Chance of Playoffs? 3.2 percent.
This guy emailed me last week about his cool statistical website that showed the Eagles had a 1.7 percent chance of making the playoffs after they lost to the Giants. I told him to check his math, since the real number was actually zero.
Oh me of little faith.
Anyway, if you follow that link, you'll see he has the odds up to 3.2 percent and he also provides rooting assistance by laying out how the possible outcomes of all of next week's games would affect that percentage.
To put that 3.2 percent figure into real world terms:
- Find a coin.
- Pick heads or tails.
- Flip it five times.
- Did you get the side you picked all five times?
So you're telling me there's a chance...
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