Haver there ever been 3 teams from the same division go to the playoffs before??

Question

Like the AFC south might this year??

Answer 1

Here are a few examples the teasm with asterik are playoff teams

1984 AFC West

*Denver (13-3); *Seattle (12-4); *L.A. Raiders (11-5); Kansas City (8-8); San Diego (7-9)

The only thing keeping this division out of the all-time No. 1 spot is the fact that none of the league's three playoff entries got past the AFC Divisional Round. Perhaps they were beaten up from facing each other during the regular season. Since the 16-game schedule was implemented in 1978, no division has had a better winning percentage than the '84 AFC West, which was a combined 51-29 (.638) and a lusty 31-9 (.775) outside of the division. The magic didn't last in the playoffs, however. The division champion Broncos were upset by the Steelers at home in John Elway's second career postseason game, and one week after beating the Raiders in the Wild Card round, the Seahawks got taken down by Dan Marino and the eventual AFC Champion Dolphins.

1997 NFC Central

*Green Bay (13-3); *Tampa Bay (10-6); *Detroit (9-7); *Minnesota (9-7); Chicago (4-12)

The 2006 NFC East might end up being historically great, but the division will never pull off the same achievement as the '97 NFC Central, one of three divisions in history to send four participants to the playoffs in the same year. The four-division alignment and current two-Wild Card playoff structure makes it impossible for four teams from the same division to reach the postseason. That was not the case in '97, when the Packers won the Central and went onto the Super Bowl before being upset by the Broncos; the Buccaneers and Vikings joined Green Bay in the divisional round; and the Lions finished strong under Bobby Ross to make the playoffs for the final time during the Barry Sanders era. Sanders' playoff career ended with an 18-carry, 65-yard outing against the Bucs in a Wild Card round defeat.

1985 AFC East

*Miami (12-4); *N.Y. Jets (11-5); *New England (11-5); Indianapolis (5-11); Buffalo (2-14)

The Colts and Bills were horrendous, but the top end of the '85 AFC East was very good and extremely contentious until the very end. The Dolphins, Patriots, and Jets all entered the second-to-last game of the season at 10-4, before Miami beat New England and the Jets lost to the eventual Super Bowl champion Bears to help the Fins emerge with the division title. The trio would continue to display its strength while duking it out in the postseason. The Patriots upset the Jets at the Meadowlands in the Wild Card round, and after going to L.A. and downing the Raiders the following week, stunned Miami, 31-14, on the road in the AFC Championship. New England ran out of gas in the Super Bowl, where it was thrashed by Chicago, arguably the best team in NFL history.

1998 AFC East

*N.Y. Jets (12-4); *Buffalo (10-6); *Miami (10-6); *New England (9-7); Indianapolis (3-13)

Unless the NFL expands the playoff field, the 1998 AFC East will go down as the last division to send four teams to the postseason in the same year. The group had four winning teams and went a combined 49-31 (.613), 29-11 (.725) outside of the division, the second-best marks of the 16-game era behind only the 1984 AFC West (see #2). The Jets were at the height of their powers under Bill Parcells, going to the AFC Championship before losing to the eventual Super Bowl Champion Broncos, the Dolphins fell in the Divisional round to the same Denver team, and the Doug Flutie-led Bills and Pete Carroll-coached Patriots also qualified for the postseason field. The balance of power in the division was about to shift drastically, as a rookie named Peyton Manning would bounce back from a tough year to lead the Colts up the ladder in ‘99, and in two years' time, one Bill Belichick would take the helm in New England.

1990 NFC East

*N.Y. Giants (13-3); *Washington (10-6); *Philadelphia (10-6); Dallas (7-9); Phoenix (5-11)

One year before the Redskins stormed through the NFC East en route to a Super Bowl title (see #5), Bill Parcells' final Giants team kept the pace in a division that yielded three playoff entries and nearly produced a fourth. Washington and Philadelphia each managed 10 wins en route to Wild Card spots, with Buddy Ryan's Eagles ending the G-Men's hopes of a perfect season with a 31-13 win in Week 12. Jimmy Johnson's second Cowboys team was 7-7 and controlled its playoff fate entering the season's final two weeks, but lost road games against the Eagles and Falcons to surrender the final postseason slot to the 8-8 Saints and deny the division a fourth playoff berth. The Giants would eventually win their second world title after edging the 49ers and Bills in the NFC Championship and Super Bowl, respectively, and the Redskins would win at Philadelphia in the Wild Card round before losing to San Francisco in the Divisional round.

1994 NFC Central

*Minnesota (10-6); *Chicago (9-7); *Detroit (9-7); *Green Bay (9-7); Tampa Bay (6-10)

The first of three times that four teams from the same division would make the postseason field in the same season (see #3, #7), the 1994 NFC Central didn't have a standout team, but had four pretty good ones. The Vikings and Bears were at the forefront of the race, with Dave Wannstedt's Chicago club losing three of its final four to open the door for Minnesota to take the division. The Bears would erase that indignity by beating the Vikings in the Metrodome in the Wild Card round, a game that continues to rank as the franchise's most recent postseason victory. Both the Lions and Packers started the year 2-4 before picking up the pace down the stretch, and Green Bay would go on to beat Detroit in the Wild Card round before being edged by Dallas in the Divisional Playoff.

Answer 2

Since the NFL expanded to 32 teams in 2002 with the addition of the Houston Texans and the accompanying realignment into eight divisions comprised of four teams apiece, only one division has ever sent three teams to the postseason. That division would be the AFC North, which has accomplished the collective feat on two occasions, both recently. At the conclusion of the 2011 regular season, the AFC North sent the (12-4) Baltimore Ravens as division champions due to a tie-breaker over the (12-4) Pittsburgh Steelers, who were joined by the (9-7) Cincinnati Bengals as AFC wild card teams, to the playoffs. Once more, following the 2014 season, those same three teams again made the playoffs, with the (11-5) Pittsburgh Steelers having won first place in the division this time around, followed by the (10-5-1) Bengals and (10-6) Ravens.

Answer 3

Hell no! you may't compete with communities like the Yankees and the Rays. i'm sorry, yet i think of any team that had to pass to that branch could do nicely. no longer in basic terms are the two communities I in basic terms mentioned international sequence contenders, however the O's under greenback Showalter are plenty greater effective than they have been to commence the season, however the Blue Jays lead all of baseball in domicile runs and the crimson Sox could be in first place in almost the different branch different than that one. upload interior the incontrovertible fact that the Sox have 2 championships this decade, the Yanks are the Yanks, and the Rays went to the international sequence in basic terms 2 years in the past. That branch is in basic terms way too hard to compete in. BQ: -one hundred. there is not any excuse for being shutout by skill of the Pirates whilst your ace is on the mound and the opposing beginning pitcher has an era over 5. with any luck, throwing in the towel of first place is what wakes this team up. BQ2: Yeah, it amazes me how consistently imaginative they be able to get with those. BQ3: The injury to Kris Medlen certainly harm, yet devoid of question, the Atlanta Braves are lacking the hitting, journey, and management of Chipper Jones. He grow to be suffering all season, yet grow to be turning it around whilst he have been given harm. for the reason that then, this team has struggled to hit with RISP. Derek Lee is barely hitting .228 for the reason that coming over from the Cubs, so he has upset as a result far. in the event that they are in a place to't be certain a thank you to generate greater runs, then this team would not have a shot whilst they get to the postseason.

Answer 4

2014 season AFC North. Bengals, Steelers and Ravens

Answer 5

i hope the Titans go. Not sure if there has been 3 teams that have gone before. Has the NFC East had 3 teams before? Giants, Cowboys, Redskins maybe? i dont remember

Answer 6

The AFC south is good but the NFC East is better. Boys, Giants, and Skins all making it.

Answer 7

The NFC East has sent 3 teams to the playoffs more than once

Answer 8

Eagles, Cowboys, and Giants did last year.

This is the only time it occurred since the re-alignment to 4-team 4-division conferences in 2002.

Answer 9

One year I seem to remember the browns, steelers and oilers making it, but I have been wrong before.

Answer 10

Uh, yeah...AFC North...Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and Baltimore have all been in together before just in the past few years...