It's been 7 years since a team made the Super Bowl without a 1st Round bye. And it gets worse.

As I said before, stats don't play ball. No present team is the same team that helped produce your stats. There are factors that can't be factored into stats. There are things that can't be accounted for. Garropolo could slip and fall down the stairs and change everything.

Bottom line is the game has to be played out. I'll guarantee you no coach is feeding his team Coco Puff stats because they do or don't have a bye. They're throwing red meat in that cage and prodding them with a stick.

This is football. "You >>play<< to win the game!" lol.

If the argument is “stats don’t play the game, there’s still a chance,” then sure. Before I got married, there was a chance I could’ve gotten Jennifer Lopez to go out with me.

Unfortunately, because of the people involved (her and me), the chances were <0.000001%. Roughly the same as our chances of making it to the Super Bowl without a bye.