14 Playoff Teams

[jfra78]

13 minutes ago, Happy Panther said:

 

Lol I will definatley watch the nick version.

[Happy Panther]

 

[CanadianCat]

1 hour ago, PantherBoy95 said:

This sucks. If you want to make the playoffs earn it, if you don't earn it.... sit at home.

Still applies but the bar is lower. 

 

Im totally ok with this. The NFL has so many games won or lost by a fumble or missed kick, basically a single play, that not always the best team actually makes the playoffs. 

The BEST playoffs are when you play a series of games. Obviously you cannot do that with football so Im fine with more teams in the tournament. 

[jfra78]

It will mean that 1 more team that actually deserves to be in the playoffs make it.  Far too often are the wild card teams better than the division winners

[Smithers]

14 out of 32 doesn’t dilute the field at all.  It is kind of cool than entire division can make the playoffs in theory.  

[GoPanthers123]

Good stuff.  Now have team record decide the seeding and we will be set because some division winners are just average teams.

[Little Goody Two Shoes]

13 hours ago, Harbingers said:

What the actual Fug.

Working on those fans of tomorrow. Smart, in my opinion. My kids look forward to our Super Bowl party every year. We've never done anything like that for any other 'big' games because they're always on, so late.

[KillerKat]

16 hours ago, Cpt slay a ho said:

Wack a playoff team is going to get a top 16 pick, plus this rewards mediocre 

Exactly. This and the 17th game supports that. Rivera is smiling and dancing in DC.

[Wes21]

10 hours ago, GoPanthers123 said:

Good stuff.  Now have team record decide the seeding and we will be set because some division winners are just average teams.

I think its fair to have the division winners have a higher seed.  Comparing teams within a division is the only way to correct for scheduling quirks, like one division facing a super easy schedule while another one going thru a much tougher series of games.  Only twice have I seen division winners with losing records make the playoffs in recent history, and both of them won their respective games.

[nctarheelreincarnated]

18 hours ago, Khyber53 said:

Suddenly that bye week in the playoffs just got more precious and more teams have a shot at the prize.

If they can work out some equitable pay for the players, then hooray for everyone!

More teams? Yeah, I disagree with that completely. NFL hasn't had a Wild Card weekend team in the Super Bowl in over 8 damn years now. poo's not changing either. 

[CatfanMO]

We still arent a playoff team. 

[Khyber53]

11 minutes ago, nctarheelreincarnated said:

More teams? Yeah, I disagree with that completely. NFL hasn't had a Wild Card weekend team in the Super Bowl in over 8 damn years now. poo's not changing either. 

You know the Wild Card team is supposed to be a miracle chance at best, right? 

In the end, it doesn't dilute the game nearly as much as having two teams with bye weeks for each conference especially if those spots were locked in before the week 17 games. 

[Pejorative Miscreant]

18 hours ago, PantherBoy95 said:

This sucks. If you want to make the playoffs earn it, if you don't earn it.... sit at home.

I think many people share this opinion and I respect it and am in no way attacking you when I say this.  Your opinion of whether you like it or not does not matter 1 bit.

Using easy math,  lets say there are 10 million NFL fans In total. 5 million hardcore fans love it and the other 5 take your stance Despite this stance disapproval 80% of those who hate it will most likely WATCH the extra playoff games. The NFL now has 9 million people watching their new play toy which equates to more TV and ad revenue.

Doesnt matter who likes it or not.  All that matters is if you’ll will watch it.  

[LinvilleGorge]

Honestly, they could double the field to 28 and I wouldn't give us any better than 50/50 odds of qualifying next season