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NFL playoff mythbusters: Why you're wrong about all 14 teams

By this time of year, we've seen 17 regular-season games from every NFL team, and we feel like we have a pretty good handle on each team's identity, strengths and weaknesses. Well, I'm here to tell you why you're wrong about all 14 teams in the NFL playoff field.

No matter how big the sample size gets, some stubborn "facts" about these teams sometimes persist -- even when they aren't actually true. If a team develops a reputation, it can stick, even as evidence sneakily piles up in the background to dispute those claims.