NFL now considering seeding playoff teams by record.

[Ohene]

I agree but more teams, more money.


NFL parity is a sham anyway though. It's created mediocre teams, and the one off playoff system gives the illusion anyone has a chance. A best of 5 series, and the same teams would win just like the MLB and NBA.

look at the winning teams since the last pats sb and tellme theres no parity

 

[the next guy]

look at the winning teams since the last pats sb and tellme theres no parity

Which is the point. It lets the not so good teams have a chance. And they we get the salad bowl instead of the super bowl

Ok, then that means they were the better team by the end of the season. If those so call better teams had taken care of their business in the playoff then this wouldn't have happened now would it?

Fine but if you only win 8 games you didn't earn a playoff berth, a technicality did.

 

[the next guy]

dbl

 

[the next guy]

@FTBS and I will stop talking if we go back to 3 divisions like it used to be so this can stop happening, as well.

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

it does happen every year. and the 49ers arent even the only team getting screwed THIS WEEKEND.. the saints are getting screwed as well. the 49ers thing is just a bit more ridiculous.

and are we gonna act like the 49ers werent dealing with injuries and DNPs this year?

they feasted on bad teams that didnt make the playoffs like who? the cardinals who won 10 games?

and didnt they beat the packers too?

The 49ers lost their division fair and square.. how did they get screwed?

Lets look at their losses... Seattle, Indy, New Orleans, Carolina. All playoff teams.
Lets look at their wins. Seattle, Arizona twice. And they beat Green Bay at home in Week 1.

Then you have, Atlanta, Houston, Jacksonville, Tennessee, St. Louis twice, Tampa Bay and Washington

 

[the next guy]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...ded-without-regard-to-division-championships/
Three years ago, the 7-9 Seahawks hosted the 11-5 Saints in the wild-card round of the playoffs. After the Seahawks won, some actually argued that the victory validated the notion that the Seahawks were the better team.

In reality, Seattle parlayed its automatic home-field advantage at the stadium with one of the best home-field advantages into a berth the divisional round. If the game had been played in New Orleans, the Saints would have been favored to win by 10 or more points — and the Saints likely would have covered the spread.

The Saints traveled to Seattle because the Saints finished second to the top-seeded Falcons, while the 6-9 Seahawks beat the 7-8 Rams on the final day of the regular season to win what at the time was the worst division by far in football.

 

[Master Teacher]

Yep, making the divisions smaller is the main reason for this,




So why do you have such a problem with division winners getting in but not getting home games if they don't win more games than the other teams?

Because they're division title holders, they took care of the business they had in their division, their representing that division in the playoffs
if you have better record than them but lost your division, your not the best in your division and do not deserve homefield advantage

 

[concise]

Because they're division title holders, they took care of the business they had in their division, their representing that division in the playoffs
if you have better record than them but lost your division, your not the best in your division and do not deserve homefield advantage

lol.
This is retarded. They represent their division by being in the playoffs. That's why the NBA said to holding the top 3 spots for division winners 2 yrs into their new playoff format. NFL dragging their feet as always.

 

[the next guy]

1-6 By Conference (assume no divisions, even though that would never happen)
AFC
#1 Broncos (Bye)
#2 Patriots (Bye)
#3 Colts would host #6 Chargers
#4 Bengals would host #5 Chiefs

NFC
#1 Seahawks (Bye)
#2 Panthers (Bye)
#3 49ers would host #6 Cardinals
#4 Saints would host #5 Eagles

NFC North

not sure which scenario is better

Now this is way better. NFC North was awful and thus no team from there should be in.

 

[Master Teacher]

lol.
This is retarded. They represent their division by being in the playoffs. That's why the NBA said to holding the top 3 spots for division winners 2 yrs into their new playoff format. NFL dragging their feet as always.

They have division titles, that has to count for something, if you don't understand that logic your a moron

GreenBay is the best time in their division because their records says so
49ner's are not the best time in their division even tho they're record is better than greenbay, its irrelevant because they're not best in their division
however their record allows them to be a Wild Card team, giving them a chance even though they failed to win their division
what is wrong with this

The whole point of the tournament is bring in the best teams from each division have them eliminate each other, until you get last team left

 

[FTBS]

nah. its not just this year. it happens far to often nowadays. and its moreso a product of the expansion from 6 to 8 divisions.

its not about the north under-achieving and the west being great. because next year, it could be the east stinking it up again, and the south could go on a great run and get snubbed.

this has been a normal occurrence for a decade now. i think more people are taking issue because of how the saints and 49ers are getting screwed over this weekend. dome & warm weather teams being forced to go on the road in the midst of dangerous weather conditions, while teams with inferior records are basically being catered to. i might not even watch those games.

Yep, making the divisions smaller is the main reason for this,

So why do you have such a problem with division winners getting in but not getting home games if they don't win more games than the other teams?

This is what people are missing. It was one thing when you only had 3 or fewer divisions and half or even the majority of your schedule was actually against your division. But now only a third of your schedule is against your division. The smaller the groupings the more likely silly shyt like this is to happen. You can theoretically win your division without actually winning a division game. Either cut the number of divisions or stop acting like they are all equal. It's quite simple. nikkas cling to the notion of divisions being important because that's what they have been taught and they lack the critical thinking skills to see beyond that. And you have the manufactured drama that it brings as well. The old division set up does not fit this current NFL.

i dunno, i like the added incentive to win your division. are 8 win teams winning their division often enough to really justify this rule change?

id have to see like 3 straight years of an 8 win team winning their division, then an 11+ win team having to travel to them in the playoffs for me to change my stance.

So it happening at all isn't bad enough. shyt has to happen all the time to be stupid?

In the last few years we have had:

8-8 Broncos hosted 12-4 Steelers in 2011
7-9 Seahawks hosted 11-5 Saints in 2010
9-7 Cards hosted 11-5 Falcons in 2009
8-8 Chargers hosted 12-4 Colts and made the playoffs over 11-5 Pats in 08

I didn't even included every instance of a team with an inferior record hosting a playoff game either, just the more outrageous ones. Having any one 8-8 team beat 10+ teams out let alone hosting playoff games is a problem.

 

[the next guy]

They have division titles, that has to count for something, if you don't understand that logic your a moron

GreenBay is the best time in their division because their records says so
49ner's are not the best time in their division even tho they're record is better than greenbay, its irrelevant because they're not best in their division
however their record allows them to be a Wild Card team, giving them a chance even though they failed to win their division
what is wrong with this

The whole point of the tournament is bring in the best teams from each division have them eliminate each other, until you get last team left

Don't be douche. An 8-7 Packers team is not better then San Francisco.


Eliminate the divisions then. No NFC North teams, because none of them deserved it.

 

[Master Teacher]

Don't be douche. An 8-7 Packers team is not better then San Francisco.


Eliminate the divisions then. No NFC North teams, because none of them deserved it.

It's not about being better
Green Bay are divison champs frisco are not

if they were better than they should beat them, the already beat them once a home during the season

 

[concise]

They have division titles, that has to count for something,

Yeah, they can get a playoff spot.
Teams that actually won can get home field advantage.

 

[FTBS]

@FTBS and I will stop talking if we go back to 3 divisions like it used to be so this can stop happening, as well.

I don't need anybody to speak for me breh.

3 divisions would be cool but in all honesty they can just do away with divisions for all I care. The notion of divisions is outdated to be frank. I don't need manufactured drama to be entertained and that's pretty much all divisions are good for in today's league.