Finally.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap20...-consider-reseeding-playoffs-purely-by-record
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap20...-consider-reseeding-playoffs-purely-by-record
This is a relatively new issue for the NFL. From the 1989 season through 2001 season, only three home teams with inferior records hosted playoff games. Over the past seven years, however, at least one team with a superior record has been forced to go on the road.
This weekend's games will raise the total to 15 such matchups over that seven-year span.
Thats fine too. To your point though you have some teams that wouldn't even be in the playoffs if it wasn't for winning their division so it wouldn't be the same.