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That video was little more than unlucky number superstitious nonsense. Didn't even consider the Philbin factor when going over our ignoble contribution to the conversation.
Even as 'unlucky' as 15+ wins as a record was, it was still 2 for 7 on Super Bowl wins when you don't arbitrarily delete the 80s, so still better than the 1 for 8 you'd expect if you picked a team at random starting in the Divisional Round.
Not sure what the discussion here is meant to be. If it's meant to be relevant for the coming playoffs, 15-2 is more akin to 14-2 than it is 15-1.
And shame on him for not plotting the frequency of Super Bowl victories per record versus the frequency of appearances of said records in the Divisional Round (wild cards mess with this a bit).
I'm guessing the 15-1 is probably going to be an unexpected dip in that case but it's also a very small sample size. And of course, 16-0 was a sample size of 1.
KC = 15-2
DET = 15-2
I'm not saying.....I'm just saying....😈
17 game regular season would seem to make 15 more attainable and more frequent than with 16 games.
Just to be safe, I'm going to boil some eye of newt, toe of frog and fillet of fenny snake this weekend.
