There is no rule for how many wins are needed to be in the playoffs. The more wins the better but, the team only needs to be a division leader and therefore automatically given a playoff spot.
New Orleans Saints Drew Brees lit up for a record setting 5,476 (not counting playoffs).
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.
With the Houston Texans making the playoffs this year every team will have been to the playoffs.
In a non-strike season prior to 2010 no team below .500 has made the playoffs. In 1982, a strike wiped out 7 games of the regular season and the NFL decided to allow 8 teams from each conference to make the playoffs in the hopes that the owners could recoup some of the lost money. Both the Cleveland Browns and Detroit Lions made the playoffs with a record of 4-5 and lost in the first round.
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 lowest record a team has had and still made it to the NFL playoffs is 7-9.
The worst record a team has had in the NFL and still made the playoffs is 7-9. This has happened multiple times in the league's history.
The 1972 Miami Dolphins posted a 17-0 record (regular season and playoffs).
Seattle Seahawks
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.
NFL Cheerleader Playoffs was created in 2006.
2002 New York Jets
In the NFL, yes. The wildcard round is the first round of the NFL Playoffs.
New Orleans Saints Drew Brees lit up for a record setting 5,476 (not counting playoffs).
No.
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.
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