For Bicycle Bill Only....

[Lord Jim]

Today, three of the four top teams in the NFC are in the NFC East

Jim--top teams in NFC

Dallas 9-1
Giants 7-3
Seahawks 7-2-1
Lions/Vikings/Falcons 6-4

Only the first two are in the NFC East

Then comes the Redskins at 6-3-1

But they are the

seventh

team in a field of 16, not one of the top 4

Why is your math so wonky

That's a very good question:

Redskins 6-3-1 .650

Lions/Vikings/Falcons 6-4 .600

https://www.google.com/search?q=nfc+sta ... dings+2016

I'm no math whiz, but I'm pretty sure that a .650 winning percentage is higher than a .600...

ETA:

On page two of this thread, I'm no longer getting that warning from Avast...

[Big RR]

Jim--I did no calculations, I used one of the NFL sites (maybe their math is wonky?). Of course the Redskins have a slightly bette r record than the Lions et al., but then I think the difference the standings use is that they are tied for first in their division while the Redskins are in third, and they probably have a better vision record than the Redskins. now if you had said the teams having the top W-L records....

[Lord Jim]

Well, this particular example is now academic, the Redskins having lost to Dallas in classic Redskins style, by piling missed opportunity, upon missed opportunity, upon missed opportunity....

But ...

I think the difference the standings use is that they are tied for first in their division while the Redskins are in third

That's because in the competition for their division championship, they are ranked only against the other teams in their division...

If a 6-3-1 team and a 6-4 were in the same division, the 6-3-1 team would be ranked above them...

If you rank all the teams in the Conference by their record (which was my point) three of the top four (the exception being the Sea Hawks) were in the NFC East at the time I posted that, and my claim was correct. (Of course if I made the same claim now, I'd be wrong... )

This is important and has real meaning, because in competition for the Wild Card spot, (where the records are compared across the whole Conference, not just within the division) a team that finishes 11-4-1 is going to beat-out a team that finishes 11-5, because they have the the higher winning pct.

As a result of Thursday's unhappy events, the Redskins have now dropped to 6th place in the Conference with a .591 winning pct...

Behind the Lions, (7-4, .636) and the Falcons (6-4, .600) but still ahead of the Vikings (6-5 .545)

[oldr_n_wsr]

And then there are the Jets.