What Do All 12 Playoff Teams Have In Common?

stchamp98 · Joined: 11 Apr 2005 Posts: 52947 Location: Havre, Montana

Ever since the season ended, I've been trying to get the best possible look I can at all 12 playoff teams to see what they do well and won't they don't do well, both on the field and in the front office. Why are you doing, you might ask? Simple: The NFL is a copycat league. I want this team back in the playoffs so bad I couold scream, which lead me to the Hecrulean task of trying to find similiarities, either good or bad, that ALL 12 playoff teams shared. Not 5-6 of them, not 8-9 of them, ALL 12. After literally 3 weeks of researching stats and metrics and roster and coaches, I have to been able to a few. Not many but a few. I want to see if you any of you guys can guess them. Throw out your best educated thoughts as what all of these 12 playoff teams share and we'll see if you're right. The right and wrong answers may surprise you!!!
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SuperFlyTNT · Joined: 07 Feb 2011 Posts: 265

Throwing a couple of metrics out there:

Ability to convert on 3rd down
Turnover margin

11sanchez11 · Joined: 08 Feb 2010 Posts: 6152 Location: Tucson, AZ

I'll throw out a couple.

Top 15 defense
High number of rushing attempts
TO margin

stchamp98 · Joined: 11 Apr 2005 Posts: 52947 Location: Havre, Montana

Ability to convert on 3rd down is....incorrect. Washington was bottom 10 in this category with just a 35.8% 3rd down conversion success rate.

Turnover margin is....incorrect. Minnesota, Indianapolis and #1 seed Denver all had negative turnover ratios.

Top 15 defense in terms of yards and points is....incorrect. New England, Indianapolis, Washington, Minnesota, Baltimore and #1 seed Atlanta were all outside the top 15 in yards allowed. Indianapolis and Washington were both outside the top 15 in points allowed.

High number of rushing attempts is....incorrect. #1 seed Atlanta was just 26th in the league in rushing attempts, with a meager 378 (Arizona had 352 for last place).

0-4.
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stchamp98 · Joined: 11 Apr 2005 Posts: 52947 Location: Havre, Montana

I'll give you 1 of the similiarities that all teams share that I found: All 12 teams have 1 or more offensive lineman selected in the 1st round of the NFL Draft (Not a free agent, someone they drafted) who made more than half of their teams starts.
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khodder · Joined: 19 Dec 2005 Posts: 48021 Location: New New York

I thought it might have had something to do with penalties, but not anymore.

It is not rushing YPC on either side of the football.

10 of the 12 playoff teams have a QBR for in the top 16 of the league. Minnesota and Indianapolis ruins that.
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Yibbyl · Joined: 21 Apr 2011 Posts: 2123 Location: Redding, CA

Very low percentage of INT to Pass Attempts?
QB's throw more TD's than INT's?
Turnover ratio greater than 0?
Very low percentage of opponent's 1st downs due to penalties?
Win the time of possession battle?

(EDIT) Oh, I see nothing related to QB...
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AZCardinalsFan · Joined: 17 Nov 2008 Posts: 1055

More then 350 rushing attempts per team?
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Boise&cards Fan · Joined: 03 Dec 2010 Posts: 2940

None of the coaches were fired. Cool

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younggun1273 · Joined: 14 Jan 2007 Posts: 6887 Location: Tallahassee

All teams are in the top 18 in scoring.

That is about all I got so far.
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AZCardinalsFan · Joined: 17 Nov 2008 Posts: 1055

They were all in the top 10 in QB pressures?
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