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

Actually, based on historical precedent, teams without a bye get to the SB about 20% of the time in the current playoff format. So no, not remotely roughly the same. That, and the Saints have been stellar on the road this season.

Obviously I was joking.

But we can agree 80% is better than 20%, correct? And then you slice Into those numbers considerably based on how unlikely it is we win not 1, but likely two games on the road against 13-3 teams AFTER winning a first-round game?

Do that, and you’re a lot closer to .000001% than 20%.