The turnover in the NFL in extraordinary.
For the second straight year and fourth time in the last five, there are at least seven new teams in the NFL playoffs:
NEW TEAMS IN THE PLAYOFFS
2021 7
2020 7
2019 5
2018 7
2017 8
This year’s new 7 are: Arizona, Cincinnati, Dallas, Las Vegas, New England, Philadelphia and San Francisco.
Per the NFL, since 1990 – a streak of 32 consecutive seasons – at least four teams have qualified for the playoffs in every season that were not in the postseason the year before.