8 weeks in book, so the NFL's Toughest Division is ...?

by NYG85yrs on Nov 2, 2010 10:45 PM EDT

Through Week 8 of the season, the NFL's toughest division is a perennial talking point. And since there is no real rubric to measure all 8 divisions, the best tool would be to look at the cumulative records.

*Note the bye week: 2 NFC East teams, 1 NFC North and South team, and 2 AFC North teams

# of wins:

NFC East: 14

NFC North: 13

NFC South: 15

NFC West: 13

AFC East: 15

AFC North: 15

AFC South: 18

AFC West: 14

Now, as a Giants fan obviously my knee-jerk answer is always the NFC East and for good reason. Typically, the NFC East has only one poor playing team a season: in the 2000s, the Washington Redskins hold that mantle. Mostly, though, division crowns are a one-team race. The AFC East, AFC South, and AFC West all belonged to the Patriots, Colts, and Chargers most of this decade because of poor competitive play. C'mon, what's the cumulative record for the Raiders and Chiefs? How 'bout the Texans and Jaguars? The AFC North? Ok fine, two teams only: Steelers and Ravens.

The NFC West is the most mediocre in the league, and the NFC South is (literally) a crapshoot every year. Only the NFC North and East have had three teams play competitively most of the 2000s, but with the Lions an annual circle win, and Chicago going through 23 starting quarterbacks since 1990--23!-- they've not played up to their great tradition, either.

And the division with the most Super Bowl trophies? Yep, the NFC East at 11. So those franchises do not tolerate losing for too long.

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AFC East

hands down. I don’t care about the wins criteria, how many in-div. games has each div. played? Not the same.

Look at 3rd-best teams. Which div. has a 3rd-best team better than the Dolphins? Bengals, Texans, Raiders? Nope. Redsakins, Vikings, Cardinals? Nope.

Only div. that’d seem to compete is NFC South because Saints are in 3rd but we all know TB is the 3rd-best in that div. and if you ask me, Dolphins > Bucs.

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by Simms-McConkey on Nov 3, 2010 6:29 AM EDT reply actions

AFC East

Then:
AFC North
NFC South
AFC South
NFC North
NFC East
AFC West
NFC West

by Big Blue in tx on Nov 3, 2010 11:32 AM EDT reply actions

As far as the NFC East is concerned

The Giants are the only good team there. Eagles are a conundrm, the Skins are in trouble, and dallas, well dallas… SUCKS! God that fell great! Simms is right about the rest of the divisions. I think that Pitt will be in SB XLV, and the Ravens are tough as well.

by Big Blue in tx on Nov 3, 2010 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions