evan schroeder

[evan schroeder @etsch11]

By my count, the ‘96 Jets were outscored a combined 119-259 in the 2nd half of games. Only one time did they outscore their opponent in the 2nd half: Week 1 in Denver, where they outscored the Broncos 6-0 en route to a 31-6 loss

[evan schroeder @etsch11]

Scenes from the Patriots first home playoff win in 1996, a 28-3 win over Pittsburgh in lovely weather. The Pats played 10 playoff games from their 1960 inception up to this point, 9 of these were on the road and they lost the only home one back in 1978

[evan schroeder @etsch11]

- Tuinei: 6’5 300, Pro Bowl
- Newton: 6’3 320, All-Pro 1st Team
- Donaldson: 6’3 310, Pro Bowl
- Allen: 6’3 335, All-Pro 2nd Team, Future HOFer
- Williams: 6’6 325, made next two Pro Bowls

[evan schroeder @etsch11]

Dallas’s offensive line on MNF Week 1 1995. Good lord man how do you stop this

[evan schroeder @etsch11]

Landmarks: The ‘62 AFL ring as the Dallas Texans, the SB 1 loss, the SB 4 win, the 70s-80s slide that nearly puts em below .500, the Martyball resurgence, the great ‘03 team, awful teams in the 00s and early ‘10s, and ascension via the Reid/Mahomes dynasty

[evan schroeder @etsch11]

The Chiefs’ all-time regular season win differential! They are one of few teams to never finish a season below .500 as a franchise. Their first 10 seasons are in the AFL. They are tied with Miami at 7th all-time at +93

[evan schroeder @etsch11]

Every team of the Super Bowl era plotted by cumulative regular season win differential! Stars are Super Bowl wins

[evan schroeder @etsch11]

Landmarks: The early rings in the 20s and 30s, the great “Monsters of the Midway” years of the 40s, Halas’s last ring in ‘63, the protracted slide afterwards, the ‘85 Bears, and 30ish years of largely underwhelming football (with one SB appearance though)!

[evan schroeder @etsch11]

The Bears’ all-time regular season win differential! Among current teams they were the furthest above .500 from 1920 to 2015! George Halas built them into the best team of the early NFL. They currently rank 2nd all-time at +157

[evan schroeder @etsch11]

Some landmarks: The early AFL success, the 10-year slide into the 70s, the 85 SB run, the awful football after that almost destroys the franchise, the 90s Bledsoe years and SB run, the greatest 20-year stretch of football, and the recent SB run

[evan schroeder @etsch11]

The Patriots cumulative regular season win differential! This mountain face here is the most significant stretch of its length. The Pats first 3 rings are all done as a below .500 franchise! They currently rank 5th all-time at +110

[evan schroeder @etsch11]

The Colts beat the Jets twice in 1992 for a combined score of 16-9

[evan schroeder @etsch11]

Through week 12 of the 1991 NFL season Washington was 11-0 with a +222 point differential.

The only teams to sit at 11-0 with a better point differential in that span are the 1942 Bears (+292) and the 2007 Pats (+257)

[evan schroeder @etsch11]

A great example of a super illegal 70s Raiders pad. Floyd Rice, 1976

[evan schroeder @etsch11]

Of the 104 instances I found of an in-house head coaching hire since 1950, only 30 had winning records in the following stint with the team. Records do not reflect interim games

[evan schroeder @etsch11]

The 2003 Cardinals, the team that knocks Minnesota out of the playoffs in Week 17, had the worst point differential of any team to win 4 or more games (-227)

[evan schroeder @etsch11]

The 1932 Bears are the only team to tie 3 consecutive games, doing so with 3 scoreless ties to start the season

[evan schroeder @etsch11]

From 1961-1968 the Falcons had the worst regular season point differential in the NFL at -699. The Falcons only played three seasons in that span! They just sunk to the bottom immediately

[evan schroeder @etsch11]

Some landmarks: The Unitas rings, the 60s success but ultimate failure, the SB 5 win, the rollercoaster 70s, the tumble afterwards and move to Indy, Peyton’s stretch of dominance and SB win, and the consistent mediocrity of the last decade

[evan schroeder @etsch11]

The Colts all-time regular season cumulative win differential! They are one of the more chaotic teams out there. They sit at 12th all-time at +54