NFL now considering seeding playoff teams by record.

[robb]

lol delete

 

[FTBS]

i like it the way it is already.
society here is pussified...now we wanna rewards teams that have the better record.

Fixed

 

[Master Teacher]

It's called homefield advantage for a reason. Seattle should be able to go into any of the lower seeds stadiums and beat them right? However they won't have to and rightfully so because they are being rewarded for their season with homefield throughout. You can't acknowledge that homefield is an advantage and a reward and try to act like it doesn't have any bearing on the outcome of a game. Any team is gonna be more likely to win at home.

What is the point of going out and beating an NFL quality opponent 12 times if you are just gonna be punished for having a 13 win team in your grouping while another team gets rewarded with a guaranteed spot and homefield just because nobody in their grouping can muster more than 8 wins? Going out and getting the job done during the season >>> than being in a sucky grouping of teams.

Green Bay are division champs, the 49ners are not, thats why the have homefield advantage
49ner's are not the best in their division regardless of their record so they gotta go see the champs

 

[FTBS]

Green Bay are division champs, the 49ners are not, thats why the have homefield advantage
49ner's are not the best in their division regardless of their record so they gotta go see the champs

So like I said

Oh I see. You are one of those "Drugs are bad because they are illegal. Drugs are illegal because they are bad." types. You are just gonna keep circling back to to the same argument that suggests that having the most wins out of a random grouping of 4 teams is more significant than having the 2nd or 3rd most wins out of 16 or even 28 if you wanna go that far with it and there is nothing that anyone can say to get you off of that flimsy argument because you have dug in and really aren't even trying to be logical. Carry on.

 

[Master Teacher]

So like I said

You are competing for the division title from the start of the season its been this way since forever what the fukk are you talking about

So in the NBA if the Miami Heat and the Pacers end up having the most wins out of all the teams
we should just let them play off the championship and fukk everybody else

its called the playoffs for a reason, its a tournament, you win your division to secure the spot in the tournament
49ners had it tough and did the Saints tough titty thats the game

 

[FTBS]

You are competing for the division title from the start of the season its been this way since forever what the fukk are you talking about

So in the NBA if the Miami Heat and the Pacers end up having the most wins out of all the teams
we should just let them play off the championship and fukk everybody else

its called the playoffs for a reason, its a tournament, you win your division to secure the spot in the tournament
49ners had it tough and did the Saints tough titty thats the game

"Doing it since forever" is not a basis for doing something. You should do things because they make sense not just because "it's been that way since forever".

Miami and Indy are in the same conference but different divisions so that comparison doesn't fit. That said I am in favor of the NBA going to a straight 1-16 format. I actually think they should have fewer teams in the playoffs but that's another discussion.

Why in your mind is winning your division >>>> winning more games overall? Please give me something other than "that's just how it is" or "that's how it's been". Give me an actual logical reason.

 

[the next guy]

You are competing for the division title from the start of the season its been this way since forever what the fukk are you talking about

So in the NBA if the Miami Heat and the Pacers end up having the most wins out of all the teams
we should just let them play off the championship and fukk everybody else

its called the playoffs for a reason, its a tournament, you win your division to secure the spot in the tournament
49ners had it tough and did the Saints tough titty thats the game

Yes. The best team is supposed to win the championship. You want a streaky 7-9 team to say they're the best. That's not competition, that's mediocrity

 

[Master Teacher]

"Doing it since forever" is not a basis for doing something. You should do things because they make sense not just because "it's been that way since forever".

Miami and Indy are in the same conference but different divisions so that comparison doesn't fit. That said I am in favor of the NBA going to a straight 1-16 format. I actually think they should have fewer teams in the playoffs but that's another discussion.

Why in your mind is winning your division >>>> winning more games overall? Please give me something other than "that's just how it is" or "that's how it's been". Give me an actual logical reason.

The object of the game is being the best in your division
the 49ners and Saints had chances to secure homefield advantage and FAILED

it just so happens this year the best teams in the conference are in each others division
it doesn't happen that often

Greenbay won their division and earned homefield advantage
the playoff is a different season, once the regular season is over it doesn't matter anymore

 

[the next guy]

I can't believe we're about rewarding teams for a weak schedule even more. No. If the entire division is crap then the entire division does not go. Straight 1 to 6 seeding in the AFC and NFC.

 

[Master Teacher]

Yes. The best team is supposed to win the championship. You want a streaky 7-9 team to say they're the best. That's not competition, that's mediocrity

If they're not the best then prove by eliminating from the playoffs

getting homefield advantage in the playoffs comes from winning your division,

 

[robb]

if that streaky 7-9 team beats the best teams in the playoffs, then yes

 

[the next guy]

if that streaky 7-9 team beats the best teams in the playoffs, then yes

If they're not the best then prove by eliminating from the playoffs

getting homefield advantage in the playoffs comes from winning your division,

The record already shows that. If you don't win 11 games or you get in on the last day then you start at the bottom. No home game.


Or get rid of the division and go straight 1-6 per conference so the 7-9 can't get in the the first place.

 

[FTBS]

The object of the game is being the best in your division
the 49ners and Saints had chances to secure homefield advantage and FAILED

it just so happens this year the best teams in the conference are in each others division
it doesn't happen that often

Greenbay won their division and earned homefield advantage
the playoff is a different season, once the regular season is over it doesn't matter anymore

The object of the game is to be the best period. Divisions are just arbitrary groupings for scheduling purposes that have been given this added weight to create drama.

The regular season is the basis upon which teams make the playoffs and get seeded. at it not mattering any more once the playoffs begin. If that's the case why are regular season division champs rewarded in the playoffs? / Green Bay was given homefield based upon silly rules. They didn't earn shyt with 8 wins breh.

 

[robb]

Giants went 9-7 in 2011. and won the superbowl.
all the other teams in the playoffs had better records.
did peeps back then have a problem with the system?

 

[Slystallion]

Its not really a sham. Its inherent, there's no way the NFL can do a "best of" any series

75% of the rosters would be on IR during the playoffs by the time the superbowl started the teams left would both have a lot of backup players playing