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NFL to consider re-seeding playoffs

KJ89

By KJ89,
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Stopped right there.  That would put half of all the teams in the playoffs and that's too many.

 

Exactly..............its a short season and tough..............add the salary cap and parity going on and you need to have the post season inclusive enough to make it interesting and avoiding the issues we have with good teams left out.......

 

Only two teams potential have an extended season of playing one more week in the playoffs but you get an extra week of revenue...................

 

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You have WC teams with better records than Div Winner teams almost every season.

 

I believe if you are a division winner with at least 10 wins, then you are deserving of a home game.  Of course I know not every division winner this year has 10 wins, but it is usually one team at most who has less than that.  Yet overall, being a dvision winner and having the promise of a home game because of it, is what makes being a division winner special.  You take that away, winning division will become less of a goal in the long run.  The way we have things now, makes the game more competitive.

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If they change it, you may have the situation where you win your division, and yet another team from your division who gets in as a wildcard will have the same benefits as you do.  For instance, say we win the division with 12 wins, and say the Saints also got 12 wins to enter the playoffs as a wildcard.  We then play a game at home against the lower wildcard or lower division winner, while the Saints play a game at home against a lower division winner or the lower wildcard winner.  The same exact benefits, making us winning the division almost meaningless. (The only way the division benefit would be in effect, is if we faced each other, but that's only if both teams make it to the championship game.  Chances are that is not likely.)

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Who said it was broke? Then why are they tryin to fix it?

 

Theres no crying in football, short of TO.. Leave it alone, leave the 16 game season alone, leave London games alone, leave the kickoffs alone, leave the making it worse by trying to make it better approach alone... But please dont leave the ref's competency alone, they need all they can get...

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I agree that I like it the way it is.  Teams should be rewarded for winning their division.  A team like the Patriots get to play in a poo division very year and always get 10-12 wins.  A team that plays in a much tougher division may only get 9 wins, etc.  

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Good, I hope they change it.  After all, "you play to win the game" and the teams that do the best at that should be rewarded.  If the two of the top 4-5 best teams in football are in the same division then one should not be punished.  Was it Tennessee that finished second in the NFL one year at 13-3 but was a wild card because Jacksonville was 14-2?  I think Tennessee swept them too.  Sending the second best record in the game on the road for three rounds is silly, even the NBA figured that out.

 

I also think that it could add some excitement to Week 17.  Kansas City this year for example would have played their starters if the 3 seed and a home playoff game were on the line, which also could have cost SD a spot.  Although admittedly that is not a reason to switch it, just a nice side effect.

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