NFC East is the Beast again

By David Elfin The Washington Times - September 16, 2009, 05:26AM

The NFC East is the only division that won both of its interdivisional matchups in Week 1, continuing its recent dominance. The NFC East was 2-0 last weekend while the AFC South was 0-2, five divisions were .500 and the AFC West only played within its own division.

Here’s how the divisions stacked up the past four years with record vs. 500.

SEE RELATED:

2008 2005-08 Playoff Teams SBowl Teams Champs

NFC East plus-13 plus-35 10 2 1

AFC South plus-12 plus-36 8 1 1

NFC South plus-16 plus-4 6 0 0

AFC East plus-12 plus-2 5 1 0

AFC North minus-1 plus-5 6 2 2

NFC North minus-14 minus-18 4 1 0

AFC West minus-18 minus-18 5 0 0

NFC West minus-20 minus-46 4 1 0

- David Elfin

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David Elfin

David Elfin has been following Washington-area sports teams since the late 1960s. David began his journalism career at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, the University of Pennsylvania (B.A., history) and Syracuse University (M.S., telecommunications). He wrote for the Bulletin (Philadelphia), the Post-Standard (Syracuse) and The Washington Post before coming to The Washington Times in 1986. He has covered colleges, the Orioles ...