In 2012, the Rams went 4-1-1 in the NFC West, but 3-7 against the rest of the NFL. The NFC West was pretty good that year, which made that even more remarkable: St. Louis had the best record in intradivision games of any NFC West team, but the worst interdivision record.

Then, last year, the Rams did it again, going 4-2 against the NFC West (best record, tied with Arizona) but a division-worst 3-7 against the rest of the NFL.

How often does it happen that a team does this? Perhaps more frequently than you might think. The Bills swept the Dolphins and Jets last year, but were swept by New England. Meanwhile, the Patriots dropped a game to both Miami and New York. But while the Patriots (8-2), Jets (7-3), and Dolphins (5-5) fared better against non-AFC East competition last year, the Bills went 4-6 outside of the division.

Since 2002, it has happened 24 times. Take a look:

Year Tm Div Intra W% Inter W% Div Strength 2008 NYJ AFCEast 0.667 0.500 0.650 2002 ATL NFCSouth 0.667 0.550 0.638 2015 BUF AFCEast 0.667 0.400 0.600 2005 WAS NFCEast 0.833 0.500 0.600 2012 STL NFCWest 0.750 0.300 0.575 2015 STL NFCWest 0.667 0.300 0.575 2002 NWE AFCEast 0.667 0.500 0.575 2002 NYJ AFCEast 0.667 0.500 0.575 2012 CAR NFCSouth 0.500 0.400 0.550 2012 TAM NFCSouth 0.500 0.400 0.550 2012 NOR NFCSouth 0.500 0.400 0.550 2009 NYG NFCEast 0.667 0.400 0.550 2009 CIN AFCNorth 1.000 0.400 0.525 2009 MIA AFCEast 0.667 0.300 0.500 2011 KAN AFCWest 0.500 0.400 0.475 2010 OAK AFCWest 1.000 0.200 0.475 2006 GNB NFCNorth 0.833 0.300 0.450 2011 PHI NFCEast 0.833 0.300 0.450 2006 ARI NFCWest 0.667 0.100 0.425 2013 DET NFCNorth 0.667 0.300 0.425 2006 CAR NFCSouth 0.833 0.300 0.425 2013 DAL NFCEast 0.833 0.300 0.400 2010 SFO NFCWest 0.667 0.200 0.325 2014 ATL NFCSouth 0.833 0.100 0.263

The standard bearer for the most Rams team of the post-2002 era? All four AFC East teams won at least 7 games, and the division was 65% (24-16) of its interdivision games that year, the 2nd best season in AFC East history (1999). In those games, the Bills, Dolphins, and Patriots all went 7-3, while the Jets (with Brett Favre) went 5-5. You might think that means the Jets would have struggled in division games, but New York went 4-2, as did New England and Miami, while Buffalo went 0-6.