2009 NFL Doormats: Are the Losing Teams Really That Bad?

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Published: October 29, 2009

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... nor as bad as you look when you are losing.” With that said, we decided to take our PossessionPoints.com schedule analysis work in a slightly different direction and look at the losing teams in the NFL.

We probably do not have to tell you this, but right now the losing teams this season look really bad. After Week Seven in the NFL, there are 15 teams with records over .500, five teams with .500 records, and 12 teams under .500.

If you look at the combined records of those 12 losing teams, you will find that they have just 16 wins combined. That’s right—a 16-63 combined record for a winning percentage of just 0.203. It would seem these losing teams are the “NFL Doormats”, and they clearly have the “welcome” sign out.

We like to be thorough, so we also want to note that the .500 teams are a combined 15-15 while the winning teams are 72-25 for a winning percentage of 0.742.

Now, before we go any...

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