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Common Games Tiebreaker?
I am a bit confused as to how common games are used to break a tie for NFL wild card seeding when the common team is a divisional opponent of one team but not the other.
For instance, in trying to break the tie between the New York Jets and San Diego Chargers, let's assume that the Jets lose to Chicago and Buffalo and the Chargers beat Cincinnati and Denver to close the season. This would leave each team with an overall record of 10-6, a conference record of 8-4, and four common opponents: NE, CIN, DEN, and HOU.
San Diego lost to NE, but the Jets split the season series with NE. How would this be recorded for the sake of common games? Would the Jets get a win and SD a loss, or would the Jets be judged based on both NE games?
Thank you very much.
4 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Both games count.
Jets have a .500 record (1-1) against the Pats.
Charges have a has a .000 record (0-1) against the Pats.
It's based on winning percentage; not necessarily number of wins.
- freemanbacLv 51 decade ago
Both NYJ/NE games are included. Both DEN/SD are included too. Therefore, a San Diego/ New York tie would go to Strength of Victory which would make the tie go to the Jets.
- ?Lv 41 decade ago
In comparing records against common opponents among tied teams, the best won-lost-tied percentage is the deciding factor, since teams may have played an unequal number of games.
This is right out of the rule book. So its based on a percentage.
- ?Lv 61 decade ago
Sorry Paul, I'm too lazy to follow your scenario while watching Pats vs. Bills now, but bear in mind that common games are 14, not 4.
