Parity at it finest in the nfl

[SteelCitySoldier]

And you're just talking about the NFC

Bring in the crazy ass AFC and shyt is

. If you can't get hype for this NFL season

 

[Real]

Its not parity its mediocrity none of these teams are that good and every team is highly flawed even the best ones

A hard cap guarantees different teams every year being good because teams rosters change drastically year to year.

The only way you can be cpmnnsistnet;y good in the nfl for a long period is to have a Brady or Manning without them youre gonna be good one year bad the next

The NFL product is dramatic but mediocre

 

[Da King]

NFL been :fif: all season



Period

 

[FTBS]

They should have the top 9 teams from each conference in the postseason
The top three from each get a bye the first week then the lower 6 play it off, then the 2nd week the top 2 teams have a bye then it's like normal playoffs


I agree with you that teams with good records should see playoffs but I also like the underdog teams that people don't think stand a chance

There is a limit to everything though. Underdogs are cool but they shouldn't be making it in over teams that have proven to be better over a 16 game season, period. at "top 9 teams". 12 teams is perfect. How they going about selecting the 12 is what leaves something to be desired.

 

[Frump]

phone went crazy went typing my bad

 

[SteelCitySoldier]

at the end of the day, there really is true parity, especially at the super bowl level when you look at the 2 teams competing

XXIVJan. 28, 1990Superdome (New Orleans)San Francisco 55, Denver 10
XXVJan. 27, 1991Tampa (Fla.) StadiumNew York Giants 20, Buffalo 19
XXVIJan. 26, 1992Metrodome (Minneapolis)Washington 37, Buffalo 24
XXVIIJan. 31, 1993Rose Bowl (Pasedena, Calif.)Dallas 52, Buffalo 17
XXVIIIJan. 30, 1994Georgia Dome (Atlanta)Dallas 30, Buffalo 13
XXIXJan. 29, 1995Joe Robbie Stadium (Miami)San Francisco 49, San Diego 26
XXXJan. 28, 1996Sun Devil Stadium (Tempe, Ariz.)Dallas 27, Pittsburgh 17
XXXIJan. 26, 1997Superdome (New Orleans)Green Bay 35, New England 21
XXXIIJan. 25, 1998Qualcomm Stadium (San Diego)Denver 31, Green Bay 24
XXXIIIJan. 31, 1999Pro Player Stadium (Miami)Denver 34, Atlanta 19
XXXIVJan. 30, 2000Georgia Dome (Atlanta)St. Louis 23, Tennessee 16
XXXVJan. 28, 2001Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Fla.)Baltimore 34, New York Giants 7
XXXVIFeb. 3, 2002Superdome (New Orleans)New England 20, St. Louis 17
XXXVIIJan. 26, 2003Qualcomm Stadium (San Diego)Tampa Bay 48, Oakland 21
XXXVIIIFeb. 1, 2004Reliant Stadium (Houston)New England 32, Carolina 29
XXXIXFeb. 6, 2005Alltel Stadium (Jacksonville, Fla.)New England 24, Philadelphia 21
XLFeb. 5, 2006Ford Field (Detroit)Pittsburgh 21, Seattle 10
XLIFeb. 4, 2007Dolphin Stadium (Miami)Indianapolis 29, Chicago 17
XLIIFeb. 3, 2008University of Phoenix Stadium (Glendale, Ariz.)New York Giants 17, New England 14
XLIIIFeb. 1, 2009Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Fla.)Pittsburgh Steelers 27, Arizona Cardinals 23
XLIVFeb. 7, 2010Sun Life Stadium (Miami)New Orleans Saints 31, Indianapolis Colts 17
XLVFeb. 6, 2011Cowboys Stadium (Arlington, Texas)Green Bay Packers 31, Pittsburgh Steelers 25
XLVIFeb. 5, 2012Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis)New York Giants 21, New England Patriots 17
XLVIIFeb. 3, 2013Mercedes-Benz Superdome (New Orleans)Baltimore Ravens 34, San Francisco 49ers 31

I brought this up before and if you actually look at the teams, how many of them were the "best team" in their respectful conferences that year? NFLbeen like this for a while.

 

[tru_m.a.c]

Breh if you gave the Jags or Bucs or Rams a home playoff game, especially against a team notorious for having road struggles they could probably steal one

this ain't march madness…this ain't baseball

the rules are the rules, and they shouldn't be changed just because a team can't win a wild card berth AFTER not being able to win their division

the playoff seeding is PERFECT

 

[tru_m.a.c]

I brought this up before and if you actually look at the teams, how many of them were the "best team" in their respectful conferences that year? NFLbeen like this for a while.

really only the obvious all hall of fame teams

if we broke that list out to conference championship games, there would be even more parity!

 

[FTBS]

Meh...the Eagles beat the Cardinals earlier though so who is inferior?

Any team can beat any other team on any given day. Minnesota beat Philly last week...are they better than Philly? Should they make the playoffs over them?

 

[Stone]

Breh if you gave the Jags or Bucs or Rams a home playoff game, especially against a team notorious for having road struggles they could probably steal one, that doesn't mean 4 or 5 win teams belong in the playoffs. It's not about pity, it's about logic. If team A wins 10 games there is no reason why they should be outside looking in while team B is not only in but playing at the crib with 9 wins.

This is oversimplifying it though.

I'm pretty sure the Eagles beat the Cardinals this year so even if they finish with a worse record, how could you really say that they were inferior? What if the 9 win team played tougher competition? Or had a situation like Green Bay where they really aren't as bad as their record but had an injury to their franchise player?

Green Bay at 8-7-1 with Rodgers is just as good as anybody in the NFC. And if they win the North they deserve that spot and a chance to prove themselves in the playoffs.

 

[SteelCitySoldier]

This will lead to more playoffs team, which mean extra games, which is something that the owners and Goodell have been pushing for. Mark it down, this will happen in the next couple years...if not next season. An 11 win team NOT making the playoffs will trigger it. They won't realign the playoffs they will just add more teams because it's more money.

 

[FTBS]

this ain't march madness…this ain't baseball

the rules are the rules, and they shouldn't be changed just because a team can't win a wild card berth AFTER not being able to win their division

the playoff seeding is PERFECT

Actually it's a lot like March Madness. The best team doesn't always win. The hot teams usually wins.

All divisions are not created equal. If 7-9 is good enough to win your division then clearly you division sucks and doesn't warrant an automatic anything.

 

[tru_m.a.c]

Actually it's a lot like March Madness. The best team doesn't always win. The hot teams usually wins.

All divisions are not created equal. If 7-9 is good enough to win your division then clearly you division sucks and doesn't warrant an automatic anything.

it's really not as simple as "your division sucks"

thats our point

 

[FTBS]

This is oversimplifying it though.

I'm pretty sure the Eagles beat the Cardinals this year so even if they finish with a worse record, how could you really say that they were inferior? What if the 9 win team played tougher competition? Or had a situation like Green Bay where they really aren't as bad as their record but had an injury to their franchise player?

Green Bay at 8-7-1 with Rodgers is just as good as anybody in the NFC. And if they win the North they deserve that spot and a chance to prove themselves in the playoffs.

Once again any team can beat any other team on any given day. That's why you have a season for teams to prove themselves over time, not just one game.

Giving a team an automatic spot and home game on top of that purely because they won their division, irrespective to how good that division is far more oversimplified than anything I have suggested.

 

[MooseMouthMthafuga]

Arizona has been a really underrated team all season. shouts out to them

They still gotta be hurt about that bullshyt holding call on the Honey Badger up in Philly a few weeks ago.That was one of the biggest bail out calls of the decade so far.The Cardinals defense basically shut the Eagles down in that 2nd half.Down 3 with 3 minutes left, they almost have Foles sacked, but before he hit the ground, he threw the ball up for grabs, and Patrick Peterson picked it off.

They call Mathieu for a hold on a play away from the ball.The ball never had a chance of even making it to the guy Mathieu was covering.Fell about 10 yards short because Foles was being sacked when he let it go.

Cardinals would've had the ball at their own 40 with 3 minute to go, down 3


That one lil bullshyt call cost the Cardinals a trip to the post season more than likely.

I think the NFL has a NFC East bias....they love sucking the Cowboys/Eagles/Giants dikks