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

Here's a statistic to wrap our heads around...every single team that has won the Superbowl was a result of going either 3-0 or 4-0 in the playoffs. EVERY SINGLE TEAM! Not a single loss in the playoffs by any team who has hoisted the Lombardi....EVER! This includes #5 and #6 seeded wild-card champs. All we gotta do is string together 3 or 4 victories in a row and the trophy is ours. #5 and #6 seeds with 9-7 or 10-6 records have run the table against teams with better records 4 GAMES IN A ROW!!! And it happened more than once. So why can't a #3 seed with the 2nd or 3rd best record in the entire NFL do the same?

You know what the OPs statistical table tells me? Seeding may help, or hinder, but it doesn't determine outcome.