Luck point through the Divisional Playoffs

by Bruce D

No luck, no win this past weekend for the top 2 lucky teams.

Total team luck points through the play-offs(week 19):

Luck is tracked to better analyze a team's true ability and to help predict results of upcoming games where some may not know what portion of a team's record and points performance was due to just luck.

For a more in-depth explanation of what "luck" points are, go to a previous post here.

Points for(+) the unlucky team, are the same amount of points against(-) the lucky team, and are valued as follows:

punts blocked=3
interceptions=2.5
fumbles lost=2.5
field goal miss/block=2.5
punt returns for a TD=4.5
ko returns for a TD=4.5

Team luck points = (bad luck points)-(good luck points), so negative numbers are the luckiest.

Season	Team	All Season	Last 2 Games	Last Game
2010	nwe	-87		0
2010	atl	-44		.5
2010	pit	-38		0
2010	bal	-34.5	-7.5	0
2010	gnb	-25.5	-7.5	-.5
2010	phi	-22	2.5
2010	nyj	-19.5	2.5	0
2010	chi	-19		2.5
2010	kan	-7	7.5
2010	ind	-3.5	-2.5
2010	sea	8	-2.5	-2.5
2010	nor	15	0

The 2 luckiest teams this season(New England and Atlanta) just couldn't win without their usual "luck".