Toruk_Makto
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.Disagree. Division wins matter. Not all schedules are the same, and not all 9-7s are worse than 10-6s.
.Disagree. Division wins matter. Not all schedules are the same, and not all 9-7s are worse than 10-6s.
It's bad enough they're proposing a 17 game season. Leave it alone! No more changes!
Why not rewrite the rule every year so the league can manipulate the playoffs the way they see fit?if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
in some ways they already do. the dez rule. the non pass interference rule. the horse collar (roy Williams) rule, the don't touch the qb rule and so forth.Why not rewrite the rule every year so the league can manipulate the playoffs the way they see fit?
True, but they'll never change it. Drums up too much conservation.
If you don't like it, win your division. That's what the league will say to complainers. It's a good point.
Still doesn't make it right though.
The NFL should institute guidelines governing situations in which 9-7, 8-8 or 7-9 teams win their division, while teams with better records are often forced to settle for a wild card berth, or miss the playoffs altogether due to competing in stronger divisions.
There should be a requirement that any team should have to win 10 games in order to host a playoff game, and even then only be allowed to host teams with 11 wins or less.
Also, any team that wins 10 games in a season should automatically be in the playoffs. The NFL could add wild card games to accommodate such teams.
But it is unfair for a team like the Cowboys or the Eagles to potentially host a 12-13 win team that became a wildcard team because they played in a tougher division.
It's impossible to compare schedules though from year to year. It ebbs and flows.It's not. I mean, look at the 49ers and Seahawks - both teams are better than wildcards. People keep talking about "underdogs" like they are the only ones that ever take up wildcard spots. That's really just not the case.
Yet the Saints had to play in Seattle, despite having a much more respectable season.Ummmmmmm WRONG!! And here is why the Seahawks (who are a perfect example) won their division at 7-9 that's right 7-9 and played a really good Saints team at home in a wildcard game and guess what the Seahawks beat the living **** out of them!
BS. Total BS.The NFL should institute guidelines governing situations in which 9-7, 8-8 or 7-9 teams win their division, while teams with better records are often forced to settle for a wild card berth, or miss the playoffs altogether due to competing in stronger divisions.
There should be a requirement that any team should have to win 10 games in order to host a playoff game, and even then only be allowed to host teams with 11 wins or less.
Also, any team that wins 10 games in a season should automatically be in the playoffs. The NFL could add wild card games to accommodate such teams.
But it is unfair for a team like the Cowboys or the Eagles to potentially host a 12-13 win team that became a wildcard team because they played in a tougher division.
It's impossible to compare schedules though from year to year. It ebbs and flows.
The system should remain because of that.
You can't make this a blanket rule. What if the wild card teams are also less than 10-6? There is no system that accounts for all variables.Any team below 10-6 who wins their division should be forced to play their game away
I wouldn’t take the playoffs away from them because the winning the division would be meaningless and rivalries would mean little