The Carolina Panthers and Arizona Cardinals were the two most successful teams during the NFL’s 2015 regular season. Carolina posted the league’s best-record, at 15-1, and led the league in scoring margin (+192). Arizona had the second-best record in the NFL (13-3) and finished with the second-best margin (+176). Carolina’s quarterback, Cam Newton, was selected […]
The Carolina Panthers and Arizona Cardinals were the two most successful teams during the NFL’s 2015 regular season. Carolina posted the league’s best-record, at 15-1, and led the league in scoring margin (+192). Arizona had the second-best record in the NFL (13-3) and finished with the second-best margin (+176). Carolina’s quarterback, Cam Newton, was selected […]
To go with our 2016 NFL predictions, FiveThirtyEight is previewing each division. Here, we look at the NFC West. The NFC West was a lesson in humility for prognosticators last season: The team that FiveThirtyEight’s Elo ratings gave a 60 percent probability of winning the division lost to the one they pegged with a measly […]
To go with our 2016 NFL predictions, FiveThirtyEight is previewing each division. Here, we look at the NFC West. The NFC West was a lesson in humility for prognosticators last season: The team that FiveThirtyEight’s Elo ratings gave a 60 percent probability of winning the division lost to the one they pegged with a measly […]
After an upside-down wild card round that produced four road winners, sanity was restored for the higher-seeded teams during divisional weekend. It wasn’t always easy — each game was decided by a touchdown or less — and some of the finishes were flat–out unbelievable. But after the dust settled, the Panthers, Broncos, Patriots and Cardinals […]