Let's see:
#1 seed - New York Giants - 12-4
#2 seed - Carolina Panthers - 12-4
#3 seed - Atlanta Falcons - 11-5
#4 seed - Minnesota Vikings - 10-6
#5 seed - Philadelphia Eagles - 9-6-1
#6 seed - Tampa Bay Buccaneers - 9-7
The Buccaneers get the final seed based on having a better conference record (8-4) than the Cardinals (7-5), Cowboys (7-5), and Bears (7-5). So yes, you are correct about ARZ missing the playoffs for the 2008 season under a best records in the conference scenario.
but it would be top 8 not top 6, where Arizona woulda made it in..
yall cutting 2 teams off to make yall arguments now

I was about to get to that scenario next. Using the 2008 season, as 
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We've had numerous 8-8 teams or teams with inferior records hosting playoff games. Having anything like that happen once is too much.

While we're at it just allow the CFL to be Superbowl eligible too
. If I win more games against NFL competition than you do then I am more deserving of a shot at the title than you, its that simple. There is no real rebuttal to that. If teams wanna suck thats on them. Trying to win as much as possible should be enough incentive within a competitive paradigm.

