NFL Playoff Odds: AFC and NFC Wild Cards
Writing by bettingfool on Thursday, 27 of December , 2007 at 7:15 pm
The wild-card round was added to the NFL playoffs 30 years ago. Of those, 9 have gone on to the Super Bowl and five have won the Super Bowl. Interestingly, eight of the nine, including all five champions, were AFC teams. Four of the last 10 Super Bowl winners (Denver, Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Indy) were AFC teams that had to go the extra round. And in 29 years only one NFC team has gone to the Super Bowl as a wild-card (Carolina)…and they lost.
There are two wild cards for each conference. I wouldn’t count on any of this year’s wild cards to beat the likes of the New England Patriots or the Dallas Cowboys. Although not a wild card, the Seattle Seahawks could surprise everyone. They’ve won five in a row and came oh-so-close to beating the Bears in the playoffs last year.
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