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Why has the AFC South only produced two AFC Super Bowl representatives in the past 15 years?


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10 hours ago, Jakuvious said:

Beyond the fact that the AFC South has had a stint of poor play (which in itself is not unusual, you'd find similar stints throughout history for other divisions), 2 in 15 years actually isn't that off. 4 divisions in each conference means the average division should have 3.75 superbowl appearances. 2 isn't THAT far off of that. It's not even the only division at that same total. For reference, here's a breakdown by division:

AFC West: 3
AFC South: 2
AFC North: 4
AFC East: 6

NFC West: 5
NFC South: 5
NFC North: 2
NFC East: 3

The NFC North has been the same amount of times and it's been almost as long (a one year difference.) The AFC South actually hasn't been THAT bad over that 15 year stretch. They have over the last 6 or so, but it's really not anything outside the norm for a lesser NFL division. Some division is always going to be worst.

(It's kind of mind blowing that the Packers only have one superbowl appearance in that time frame.)

This.

But also because they've been pretty bad for the most part.

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Patriots/Steelers/Broncos along with the Colts while Manning was there.

Just a really dominating top of the AFC. Plus, the Titans and Jaguars are relatively new'ish teams, but also have had a very rough last decade and never had that elite franchise guy to get them there. Texans are still relatively new, but it's pretty easy to see why they haven't made it (QB play).

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2 hours ago, LinderFournette said:

The jags sucked early on after the expansion as we were pretty much in cap hell. It also doesn't help that the team has blown 3 top 10 picks on qbs in thst time(lefty, gabbert, bortles). Hard to win without a qb.

Assuming you mean several years after expansion? We made the playoffs 96, 97, 98, and 99.

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On Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at 11:34 AM, .Buzz said:

Patriots/Steelers/Broncos along with the Colts while Manning was there.

Just a really dominating top of the AFC. Plus, the Titans and Jaguars are relatively new'ish teams, but also have had a very rough last decade and never had that elite franchise guy to get them there. Texans are still relatively new, but it's pretty easy to see why they haven't made it (QB play).

Actually, the Colts have been as dominant  (making playoffs) as often as the STeelers  and Broncos in the SB era.

 The Pats are just new kids on the block the last 15 years. The Pats will die soon and the other 3 will cycle up again and again.

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30 minutes ago, biletnikoff said:

Actually, the Colts have been as dominant  (making playoffs) as often as the STeelers  and Broncos in the SB era.

 The Pats are just new kids on the block the last 15 years. The Pats will die soon and the other 3 will cycle up again and again.

Yeah, was mainly talking about the last 15 years though as we're just talking about the AFC South, so after the new divisions.

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3 hours ago, biletnikoff said:

Actually, the Colts have been as dominant  (making playoffs) as often as the STeelers  and Broncos in the SB era.

 The Pats are just new kids on the block the last 15 years. The Pats will die soon and the other 3 will cycle up again and again.

If you keep saying it, it might happen ;)

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