Quote:I did not say the NFCN is better than the NFCW. All I am saying is you underrated it.

 

The NFC West had 30 wins and 10 losses against non-NFC West teams.

The NFC North had 17 wins and 23 losses against non-NFC North teams.

 

Records vs non-NFC West Teams

Seattle 9-1

San Francisco 7-3

Arizona 8-2

St. Louis 6-4

 

Records vs non-NFC North Teams

Green Bay 5-5

Chicago 6-4

Detroit 3-7

Minnesota 3-7

 

NFC West went 4-0 vs the NFC North in the regular season.

St. Louis beat Chicago 42-21.

San Francisco beat Green Bay 34-28

Seattle beat Minnesota 41-20

Arizona beat Detroit 25-21

 

The NFC West was loaded this year. Finishing 12-4 and 2nd place in the NFC West is more impressive than finishing 8-7-1 and 1st place in the NFC North. San Francisco was punished because they played in a loaded division and Green Bay was rewarded for sneaking into the playoffs in a bad division.

 

If San Francisco and Green Bay flipped divisions, Green Bay would not have made the playoffs while San Francisco would have had a 1st round bye. Instead, because division winners get rewarded (even if their division sucked), San Francisco has to travel across two time zones and play in sub-zero temperatures in the snow at Lambeau Field.

 

That isn't right.

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