TEAMS WITH THE MOST DIFFICULT PATH TO SB SORTED BY SOT SCORE (SINCE 1985)
February 12, 2026
TEAMS WITH THE MOST DIFFICULT PATH TO SB SORTED BY SOT SCORE (SINCE 1985)
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This chart should get Eli into the HOF by itself
Yo we got the two hardest chips ever?😂😂😂ðŸ˜lets go
How much did the Patriots add to those numbers?
each passing day more convinced the franchise sold its soul to some powerful entity in exchange for those two miraculous SB wins
Hell yeah
Is this including the super bowl? Or just the games up until the SB?
0.8 in 1986 and just having LT accounts for it.
Eli really beat 16-0, 15-1, and 13-3 (x2) in the playoffs at 9-7 and 11-5 respectively.
538 ran some data analysis that showed that Eli was the greatest playoff QB of all time on the basis of the Giants two super bowl wins with him having the lowest probability (it was something like 9/1000) of a replacement level QB duplicating the performance.
We really won the most difficult championships in NFL history that’s wild
What is SOT?
What is an SOT score?
2007: we were a better team then Tampa, wrapped up the 5 seed with a game in hand. Then we went on the road and beat the top 2 seeds in the NFC, who both had top 5 offenses … then we beat one of the best teams in NFL history in the Super Bowl
2011: stomped Atlanta, blew out the 15-1 Packers on the road who had a bad defense but had one of the most impressive passing offenses ever, went on the road *again*, beating an elite defenseÂ
Seems the pats in 07 should have counted for at least 1.0 themselves
I see you at # 3, John Harbaugh
I’d like to highlight that both 2007 and 2011 Super Bowl wins by the Giants included all road wins in the playoffs.
This rocks but also this type of analysis does penalize the most dominant regular season teams that also won the Super Bowl, as those teams didn’t have to play themselves. Lower seeds inherently have more difficult championship schedules in a bracket format by design.
This my friends, is the counterpoint to “2007 and 2011 Giants were worst Super Bowl champions ever”. The schedule freaking matters. Just ask Drake “the schedule” Maye.
The difference between 1 and 3 is the same difference between 3 and 17.
One in the 80s, 90s, 00s, and 10s. We’re due soon, lol.
Sorry, What’s SOT?
W@1 W@2 Wvs#1 Patriots ……….. twice
I feel bad for fans who were too young to appreciate those SB runs. It truly was unbelievable. Some of the greatest memories I have.
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This chart should get Eli into the HOF by itself
Yo we got the two hardest chips ever?😂😂😂ðŸ˜lets go
How much did the Patriots add to those numbers?
each passing day more convinced the franchise sold its soul to some powerful entity in exchange for those two miraculous SB wins
Hell yeah
Is this including the super bowl? Or just the games up until the SB?
0.8 in 1986 and just having LT accounts for it.
Eli really beat 16-0, 15-1, and 13-3 (x2) in the playoffs at 9-7 and 11-5 respectively.
538 ran some data analysis that showed that Eli was the greatest playoff QB of all time on the basis of the Giants two super bowl wins with him having the lowest probability (it was something like 9/1000) of a replacement level QB duplicating the performance.
We really won the most difficult championships in NFL history that’s wild
What is SOT?
What is an SOT score?
2007: we were a better team then Tampa, wrapped up the 5 seed with a game in hand. Then we went on the road and beat the top 2 seeds in the NFC, who both had top 5 offenses … then we beat one of the best teams in NFL history in the Super Bowl
2011: stomped Atlanta, blew out the 15-1 Packers on the road who had a bad defense but had one of the most impressive passing offenses ever, went on the road *again*, beating an elite defenseÂ
Seems the pats in 07 should have counted for at least 1.0 themselves
I see you at # 3, John Harbaugh
I’d like to highlight that both 2007 and 2011 Super Bowl wins by the Giants included all road wins in the playoffs.
This rocks but also this type of analysis does penalize the most dominant regular season teams that also won the Super Bowl, as those teams didn’t have to play themselves. Lower seeds inherently have more difficult championship schedules in a bracket format by design.
This my friends, is the counterpoint to “2007 and 2011 Giants were worst Super Bowl champions ever”. The schedule freaking matters. Just ask Drake “the schedule” Maye.
The difference between 1 and 3 is the same difference between 3 and 17.
One in the 80s, 90s, 00s, and 10s. We’re due soon, lol.
Sorry, What’s SOT?
W@1 W@2 Wvs#1 Patriots ……….. twice
I feel bad for fans who were too young to appreciate those SB runs. It truly was unbelievable. Some of the greatest memories I have.
This why the chiefs always got good records