Playoff Thread

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Pending: 49ers to win Super Bowl, 10 units to win 80 units

Random thoughts/Stats:

- Teams with the better regular season point differential win 72% of time the last 5 seasons

- The regular season point differential leader has been the conference super bowl representative the last 7/10 times. The 3 times  the #1 point differential leader did not were last years patriots (#1 seed who advanced because of an offsides penalty), last years Rams (advanced because of non PI call), and the 2015 Broncos (#1 seed with dominant defense)

-Only 2 teams with negative point differential have won playoff games the past 6 season (2016 Texans and 2014 Panthers...both were the higher seed).

AFC Point Differential Leaders

1. Baltimore +249

2. New England +195

3. Kansas City +143

4. Tennessee +71

5. Buffalo +55

6. Houston -7

NFC Point Differential Leaders

1. San Francisco +169

2. New Orleans +117

3. Minnesota +104

4. Green Bay +63

5. Philadelphia +31

6. Seattle +7

Passing Yards Per Attempt - Regular Season Playoff teams

AFC

1. Ryan Tannehill 9.6

2. Patrick Mahomes 8.3

3. Lamar Jackson 7.8

4. Deshaun Jackson 7.8

5. Josh Allen 6.7

6. Tom Brady 6.6

NFC

1. Jimmy Garoppolo 8.4

2. Kirk Cousins 8.1

3. Russell Wilson 8.0

4. Drew Brees 7.9

5. Aaron Rodgers 7.0

6. Carson Wentz 6.7

+/- point differential Since week 10:

Patriots: +6

Texans: +68

Playoff opponents since week 10:

Ravens

Eagles

Texans

Chiefs

Bills

Chiefs

Texans

Saints

Texans

By comparison, if you just took the higher seed the last 5 years, you hit 68%. Not statistically significant.

***Kwon Alexander returned to practice today for 49ers***

Ryan Tannehill this season

117.5 passer rating (4th all-time)

9.6 yards per attempt (8th all-time)

70.3 Comp pct (11th all-time)

A legitimately all-time great season. Out of nowhere.

80% chance of rain forecast for gametime in New England with highs in the 30’s. Game has under written all over it.

Impressive stats...here is one I like:

Brady 40 playoff starts

Tannehill 0 playoff starts

Number of quarterbacks 42 or older to win a postseason football game in the NFL: 

ZERO