Let's marinate on this awhile...we are continually told by Lovie that "we are on the verge of turning the corner". My question is this: How close are they are they...really?
Since 2002, the most common margin of victory in the NFL has been 3 points with 418 games out of 2,668 games. This is equivalent to 15.67% of games finishing with a 3 point difference between the winner and loser at the end of the game.
2014 Results:09/07/2014 Carolina Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, FL) L 20-14 09/14/2014 St. Louis Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, FL) L 19-17 09/18/2014 (Thu) @ Atlanta Georgia Dome (Atlanta, GA) L 56-14 09/28/2014 @ Pittsburgh Heinz Field (Pittsburgh, PA) W 27-24 10/05/2014 @ New Orleans Mercedes-Benz Superdome (New Orleans, LA) L 37-31, OT10/12/2014 Baltimore Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, FL) L 48-17 10/26/2014 Minnesota Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, FL) L 19-13, OT 11/02/2014 @ Cleveland FirstEnergy Stadium (Cleveland, OH) L 22-17 11/09/2014 Atlanta Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, FL) L 27-17 11/16/2014 @ Washington FedExField (Landover, MD) W 27-7 11/23/2014 @ Chicago Soldier Field (Chicago, IL) L 21-13 11/30/2014 Cincinnati Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, FL) L 14-13 12/07/2014 @ Detroit Ford Field (Detroit, MI) L 34-17 12/14/2014 @ Carolina Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte, NC) L 19-1712/21/2014 Green Bay Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, FL) L 20-3 12/28/2014 New Orleans Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, FL) L 23-20 I didn't hightlight the OT games, because if you make it to OT...it doesn't matter the margin of victory so much2015 Results, so far:09/13/2015 Tennessee Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, FL) L 42-14 09/20/2015 @ New Orleans Mercedes-Benz Superdome (New Orleans, LA) W 26-19 09/27/2015 @ Houston NRG Stadium (Houston, TX) L 19-9 10/04/2015 Carolina Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, FL) L 37-23
