In a league with such a limited number of games, the list pretty much goes according to Hoyle. The teams that win the most are at the top and vice versa.
I think where the benefit to a list like that is the teams that don't follow the strong correlation. I'm just not sure how to figure the outliers - I THINK the Bucs did well, since they only had 38 wins and they paid less per win than the Seahawks, but maybe it was that the Seahawks did poorly.
Also, teams with the fewest wins also have the highest draft picks, and those guys are expensive. Along with the classic issues of guys taking lower salaries to be on a team with a chance at the Super Bowl.
So while I'm sure there is a huge amount of smart management related by this list, there are a bunch of other variables that make me question whether there is a whole lot of worth to the list.
But it is interesting.
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