Sports Betting Site – Could a Below .500 Team Make the NFL Playoffs? Is it possible we could have a below .500 team on the board at the sports betting site in the NFL playoffs?. Yes it is. Have you looked at the NFL standings lately? The NFC West is not very good and right now the leaders are 4-4. It could be that a team below .500 is still alive in sports betting in the playoffs while a 10 win team is out.
NFC West
When you look at the NFC there are some good teams and then there is the NFC West. No team in that division is any good. It could be the winner of the division finishes 8-8 or 7-9. That would be sad, especially if a team like the Eagles gets to 10 wins and misses out. And yes, it could happen. Seattle and St. Louis are both 4-4, Arizona is 3-5 while San Francisco is 2-6. And the 49ers might be the best team in the division. The Seahawks are possibly the worst 4-4 team in NFL history and not a team that you want to bet on at the Sbg sportsbook. They have been humiliated the last two weeks in losses to Oakland and the New York Giants.
Division Winner has never finished below .500
Two years ago the San Diego Chargers won the AFC West with an 8-8 record. You then have to go back to 1985 when the Cleveland Browns won the AFC Central at 8-8 for the next .500 team to win a division. Never has a losing team won a division. It could happen this season although it is still probably unlikely. The teams would have to finish 7-9 for that to happen but considering how pathetic Seattle has looked lately, it is possible. If San Francisco beats St. Louis this week and Arizona defeats Seattle then all four teams in the NFC West will be below .500. And the 49ers and Cardinals are both favored at the sports betting site this week in NFL odds.
With the NFL in divisional format one of the teams in the NFC West is going to make the playoffs and they are going to get a home playoff game. That is the way it works in the NFL even though in some seasons we may not like it.