![]() West teams (including two victories over the Seahawks, whom they beat again in the playoffs), but only 3-7 against the rest of the league. They did so with an 8-8 record, going 5-1 against other N.F.C. But until last night, the 2004 version of the team had probably been the poorest N.F.L. Louis Rams The Rams were the Seahawks’ victims yesterday. According to a statistic known as Simple Rating System - which takes account of run differential and strength-of-schedule - the Padres were just the 23rd best of the 30 major league teams that year, a team that would ordinarily go 69-93.ĩ - 2004 St. West at 82-80 despite having been outscored by 42 runs over the season. The 2005 San Diego Padres, however, were almost certainly worse, advancing from an exceptionally One to have done so with a losing record (50-53), under a bizarre playoff system instituted for one strike-shortened season. To the post-season from the N.F.L., the N.H.L., the N.B.A., and Major League Baseball:ġ0 - 2005 San Diego Padres Because baseball is less generous than other sports with its playoff berths, few truly execrable clubs have made it to the post-season. These, in my estimation, are the 10 worst teams ever to have advanced to the other three major American professional team sports. team to make the playoffs (and have the home-field advantage in its first playoff game!).įor appropriate comparison, however, the Seahawks probably have to look outside the N.F.L. ![]() The situation could, theoretically, have been worse: it is technically possible for a 3-13 N.F.L. The Seahawks’ open-air home stadium, Qwest Field, is one of the most raucous environments in the N.F.L.,Īnd the forecast calls for rain, which may upset the timing of the Saints, a team that is used to playing indoors. Perhaps the Seahawks will stun everyone and defeat the New Orleans Saints, whom they will host on Saturday. compiled by the geniuses at Football Outsiders - the Seahawks were actually the very worst team in the N.F.L. The more deeply one looks at the Seahawks, indeed, the worse they tend to appear: according to an advanced statistic known as Defense-adjusted Value OverĪverage, or D.V.O.A. They went 2-5 over their last seven games, defeating only the Rams and the Carolina Panthers, who finished Nor, despite Sunday’s victory, can one really give the Seahawks credit for having peaked at the right time. Today, the Seahawks’ schedule was the fifth easiest in the league. According to the ratings compiled by Jeff Sagarin of USA West, which was also rather weak this year. Games were scheduled against teams in the A.F.C. Not only did they have the benefit of playing six games against the other weak teams in the N.F.C. ![]() What’s more, the Seahawks compiled this inglorious record against mediocre opposition. Season, not counting special-teams plays - was the second-worst in football, ahead of only the Arizona Cardinals. in both categories, but finished 9-7 and missed the playoffs.) The Seahawks’ yardage differential - they were outgained by more than 1,100 yards this (Bizarrely, the San Diego Chargers led the N.F.L. Measured by yardage, their offense ranked 28th of the 32 N.F.L. The Seahawks, moreover, were probably fortunate to be outscored by only 97 points. teams to reach the playoffs with a negative point differential, none has had one as poor as the Seahawks’ minus-97. They allowed 407 points during the regular season while scoring just 310, meaning that they were outscored by roughly a touchdown The Seahawks are not any garden-variety 7-9 team: they are an incredibly bad 7-9 team.įirst, consider the Seahawks’ point differential. The league temporarily expanded its post-season to include 16 teams, and the Detroit Lions and Cleveland Browns each advanced with 4-5 records.īut they are almost certainly the worst. team to have reached the playoffs with a losing record: in its strike-shortened 1982 season, ![]() They are not, technically speaking, the first N.F.L. playoffs in spite of having lost nine games and won only seven. Louis Rams Sunday night, the Seattle Seahawks qualified for the N.F.L. ![]()
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