KICKOFF WEEKEND - Ingles

Since 1978 when the NFL went to the 16-game schedule, and excluding the abbreviated season of 1982, teams that are victorious on Kickoff Weekend are more than twice as likely to reach the playoffs than losers of an opening game:

Of the 474 teams which won openers…251 went to the playoffs (147 won division titles).
Of the 474 teams which lost openers…106 went to the playoffs (63 won division titles).

In 2010, eight of the 12 playoff teams – Baltimore, Chicago, Green Bay, Kansas City, New England, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, and Seattle – were victorious on Kickoff Weekend.

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