Playoff berths are awarded according to conference ranking, not records. The top six seeds in each conference make the playoffs, no matter what their records are. That includes the four division winners and two wild card teams (the non-division winners with the two best records).
In theory, it's possible to not win a single game and still make the playoffs! Every team in a division would have to go 0-10-6, with every team tying every other team in the division and losing all their games outside the division. Strength of schedule would be the first tiebreaker to kick in to determine a division winner.
When 2 teams have a record not quite good enough to make it into the playoffs, they must face each other in a wildcard game. The winner makes it into the playoffs, and the losers season is over.
Most teams get to make the playoffs at 8&8 if that is your question?
the didnt make it to the playoffs because they didnt win their division and they didnt have the best record
85' Broncos with an 11-5 record. 1967 Baltimore Colts with an 11-1-2 record. 1963 Green Bay Packers with an 11-2-1 record. Then the 1985 Broncos. As of the 2008 season, those three teams are the only teams in NFL history to win 11 games in the regular season and not make the playoffs.
The Indianapolis Colts hold the record for the last decade, 9 appearances in the last 10 years. 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009. They did not make the playoffs in 2001. If they make the playoffs in 2010, they will still have 9 appearances in the last 10 years, and will tie the record of the most consecutive playoff appearances in the NFL.
2002 New York Jets
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When 2 teams have a record not quite good enough to make it into the playoffs, they must face each other in a wildcard game. The winner makes it into the playoffs, and the losers season is over.
The 1972 Miami Dolphins posted a 17-0 record (regular season and playoffs).
You have to make the playoffs. In the seasons you have to have a good win record.
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No NFL team has missed the playoffs with a 12-4 record or better; however, the San Francisco 49ers missed the playoffs at 12-2 in 1948, when they were a member of the AAFC. The Baltimore Colts in 1967 missed the playoffs at 11-1-2.
The young upstart NFL team that is predicted may make the playoffs is the Indianapolis Colts though they have little chance of actually winning the finals.
Most teams get to make the playoffs at 8&8 if that is your question?
the didnt make it to the playoffs because they didnt win their division and they didnt have the best record
NFL Cheerleader Playoffs was created in 2006.
85' Broncos with an 11-5 record. 1967 Baltimore Colts with an 11-1-2 record. 1963 Green Bay Packers with an 11-2-1 record. Then the 1985 Broncos. As of the 2008 season, those three teams are the only teams in NFL history to win 11 games in the regular season and not make the playoffs.