will we ever win?

At Boo's Service

Boo requested more information on AR's record vs. opponents with winning records. Since BDB woke up at 6am this morning and couldn't fall back to sleep, the data is already compiled and analyzed. The following table shows the results.



Only 18 of 56 regular and post season wins for the Birds have come from opponents with regular season winning records. That wasn't particularly impressive to BDB, as 39 games have been played against winners. As the WIP caller had indicated, the Eagles have only won 18 of 39 games against "winning" opponents.

So, indeed, the Eagles have a sub-five hundred record vs. opponents with winning records. But, I'm not sure that being 2 games below 0.500 against "winners" is all that statistically significant. The very record of Eagles's opponents includes losses to the Eagles, which tilts those borderline winner/loser opponents to losers, especially the divisional opponents whom they play 2 games/year against. At the same time, BDB isn't going to argue that the NFC East has been particularly impressive over AR's tenure. Therefore, while BDB wouldn't go so far as to say AR's Eagles have a losing record against opponents with winning records.... he would state that the Eagles are no better than or roughly five hundred versus opponents with winning records.