Around the NFL - 2011

[MDS]

rumor now is they might add 1 playoff team per conference and take a bye week away

so it would have been
1 falcons vs. bye
2 bears vs. 7 giants
3 eagles vs. 6 packers
4 seahawks vs. 5 saints

falcons play lowest remaining seed, other two teams play each other

this is instead of adding 2 games....and they might throw in an extra bye week during the regular season

[ice grillin you]

adding a playoff team would ruin the nfl post season...right now its just about perfect...you cant add playoff teams when you are parity ridden...you add playoff teams if your league is really strong with quality clubs

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

So, assuming that the 3/6 and 4/5 games played out the same way, the Giants may very well have knocked out the Bears. Then the Packers would have demolished the Seahawks in Seattle, who would have gotten to host TWO STRAIGHT HOME GAMES after a 7-9 season. Etc etc

It's awful. Messing with the current number of games or playoff teams is ridiculous. NFL football couldn't be more popular. People complain about paying for 2 preseason games, but they do it anyway. So if you can't remove preseason games without adding regular season games, DON'T farg WITH THE SYSTEM THAT'S WORKING, iceholeS.

[MDS]

its a concession to not having 18 games...im guessing the money collectively off two extra playoff games (espn would get at least one and pay a massive amount for it) would be fairly close enough to adding two regular season games in place of two preseason games

the thing is the nflpa would be down for it....the owners would...tv networks would....and begrudgingly the fans would because youll all of a sudden like the rule if your squad is the 7 seed and gets in

im not for it but if its the solution to avoid going 18 games then im IN   

btw heard this on simmons podcast who picked it up at super bowl week chatter, probably from espn people who are anticipating a playoff game or two...which come to think of it might very be on monday night. they only catch would be if you play monday wild card weekend you are locked into sunday divisional round game. teams play sunday wild card then saturday divisional...so whats the difference? packers did that this year and i believe they won the super bowl.

another catch is the likelihood of a triple header on saturday wild card weekend. ummm YES

[Diomedes]

well said

me too

now I'll stop thinking about this crap, it's been bothering me so much

[ice grillin you]

putting more undeserving teams in your postseason is never good no matter what the sport

and if your argument is well it will make me happy because i get to watch a third wild card game then you a) just dont get it b) dont really care about the sport

[MDS]

idiot

my argument is that its better than 18 games. keeping things as is would be ideal but greedy owners are greedy owners and creating ways to increase profits are inevitable.

as a result of this, a triple header would be fun. it would allow me to do a 3 team tease that day. god damnit im talking myself into this even though two horrendous, undeserving teams (giants and jaguars) would have been your extra playoff teams.

[ice grillin you]

who cares what its better than...its a terrible idea in general

but if you wanna go that route im not even sure it is better than 18 games

also by your reasoning the owners are gonna money grab as much as possible no matter what....so whatever they go with this year you have to think the other option will be instituted at some point anyway

[MDS]

possibly

its old rich white dudes who cant stand being complacent and want to suck every last dollar they can out of the pot

but if they make the change to 7 playoff teams itll be a while for they try something else. by that point there might be 40 teams in the nfl and adding 9 playoff teams or something would then be the change.

im thinking its now or never for 18

[Sgt PSN]

I think the NFL is as close to perfect as possible under the current format.  However, this playoff idea blows.  I'd rather see 18 games.  In fact, I'd be ok with 18 games if the league and owners weren't being so hypocritical about it. 

The league says they care about the players and head injuries and wants to protect them, but also wants them to play 2 more games.  Doesn't make sense. 

The owners want the players to play 2 more games but want to pay them less.  Doesn't make sense.

The commish and the owners are seriously screwing the pooch on this one.  Add in the major gaffe with the SB tickets and over the last 12 months, the league has gone from being the best run in pro-sports to an absolute traveshamockery.     

[ice grillin you]

yeah im not for either but i also think watering down the playoffs is worse than adding two regular season...its nice to see a sport that doesnt allow half the league in the postseason...adding teams essentially ruins the playoffs adding two games by and large doesnt change a whole lot to the reg season

[SD]

adding a playoff team would ruin the nfl post season...right now its just about perfect...you cant add playoff teams when you are parity ridden...you add playoff teams if your league is really strong with quality clubs

Here's how I would revamp the playoff system:
8 teams from each conference make it, there will be 4 wildcard teams and 4 divisional winners in each conference. Wildcard weekend is now just that, the 4 wildcard teams square off with the two best getting a home game. The winners of those teams get seeded 5 and 6 then play the traditional 1 vs. 6, 2 vs. 5 etc. This way you have two extra teams making the playoffs, and every divisional winner gets a bye.

[paco]

Sorry SD, that doesnt make sense.

1 vs 6, 2 vs 5, and 3 vs 4.  Then what?  Top remaining seed gets another bye?  Round robin where the 3 remaning team all play each other in the same game?  Rock paper scissors?


Goodell, you greedy farg.  We dont want 2 extra games and the playoffs are perfect as they are.  farg off.

[paco]

I just noticed you're typo, you meant 1 vs 8.  sorry.

Still, I stand by my main premise:
Goodell, you greedy farg.  We dont want 2 extra games and the playoffs are perfect as they are.  farg off

[BigEd76]

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