expectation.

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SupahCharged t1_j4sso4j wrote

Reply to comment by acromaine in The Jaguars 27-point comeback against the Chargers on Saturday night is the largest comeback in NFL history for a team that didn't force a single turnover. The Chargers won the turnover battle 5-0. by B0rtles

That's a little revisionist and disingenuous. It's always tough to move the ball in the red zone because the field is condensed and there's less to defend and they were mostly the ones making the plays to get the the takeaways on defense (save for the ball off the helmet). And you can only go as far as the end zone on any drive so you shouldn't hold the starting position against them on those drives.

The fact is they were still outgaining the jags 170-50 when they went up 27-0, even with all those short fields limiting their potential to gain yards (16 and a 18 yard TD drives). If they were bad, what were the jags? They definitely weren't perfect, but calling them bad the whole game is pretty stupid. Jags also were aided by two big in-game injuries to the chargers that affected their second half (LT on offense and their best CB on defense).

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dsphilly t1_j4skiuo wrote

Reply to comment by eggraid101 in NFC East becomes first division since 2002 realignment to have three teams advance to divisional round by RollingMoss1

With all due respect. The Cowboys Redskins is nowhere near as heated as the Dallas Philly rivalry .
I believe the point was that the NFC East contains 4 of the top 10 television markets in the country. The amount of prime time games that go to the NFC East leans towards this as well

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