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PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:08 pm 
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Record: 115-45 (.719) (1st)
Playoff Appearances: 9 (1st)
Playoff Wins: 9 (4th)
Super Bowl Appearances: 2
Super Bowl Wins: 1
Consistency Rank: 3rd


Consistent NFL success has resided in both the Hoosier Dome and Lucas Oil Field. The Broncos and Eagles may edge the Colts in the consistency ranking, but no team has a better regular season record, and no team has qualified for the playoffs more frequently. What turned the Colts from a perennial laughingstock to the powerhouse they are today? There are some debatable ancillary answers (Jim Irsay, Tony Dungy, Bill Polian), but the one defining factor is the only quarterback to have started every game in the decade for the same team. Peyton Manning has a sure ticket to Canton, and he will receive serious debate for years as quite possibly the greatest quarterback to ever play the game.

There is still one imperfection that keeps the Colts from the ultimate position. Like the Eagles, the team has earned a reputation of choking when it counts the most. Painful playoff losses have dotted this franchise (the infamous 41-0 Jets game, back to back losses to both the Patriots and Chargers, and most recently feeling the wrath of Tracy Porter). Though Manning does have one Super Bowl win, comparisons to Dan Marino in both the positives and negatives may never go away.

Still, as long as Manning is in charge there’s no reason why the Colts won’t stay competitive. Though Brett Favre may be forever ingrained as the guy who just wouldn’t quit, Manning is an iron man in his own right, and he will certainly threaten the records of Favre and other greats before him.


The Colts only had 1 Super Bowl appearance in the last decade.

this super bowl counted, 00 one didn't. cause of the structure of the football season.

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 Post subject: Re: NFL Decadal Rankings
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All games credited to the year the regular season began are included.


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 Post subject: Re: NFL Decadal Rankings
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Good work, GH. I like how you worked in that the Broncos still own the Pats. That was slick.

I was also appreciative, if somewhat surprised, that you didn't mention Spygate.


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 Post subject: Re: NFL Decadal Rankings
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Nick, looking at your spreadsheet, why did you rank the Giants above the Ravens? The Ravens had a better record by 4 games, 2 more playoff wins, and the Giants only had one additional SB appearance to their credit.
I think I remember agonizing over the two, and giving the Giants the edge for that extra SB appearance.


I probably would have given the Ravens the nod, if only because they beat the Giants in one of those Super Bowls. But they're clearly very even.


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 Post subject: Re: NFL Decadal Rankings
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Thanks for the analysis GH. It was fun.


At the risk of getting bitched and moaned at, I will say that the spreadsheet sort of illustrates my concern about the consistency ranking. Particularly when you compare these teams:

rank, # of wins
Redskins (#31) 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 8, 9, 10
Broncos (#1) 7, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10, 11, 13

Redskins (#31) 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 8, 9, 10
Chargers (#18) 1, 4, 5, 8, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14

Bills (#32) 3, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9
Rams (#14) 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 8, 10, 12, 14

Patriots (#11) 5, 9, 10, 10, 11, 11, 12, 14, 14, 16
Broncos (#1) 7, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10, 11, 13

No pun intended, but the consistency rankings don't seem at all consistent, or sensical. The Bills and the Redskins were very consistent in their mediocrity. The Chargers and Rams were extremely inconsistent in winning and losing. The Patriots fairly consistently won A LOT, whereas the Broncos were consistently just above average. I just don't understand the reasoning behind it, and it seems to serve the same purpose as the overall record but in a more strange and confused way.

Thoughts? Do you think the consistency rankings you came up with accurately portray the teams relative consistency?

I don't mean to belabor the point, and it doesn't diminish the fact that this was a very enjoyable exercise, I just want to hear your thoughts on this.

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 Post subject: Re: NFL Decadal Rankings
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Did you read my explanation in the second post, Ben? The goal was to order them with the consistently good on top, the inconsistent in the middle, and the consistently bad at the bottom. Also, I knew it wouldn't be perfect, and I prefixed that a few times in the write ups themselves. For example, the reason the Pats ranked only #11 is, ironically, because of that 16-0 season, and the same held true to the Lions for that 0-16 season. It was just a guide to help me in certain scenarios.


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Thanks for the analysis GH. It was fun.


At the risk of getting bitched and moaned at, I will say that the spreadsheet sort of illustrates my concern about the consistency ranking. Particularly when you compare these teams:

rank, # of wins
Redskins (#31) 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 8, 9, 10
Broncos (#1) 7, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10, 11, 13

Redskins (#31) 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 8, 9, 10
Chargers (#18) 1, 4, 5, 8, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14

Bills (#32) 3, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9
Rams (#14) 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 8, 10, 12, 14

Patriots (#11) 5, 9, 10, 10, 11, 11, 12, 14, 14, 16
Broncos (#1) 7, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10, 11, 13

No pun intended, but the consistency rankings don't seem at all consistent, or sensical. The Bills and the Redskins were very consistent in their mediocrity. The Chargers and Rams were extremely inconsistent in winning and losing. The Patriots fairly consistently won A LOT, whereas the Broncos were consistently just above average. I just don't understand the reasoning behind it, and it seems to serve the same purpose as the overall record but in a more strange and confused way.

Thoughts? Do you think the consistency rankings you came up with accurately portray the teams relative consistency?

I don't mean to belabor the point, and it doesn't diminish the fact that this was a very enjoyable exercise, I just want to hear your thoughts on this.


lol, consistently losing give you a lower consistency rating.

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 Post subject: Re: NFL Decadal Rankings
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Have you seen your posts in the healthcare thread?

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 Post subject: Re: NFL Decadal Rankings
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Did you read my explanation in the second post, Ben? The goal was to order them with the consistently good on top, the inconsistent in the middle, and the consistently bad at the bottom. Also, I knew it wouldn't be perfect, and I prefixed that a few times in the write ups themselves. For example, the reason the Pats ranked only #11 is, ironically, because of that 16-0 season, and the same held true to the Lions for that 0-16 season. It was just a guide to help me in certain scenarios.

Yes, I read the explanation, that win ratios above .5 sorted it top to bottom, and under .5 bottom to top. I'm not a statistician and I don't have a better suggestion for exactly how you should have calculated it, but I don't think this method gave good results. For example, the Broncos and Redskins had a pretty similar arrangement of seasons, yet they are ranked at entirely opposite ends of the spectrum. What it ends up doing is putting the consistently barely above average at the very top and the consistently barely below average at the very bottom.

Maybe you could have multiplied the win percentage (or the square to give it more weight) of the team by the inverse of the standard deviation. It seems like that would reflect consistently winning. Again I'm not a statistician, but I wonder how that would have turned out.

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 Post subject: Re: NFL Decadal Rankings
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Did you read my explanation in the second post, Ben? The goal was to order them with the consistently good on top, the inconsistent in the middle, and the consistently bad at the bottom. Also, I knew it wouldn't be perfect, and I prefixed that a few times in the write ups themselves. For example, the reason the Pats ranked only #11 is, ironically, because of that 16-0 season, and the same held true to the Lions for that 0-16 season. It was just a guide to help me in certain scenarios.

Yes, I read the explanation, that win ratios above .5 sorted it top to bottom, and under .5 bottom to top. I'm not a statistician and I don't have a better suggestion for exactly how you should have calculated it, but I don't think this method gave good results. For example, the Broncos and Redskins had a pretty similar arrangement of seasons, yet they are ranked at entirely opposite ends of the spectrum. What it ends up doing is putting the consistently barely above average at the very top and the consistently barely below average at the very bottom.

Maybe you could have multiplied the win percentage of the team by the inverse of the standard deviation. It seems like that would reflect consistently winning. Again I'm not a statistician, but I wonder how that would have turned out.


the redskins had 5 losing seasons :|

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Did you read my explanation in the second post, Ben? The goal was to order them with the consistently good on top, the inconsistent in the middle, and the consistently bad at the bottom. Also, I knew it wouldn't be perfect, and I prefixed that a few times in the write ups themselves. For example, the reason the Pats ranked only #11 is, ironically, because of that 16-0 season, and the same held true to the Lions for that 0-16 season. It was just a guide to help me in certain scenarios.

Yes, I read the explanation, that win ratios above .5 sorted it top to bottom, and under .5 bottom to top. I'm not a statistician and I don't have a better suggestion for exactly how you should have calculated it, but I don't think this method gave good results. For example, the Broncos and Redskins had a pretty similar arrangement of seasons, yet they are ranked at entirely opposite ends of the spectrum. What it ends up doing is putting the consistently barely above average at the very top and the consistently barely below average at the very bottom.

Maybe you could have multiplied the win percentage of the team by the inverse of the standard deviation. It seems like that would reflect consistently winning. Again I'm not a statistician, but I wonder how that would have turned out.


the redskins had 5 losing seasons :|

The Broncos had 6 winning seasons, the Patriots had 9

The Chiefs had 6 losing seasons and were 19th in consistency
The Raiders had 7 losing seasons and were 16th

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 Post subject: Re: NFL Decadal Rankings
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btw, thanks for posting your spreadsheet GH, it's fascinating

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Denver may have only had 6 winning seasons, but they only had one losing season. I think that counts for something.


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Have you seen your posts in the healthcare thread?

Have you seen the rest of the posts in that thread?

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So I was curious about playoff trends in the 1970s and 1980s just now.

Sometimes it's easy to forget how unequal the NFL was in the 1970s. The top six teams (Cowboys, Vikings, Rams in the NFC, Steelers, Dolphins, Raiders in the AFC) accounted for 77% of the playoff wins (PW) and 55% of the playoff appearances (PA). Add the next five teams (Colts, Oilers, Redskins, Broncos, 49ers), and it's 96% of PW and 73% of PA. Four teams failed to make the playoffs at all, and (as weird as it sounds today) two of those four are both of the New York teams. 14 teams (half the league) never won a playoff game.

The 1980s, on the other hand, were more equal than we might think. The 49ers (obviously) were the only true elite team (8 PA, 13 PW), but 13 teams had between 3 to 6 PW and 17 teams had in between 3 and 5 PA. Everyone made the playoffs at least once (though the 16 team playoff in 1982 helped the bottom feeders out) and 7 teams (one quarter of the league) didn't win a playoff game.

As for teams that sucked in both decades, we know some of these well (Lions, Cardinals, Saints, Bucs). But the two that always seem weird to me in this department are the Chiefs and, yes, the Packers.


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As for teams that sucked in both decades, we know some of these well (Lions).



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Green Habit wrote:
So I was curious about playoff trends in the 1970s and 1980s just now.

Sometimes it's easy to forget how unequal the NFL was in the 1970s. The top six teams (Cowboys, Vikings, Rams in the NFC, Steelers, Dolphins, Raiders in the AFC) accounted for 77% of the playoff wins (PW) and 55% of the playoff appearances (PA). Add the next five teams (Colts, Oilers, Redskins, Broncos, 49ers), and it's 96% of PW and 73% of PA. Four teams failed to make the playoffs at all, and (as weird as it sounds today) two of those four are both of the New York teams. 14 teams (half the league) never won a playoff game.

The 1980s, on the other hand, were more equal than we might think. The 49ers (obviously) were the only true elite team (8 PA, 13 PW), but 13 teams had between 3 to 6 PW and 17 teams had in between 3 and 5 PA. Everyone made the playoffs at least once (though the 16 team playoff in 1982 helped the bottom feeders out) and 7 teams (one quarter of the league) didn't win a playoff game.

As for teams that sucked in both decades, we know some of these well (Lions, Cardinals, Saints, Bucs). But the two that always seem weird to me in this department are the Chiefs and, yes, the Packers.

i grew up thinking the Packers were a laughing stock until Brett Favre

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Contrary to what John Madden may say, the Packers were THE franchise of the 60s.

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