The 2010 Seahawks were the first losers to win an NFL division

The 2010 Seahawks made NFL history by winning their division with a losing record. Which is bad. One might argue it's the worst. However, their season hit a high note with Marshawn Lynch's Beast Quake. A monstrous run that led the Seahawks to a Wild Card win over the defending champion New Orleans Saints. But we must not forget the trash that came before it.
Written and produced by Mike Imhoff
Edited by Jiazhen Zhang
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[@sjswift7448]

2020 NFC east: “Is this a joke”

[@faduska]

give their seed to another nfc west team so we can have a whole division in the playoffs

[@kellz1703]

@@faduska As a Dallas fan I agree😂

[@QwertyCaesar]

Technically Washington and New York could still get a winning record.

[@MegaBrokenstar]

@@faduska that’s already possible thanks to the (dumb) playoff expansion this year. One of the few things you couldn’t do before this year was put all four teams in a division into the playoffs. You could have three (the AFC North did a few years ago), but you couldn’t have four.

[@GamerballerYT]

@@kellz1703 yeah we’re on pace to go 7-9 too

[@sStyleMo]

2010 Chargers: Best offence, Best Defense, Worst Special teams. . . Miss playoffs. 2010 Seahawks: Terrible Offence, Terrible Defense, Best Special Teams. . .Make Playoffs. Special teams more important than offence and defense confirmed

[@butcherboy2008]

Theoretically, with ties, a team with one win can make the playoffs. Record: 1-10-5 with two other teams at 0-10-6 and the last place team at 0-11-5.

[@kingjy42issait85]

Tbf, that’s not the worst record percentage wise. That’s 3 1/2 wins, and you can make the playoffs at 3-13

[@alexanderboulton2123]

THE TEAM WITHOUT A NAME THE TEAM WITHOUT A NAME

[@ElYams]

Whose watching this amidst of the Cowboys and Eagles NFC East disaster

[@ImARedeemedBird]

This was the first ever Tank Division

[@HylianJayAppears]

I was at that 41-7 loss to the Giants. Only Seahawks game I had left early from the stadium cause I was a kid and didn't bring a good enough coat.

[@jamisony3702]

Well that’s about to change😭

[@music_holds_my_fading_soul]

The NFL will be worth watching when pretty boy QB's get a pair and actually field the ball and defend ball carriers on run plays. No more diving or intentional grounding.

[@Boneyard_Itto]

2020 NFC East: “That’s cute”

[@abdulmaliksarip77]

😂😂😂😂

[@bamaboyz8978]

I mean both the 2010 Seahawks and 2020 Redskins went 7-9

[@richardwolf9149]

@@bamaboyz8978 facts but i think this years NFC east was a worse divison you had to try to be the worst team cowboys lost thier franchise qb in week 3 or 4 (i forget) giants lost saquon around the same time and both teams were in contention going into week 17 i mean u had to try to be the worst in the nfc east this year, and im a giants fan

[@Jake0666]

Wahsington 2020 was 10 times better than this team. Washington’s defense was number 7 in the nfo

[@bamaboyz8978]

@@Jake0666, the 2010 Seahawks won a playoff game

[@ericsilva6517]

In my madden franchise the bills won their division at 4-12

[@Revealingstorm.]

Whaaaa

[@isaace2159]

That’s EA for ya

[@bassistwithadeathwish7277]

... what

[@lukecharlier2241]

Eric Silva saints won at 4-12 in mine and then won a playoff game

[@coolguy02536]

Now that’s impressive, considering the Pats/Jets/Dolphins all needed to win just 4 or fewer games as well. And with how many times division teams have to face each other, that puts it pretty close.

[@nino16521]

2:54 on the right hand corner, did that say "NE 14 - CLE 34 Final" ? Guess this really was a long time ago.

[@YankeesFan0620]

Go watch KTO’s video about CLE running back Peyton Hillis

[@nikaoharbour6962]

Yeah cleveland annihilated both the pats AND saints that season....them and the here were the only ones to beat pats that season. The saints beat the eventual afc champ Steelers 20-10 that year too. That's why its any given Sunday

[@TheY2AProblem]

Frank Meng kzbin.info/www/bejne/oprYhJWonM2to80

[@alexcharmander8455]

To make it feel even more long ago the pats lost the mark Sanchez and the jets in the divisional round that year

[@chandlersbryant4047]

@Tw1 It wasn't the Worst one, Losing 31-0 Vs the Bills in the 2003 season Opener was the worst, but luckily we got payback on them in week 17 and Beat them 31-0 in our House

[@comedychrises]

Teams under .500 are 2-0 in home playoff games

[@jacksonwright6029]

And strangely enough both of those games involved both an NFC South and a NFC West team. Seattle vs New Orleans and Carolina vs Arizona.

[@mrmacross]

@@jacksonwright6029 The Arizona game was kind of fluky. They lost Carson Palmer, then lost their second-string QB, so they ended up starting a 3rd-string QB for their playoff game.

[@jacksonwright6029]

@@mrmacross I only pointed the matchup not the circumstances that led to the worst offensive/best defensive (however you see it) performance to ever happen in a Playoff game.

[@mrmacross]

@@jacksonwright6029 Fair point. I just felt especially bad for AZ, so much that I was compelled to point out how bad their luck was.

[@jacksonwright6029]

@@mrmacross Larry Fitzgerald's luck is the worst I have ever seen. I would love to see him get a ring but as time passes, it is looking like he will never get one and it is sad for a guy like him to never get one like other greats in the past.

[@MrMRMONKEY232]

Worst season or not that is arguably the season that started the seahawks to where they are now. With a changing of the guard on all fronts essentially and mainly Lynch showing what he could do at the time.

[@eddixon2015]

MRMONKEY232 yeah, I think they went 7-9 the next year too (I seem to remember Larry Fitzgerald making some amazing plays against them in week 17 of the next season) but then in 2012, things started happening

[@marcamico5254]

@@eddixon2015 2nd half of "12" is when Seattle started streaking the NFL. Matt Hasselbeck played lights out vs Saints. I know he had 4 td passes. I can name 3/4. Brandon Stokley,John Carlson and Mike Wallace. When Seattle acquired Lynch from Buffalo,I knew something was brewing for Seattle. This was Hasselbeck's last game at Qwest and lost vs Chicago in the divisional rd. This game wasn't all about Lynch. Sadly,because of Lynch's run. Matt's game was and STILL is overlooked and underappreciated.

[@Kennyisdarkvanilla]

2010 Seattle got some of their core guys, but they were all new. 2011, they started building their defense and run game. Were actually pretty good except at the QB with Tavaris Jackson. 2012 is when they drafted Bobby Wagner and Russell Wilson. From there, they took off and haven’t looked back.

[@comedychrises]

MRMONKEY232 I also seem to recall drafting that Russel Wilson guy changed some things

[@zachgilbert3815]

If by "where they are now" you mean where they were like 5 years ago sure.....

[@BurrowtoChase]

2020 nfc east: Are you challenging me

[@tomiscooltv6341]

SwaggyP 21 the 2010 NFC West still worse

[@juicypanda677]

Tom I don’t think so 😂

[@tomiscooltv6341]

Bam Bam the Seahawks won the division with a 7-9 record.

[@tomiscooltv6341]

Bam Bam but I guess I know what you mean the 2010 NFC West had an overall record of 25-39, and the 2019 NFC East had an overall record of 24-40. But they’re both really bad.

[@mwillmusicsoul]

This would be funny if it was about an entire division. But it's not, so.......

[@abesanchez5805]

“We want the ball and we are going to score.” -Matt Hasselbeck

[@treeweenie5360]

He did score. Just not for the right team

[@abesanchez5805]

Casual-jpg lol

[@WaltWill3]

Famous words before tragedy struck

[@abesanchez5805]

@M stfu didn't ask

[@doobs1358]

@M 😐

[@aidenhess8570]

Who is hear after watching the atrocity of the NFC East aka Tank Division put up this year

[@JFriGuy]

Dont disrespect clipboard jesus

[@eggsngritstn]

He has the best possible NFL outcome. Very little game time, no major injuries, QB money for 11 seasons. He should be the happiest NFL retiree on the planet.

[@JFriGuy]

@@eggsngritstn too bad he died at 33

[@hughesmovesgaming8748]

He is still here just got staff infection in his knee playing for Cleveland so he retired

[@JFriGuy]

@@hughesmovesgaming8748 how old was he?

[@hughesmovesgaming8748]

jackson freier 34 when the browns ended his career

[@KofieWhy]

WE LIKE SPORTS AND WE DON'T CARE WHO KNOWS

[@Rauldlg8]

Kofie Why? FROM SHOOTING HOOPS!

[@andrewmcclintock290]

Raul De La Garza TO THE SUPERBOWL!

[@johnpiassek2224]

Footballfootballfootball

[@robynna_]

Hockey, golf.

[@KevinSmith-ee4jb]

Kofie Why? WE DONT LIKE SPORTS AND WE DONT KNOW WHO CARES

[@bama79rolltide]

The money line on this game paid for my weekend in Vegas.

[@mostdeadlygeist]

what was it for this game?

[@robertberger7301]

mostdeadlygeist probably Seahawks +500 lol

[@zach99998]

why hello there fellow degenerate gambler

[@smokesletsgo8180]

Lmao

[@אחיהאורים]

Same only the 28 to 3 pats

[@idontdeservethis1979]

The 2020 nfc east will be here

[@coreylaubenstein870]

3:48 A gruesome jogging accident LAMOW

[@aaronvanzile3824]

"hard to watch" hahaha

[@spicysusan7940]

Lmao? r/boneapppletea

[@VHwitTheVids]

@@spicysusan7940 I hope I'm not getting wooshed but r/wooosh

[@lindseysilva7609]

2019 nfc east: Are you challenging me

[@bwbdalek1]

7-9 so fine. God I love that season. The start of something new in Seattle.

[@JoshHart316]

Chanel priced, knock-off quality rookie QB Sam Bradford LOL

[@AEMoreira81]

How to legally steal $130M (before taxes) and get away with it!

[@lukelicursi6737]

Man! Every time I watch that Lynch run, I still don't think he's gonna make it!

[@aroobism]

Luke Licursi you fool

[@LoLotov]

Seahawks fan, remember the whole room exploding while watching that. The only play I have ever rewatched and do so a few times a year. However... being reminded of that Matt Hasselbeck run where he goes one yard untouched at about 2 mph and HURTS HIMSELF hammers home just how bad that damn team was.

[@stickguyalex]

Crazy enough three years later they couldn't be bothered to run it with him a couple yards when it really mattered

[@jakemelchior2618]

NFC East this year: Hold my beer

[@thatsunfortunate8785]

ya they failed winning two more games because they actually knew how to win

[@ImBenjiRich]

Little did we know...it would only get worse

[@mcj88]

The Worst MLB Division Race: In 1994 Texas led the brand new AL West with a *52-62* record, and Oakland, Seattle & California were all within 5 1/2 games. The _only_ positive that came from The Strike was that it killed this race before any of them could make the postseason.

[@RenaldyCalixte]

Whaaaa???? Wow...that's horrific. Who was even on the 1994 Texas Rangers?

[@TheLocalLt]

Renaldy Calixte I think pudge and canseco

[@RenaldyCalixte]

@@TheLocalLt Wow its almost like the players went on strike because 1994 AL West was terrible.

[@hiimemily]

There was another slight positive that came from the strike. It ended Michael Jordan's baseball career.

[@Therawist1]

The nfc east boutta pull a 6-10 this season

[@noxebop]

Let it be known, that lost to the Seahawks for the Saints cursed them to 3 (count em, 3!) Consecutive 7-9 seasons.

[@eddiedorsey5985]

Brutal.

[@specialwhenlit8435]

Let it be known....you're incorrect lol. The 2014-16 Saints that you're referring to went 7-9 three times. That streak occurred after the playoff loss to the 2013 Seahawks. The 2011-13 Saints went 13-3, 7-9 and 11-5. Not trying to be pedantic, but the team didn't fall into mediocrity right after the Beast Quake game.

[@noxebop]

@@specialwhenlit8435 Yeah I just looked at it, the situations are almost identical (The Saints are 11-5 again and up against the Seahawks) except the Seahawks had a better record, a neat curse despite being later down the line.

[@specialwhenlit8435]

@@noxebop As a Saints fan, I can tell you, that 2014-16 stretch had way more to do with bad free agency signings and a subpar defense. Call it the Curse of the Jairus Byrds, not the Hawks lol

[@jakedasnake7703]

2020 Entire NFC East: “Hold My Beer.”

[@KnobleSloth]

Damn man, leave my cardinals alone. They've suffered enough. They're already dead

[@thescatman5029]

Be blessed that you're not a Carolina Pee Stain!

[@bhratbrat]

Kurt Warner could not even revive that Cardinals team

[@igrahama2316]

Bruh they are trash but I am a fan so ok

[@OJTheBLAK]

Clipboard Jesus beat Sam “No Knees” Bradford for a division title. Amazing.

[@teen_laqueefa]

Spit out my drink

[@Kevin257]

Who’s here after the NFC Least stunk so bad in 2019

[@yetz2291]

It stank for sure, but not historically awfully like the '10 NFC West.

[@idrip2153]

Yea the division was won with a 9-7 record 7-9 is way worse

[@jakedasnake7703]

Even worse this year so far 😂😂

[@Rindiculousfun]

I'm here after the same division in 2020 yikes

[@MrJediBraden]

The Eagles could win it this year with 4 wins....

[@crimzy4375]

2020 NFC east: exists The entire comment section: it’s my time to shine!

[@ddddddbdbdbd335]

2020 NFC East has entered the chat

[@NoName-wr6yq]

Nobody: The 2020 Eagles: _And I took that personally_

[@cyancyclone5642]

Nah, the WFT

[@NoName-wr6yq]

@@cyancyclone5642 Eagles are probably still the best in the NFC East (for whatever thats worth)

[@cyancyclone5642]

@@NoName-wr6yq I don't even know any more

[@NoName-wr6yq]

@@cyancyclone5642 I mean, they almost buttfumbled their way into winning vs Pittsburgh and Baltimore. Despite their injuries and Carson Wentz being Space Jammed into the shadow realm, theyve looked the best vs non division teams

[@MattHDGamer]

Amazing video

[@komeinsvedu5640]

lmao

[@muhammadzidnii2577]

The bourbons are back

[@jacksonpowers6586]

2:13 what about special teams? Just ask Phillip Rivers and the 2010 Chargers

[@longanswer9548]

was thinking the same thing

[@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly]

People forget just how *TERRIBLE* the 2010 Seattle Seahawks were-this was essentially a rebuilding team that would have most likely gone 4-12 or 3-13 in a stronger division and that’s why their playoff win against the Saints was such a big deal. In other words, this was NOT the 2020 Washington Football Team.

[@matthewshortle5274]

2020 Washington Football Team: "Allow us to introduce ourselves"

[@Apcoolcharles]

Cowboys and Eagles: Allow us to introduce ourselves

[@MrAndrewaziz]

I was just about to say this. Also as of now the Redskins are not yet eliminated from playoff contention as they have a chance to win the division with a record of 6-10 if the Cowboys lose out and the Eagles lose every game except their matchup against the Cowboys. NFC east is a dumpster fire considering how much talent the Eagles and Cowboys are squandering away.

[@dannyzep92]

I remember how bad that division was that year. Yikes I forgot they beat the saints

[@eddiemac8804]

The goddamn SUPER BOWL CHAMPION Saints.

[@dannyzep92]

@@eddiemac8804 I and several coworkers at the time laughed at the prospect of a sub 8-8 team even playing in the playoffs. We werent laughing after the Beastquake run. 2010 was a weird year bro.

[@16ktsgamma]

They were Super Bowl Champions and you lose to a 7-9 stinker. Just Wow.

[@mostdeadlygeist]

the panthers won their division and made it to the playoffs in 2015 with a 7-8-1 record and beat the 11-5 cardinals (without carson palmer) 27-16. kind of funny that both recent losing record teams won their matchups, but this one definitely has an asterisk.

[@bigbearkat2010]

Yeah at least when the Seahawks won their game it was against an actual team.

[@nathanjohnson6387]

Cardinals also didn't have back up QB Drew Stanton. Wow

[@bigbearkat2010]

@@nathanjohnson6387 I think this very channel described their starter for that game Ryan Lindley as playing like he won the job in an essay contest.

[@mrmacross]

@@bigbearkat2010 Yup. Any NFL team could've won a home game and beaten the Ryan Lindley Cardinals. You could say the Cardinals that year were the unluckiest playoff team in NFL history.

[@Smspodcast_]

mostdeadlygeist they would’ve won even if cardinals did have Chokeson Palmer

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

A visual involving Miley Cyrus is more like an impotence symbol.

[@cjhaskins4904]

2020 Nfc East: hold my beer

[@JaKingScomez]

I love the sarcasm

[@Karmy.]

and the brutal insults

[@mhicks31]

space the jokes out. I can't breathe! lol!

[@joeyteter9383]

My man said “part time pick thrower” 😂😂😂

[@Cc75757]

2020 NFC East is coming for ya!

[@musyarofah1]

10 years later: *NFC EAST*

[@alebuffalari9227]

2020 nfc east: hold my beer

[@mrmacross]

Giving automatic playoff berths to division winners made a little more sense when divisions were five teams deep. At least half your schedule consisted of division opponents (more when the AFC Central had 6 teams after the New Cleveland Browns arrived on the scene), and finishing ahead of four teams is significantly harder than finishing ahead of three. It's just not a good look when 8-8 (or worse) teams get to HOST playoff games. I kind of want the NFL to expand to 36 teams so they can go back to six divisions, with each division having six teams. If you win that division, then it's really hard not to justify your automatic home playoff game. But in Seattle's defense, they were clearly a team on the rise. Even though their regular season was pretty horrible for playoff team standards, they were on the path to greatness.

[@TheLocalLt]

mrmacross division games are more important, there being less of them even increases their importance. A 7-8 Jags vs 8-7 Titans game doesn’t have much appeal, but if it’s for a home playoff game it suddenly has a lot of additional meaning

[@suudenver2177]

1 and 10 Carolina pee stains🤣🤣🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂🤣 I'm actually dying

[@ItBeHurka]

Most Seattle fans don't know this season existed, prior to Beast Quake. They were Dallas fans before that.

[@SY-nq3qp]

Very original. Kudos, dude!

[@ecoRfan]

ItBeHurka bandwagon fans

[@InUteroKDC]

Us 'Seahawks fans' have always been loyal... It's just most people never noticed or acknowledged us, because the Seahawks had never won anything other than being the 2005 NFC Champions. Oh yeah, for all you 49er & Cowboys fans- ONLY LOSERS LIVE 2+ DECADES IN THE PAST

[@dannyfonseca07]

ItBeHurka you really call them band wagons when they made it a super in 2005 and in 80s they had defense and good offense who made it to play like ever year stop with this over used joke

[@asher2102]

ItBeHurka you’re wrong

[@nathanjohnson6387]

2 years prior, Cris Collinsworth said the Arizona Cardinals might be the worst playoff team before the playoffs even began. They went on to the Super Bowl. I said that because I thought it was fitting with your last statement "This Why they play the game"

[@jupjow5808]

2019 Cowboys: Hold my beer Update: 2019 Eagles

[@abesanchez5805]

Jup420BlazeIt : Hold my over thirty years of miserable non super bowl appearances

[@manguything6301]

/eagles

[@africalovesbait]

So you’re gonna need to do a part 2 to this I guess...

[@666Brago]

I actually remember this. So the Seahawks sucked that year but so did the rest of the NFC West.

[@mgb4692]

On the road trash, all their losses by two touchdowns minimum, oddly enough beat the Bears. Better at home but same story with the Ls. The 2018 team whose six losses came by a combined 28 points laughs at their futility

[@kyndread71]

Funny you mention the Raiders in this take. That season, the Raiders finished 8-8. They were 6-0 in the AFC West, and not only failed to win their division, but also failed to make the playoffs that year. DOUBLE-OOF.

[@RenaldyCalixte]

Worst team to go undedeated in thier division.

[@insertcolorfulmetaphor8520]

2010 was a fun, special season, especially for us 12's that have been fans since birth (born into the 12th Man fold, in 1981). It was a signal of a brighter future for the team, coming about from a great working relationship between PC and JS. Coming off of the terrible 2009 season, brought to you by Tim Ruskell's last terrible personnel/free agency addition, hiring Jim Mora to be the Head Coach. It wasn't all bad, regarding the free agency additions, and draft picks, made by Ruskell, but there was far more bad, than good, and it seemed to immediately become a problem, following the 'Hawks loss to the "STEAL"ers/referee team they faced in Super Bowl XL... *cough* signing Alexander to a ridiculous extension, whilst letting Hutch' walk, in FA, over a small amount of money! *cough* Anyways, I think that it is correct to allow all division winners, to automatically be playoff teams by virtue of said Division Title. I don't know if it is right to let a Div winning team host a playoff game, during the Wildcard Round, if their opponent happens to have a better overall record than they do (or maybe even make it that the better overall conference record, between the wildcard round opponents, be what determines home field).

[@SuperMinerBros]

2020 NFC East: Hold my beer.

[@chaserwing2693]

"2010 Seahawks worst division winner." The 2020 NFC East: Allow us to introduce ourselves.

[@MegaBrokenstar]

The NFC East this year took this as a challenge

[@matthewshortle5274]

2019 NFC East: Hold my beer.

[@ogreman-lll-957]

Matthew Shortle almost not as bad still

[@infernodotdash2203]

the giants would have won the 2020 NFC east at 6-10 if the eagles coach didn't throw their game against Washington to let them win at 7-9

[@peterparise4868]

2020 Giants: *hold my beer*

[@michaelhartman683]

2020 NFC East: Hold my beer

[@chidorisnake22]

Imagine if the 7-9 Seahawks somehow managed to win the Super Bowl. 😂

[@jonskowitz]

That would've been just about the funniest thing ever XD

[@moderatesforamerica1]

That would have been hilarious

[@kingjy42issait85]

The beast quake play, as popular as it is now, would probably be the most famous play in history, for sparking an underdog story of that degree. Hi

[@geoffroi-le-Hook]

They would finish the season 11-9

[@matthewshortle5274]

2020 NFC East: "Hold my beer"

[@phillipisayev1273]

Russell changed everything for Seattle

[@seanhoran5657]

2020 NFC EAST: are you really in charge here?

[@flipsticomb75]

Being a giants fan in 2020 I approve

[@zscAncaster]

Contrary to popular belief, the 2020 Washington Football Team was still better than the 2010 Seahawks. The 2010 Seahawks were around 29th in offense and 25th in defense. The 2020 Washington Football Team was around 25th in offense and 5th in defense. That's all I should have to say.

[@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly]

2020 Washington would smack this Seattle team around like a ragdoll…don’t forget they played in a terrible division too

[@sovannchang7098]

"The problem with the Seahawks seemed to be their offense, and their defense. Arguably the two most important parts of the game" But not the only two important parts, as the 2010 Chargers proved

[@gusringo4638]

2020 NFC East: Are you challenging me?

[@matthewhirsch1195]

2020 NFC East: Hold my beer

[@hiimemily]

There have been six teams to make the playoffs with a losing record, though two were because of a strike-shortened schedule. • 1982 Cleveland Browns and Detroit Lions (both 4-5) • 2010 Seattle Seahawks (7-9) • 2014 Carolina Panthers (7-8-1, also appeared on The Worst) • 2020 Washington Football Team (7-9) • 2022 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (8-9)

[@Loogaroo1]

There was debate among Seahawks fans going into Week 17 about whether they should win the last game against the Rams, make the playoffs, and most likely get murdered on live television by the Saints; or tank the game, miss the playoffs, and get a top-12 draft pick instead. Needless to say, those who argued the latter were wrong.

[@mgb4692]

Especially since they all wanted to draft Jake Locker. Yeah that would have went well...............

[@RyanFribble]

HOOLLLMADIIIIICK

[@TheTexas1994]

The NFL needs to do something like the NBA where the 6 best record teams in each conference make it to the playoffs.

[@mrmacross]

The NFL already does something similar to the NBA in that division winners automatically qualify. At least the NBA understands that if you have a terrible record, you shouldn't start the series with home court advantage. That said, it took a long time for the NBA to have a more sensible playoff format, though I'd argue that letting 8 teams per conference qualify for the playoffs is much to generous to bad teams.

[@TheTexas1994]

mrmacross the trouble with divisions is that you can have a situation like this (which also happened with the Panthers a few years later) where a losing record team gets in and a winning record team doesn’t. Or if you have something like the 2018-2019 season. The Chiefs and the Chargers had the two best records in the AFC, but the chargers couldn’t get a first round bye because they didn’t win the division. So the patriots, who lost one more game, got the bye.

[@mrmacross]

@@TheTexas1994 Divisions are bad in all leagues, but in the NFL they kind of serve a purpose. When you have 32 teams, and only 16 games on the schedule, you have to find ways to award playoff spots. NFL divisions shouldn't be only four teams. Because they are, there are often 8-8 (or worse) teams winning the division, but without divisions it's hard to decide which teams should advance. Whereas in the NBA, I am fairly confident a 55-27 team in the West is better than a 48-34 team also in the West, it's not so easy to say that a 12-4 AFC team is better than a 10-6 AFC team. Two teams not in the same division but in the same conference might have such few common opponents.

[@kinghiggins24]

Time to make a video. Redskins gonna win nfc east at 6-10

[@SopranoBabyFilmIt]

Why all this hate for the cardinals man?

[@ryandowning2956]

might have to make a new one

[@XoADREADNOUGHT]

What does that intro have to do with this video at all? Yeah you try to tie into into Marshawn Lynch, but that was a really tortured segway.

[@dylanr4854]

Ron Ronson Exactly what I was thinking lol that was weird

[@kalebmurphy4725]

2020 NFC East: Are you challenging me?

[@DawsDaws860]

Cowboys hot on their trail...

[@amlthadon]

Haha hasselbeck is still my boy #8 !!!! Go hawks!!!!

[@alexanderliu9376]

WFT must win to get in the playoffs. If WFT loses, winner of DAL-NYG gets in the playoffs. If the Giants beat Dallas tomorrow and Name Redacted loses to the Eagles, Giants are the first team in NFL history to go 6-10 and make the postseason. Then this video will definitely need an update.

[@caras2004]

Washington Football Team Hold my beer

[@Calebbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb]

2020 NFC East: Are you challenging me?

[@allshade2093]

I just thought about this team earlier today funny how the world works

[@ChiefKillaCue]

I’ll never forget this season..my 11-5 Pats missed the playoffs....

[@vikramlothe1709]

2010 giants missed the playoffs because of these fools

[@FallKilla]

Lol

[@andrewlarson7]

And the Bucs too. Imagine 2 teams in a single season going 10-6 and missing the playoffs

[@donaldwobamajr6550]

2010 Seahawks: Win their division with a losing record. 1938 Blackhawks: Hold my beer.

[@kevinrobinson6601]

Anyone who beats the Saints is okay in my book 👍

[@iTracti0n]

So basically the winner of the NFC East is winning their first playoff game.

[@WorkSmartNotHard]

3:18 Cardinals Fan: unsubs 😢 *crys In corner

[@86puffpuff86]

facts

[@86puffpuff86]

even tho that season should have an astrix by it because we had derek anderson at QB

[@samjupeiters]

Now at 10-2 we are only leaders by half a game to the 10-2 49ers what a difference lol #Gohawks

[@marcoscarrera1443]

"Local ayuhuasca shaman n part time pick thower" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@averagejosh6699]

Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce you to the 2020 NFC Least