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NFL - relationship between playoff trips and # of QBs

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January 28, 2016 at 9:08am
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Bored last night so spent some internet time comparing NFL teams.  Not earth shattering, but there appears to be a relationship between the number of starting Quarterbacks a team has had start a regular season game, and the number of trips to the playoffs.  I looked at each team since 2001.  There are a million things that need to click to make the playoffs, so the correlation isn't strong, but it appears to exist.

This chart shows, starting with the 2001 season, each teams # of quarterbacks who have started a game during the regular season, vs the # of trips to the playoffs.

There are anomolies like the Chargers and Giants who has each had relatively small # of starting QBs but also a small # of trips to the playoffs.  However, the trend line appears to be there.

On one end you have the Patriots who have had 3 starting QBs since 2001 (Bledsoe (2 games), Cassel (15 games), Brady (223 games)) and the most trips to the playoffs (13).

On the other end you have Cleveland who have had 21 starting QBs since 2001 and only one trip to the playoffs.

Anyways, I found it interesting.

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