Six weeks into the NFL season, the standings remain close. Twenty teams (62.5 percent) currently have a .500 or better record. And nearly half of the league (15 of 32 clubs, 46.9 percent) has a winning record. “It’s not easy to win football games,” says quarterback PEYTON MANNING of the 4-1 Denver Broncos. “I learned long ago to never take winning for granted. It’s tough to win in the NFL.” The Broncos are one of five teams with a winning percentage of at least .800: Dallas (5-1), Philadelphia (5-1), San Diego (5-1), Arizona (4-1) and Denver (4-1). All five of those teams won in Week 6. “It’s not easy to stay in first place,” says Cardinals head coach BRUCE ARIANS, whose team leads the NFC West. “But we’re there and we want to make sure we stay there.” Since 1990, 210 of the league’s 288 playoff teams (72.9 percent) had a winning record after six games. But nothing is a given in the NFL. More than a quarter of the playoff clubs since 1990 (78 of 288, 27.1 percent) had a .500 record or below after six games, including three teams from last year’s postseason field (Carolina, Philadelphia and San Diego).
Posted on: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 20:36:08 +0000
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