How will playoffs work now with the new CBA?

[eastsideboy]

Draw a diagram.

 

[JBS]

One team at the end wins the super bowl

 

[ksg811]

Wild Card Round

1: bye
2 vs 7
3 vs 6
4 vs 5

Divisional Round
Higher seed vs lower seed
2 remaining teams

Championship Game
2 remaining teams

Super Bowl
Champions from each conference.

 

[ultron]

Logically it’ll go like this:

1 seed gets a bye
2 vs 7
3 vs 6
4 vs 5

lowest seed plays 1 (let’s just say it’s seed 4)

then let’s say 2 and 3 win
2 vs 3

Then the championship game

Then the SB

 

[Reality]

Logically it’ll go like this:

1 seed gets a bye
2 vs 7
3 vs 6
4 vs 5

lowest seed plays 1 (let’s just say it’s seed 4)

then let’s say 2 and 3 win
2 vs 3

Then the championship game

Then the SB

I would think the higher seeds are the home teams

 

[Bobhaze]

16 of 32 teams make the playoffs. Watered down in my opinion.

 

[Ranched]

 

[ultron]

I would think the higher seeds are the home teams

Well yea that goes without saying lol - I just wrote it like that because it’s easier to kinda follow

 

[jay94]

16 of 32 teams make the playoffs. Watered down in my opinion.

All about the $$$$$

 

[ultron]

16 of 32 teams make the playoffs. Watered down in my opinion.

14 of 32 make it and there’s so much parody in the nfl that it won’t be watered down. It’s not like the nba where 98% (guessing) of the time the 1 seed beats the 8 seed

 

[ultron]

Wild Card Round

1: bye
2 vs 6
3 vs 5
4 vs 7

Divisional Round
Higher seed vs lower seed
2 remaining teams

Championship Game
2 remaining teams

Super Bowl
Champions from each conference.

There’s no way the 4 seed will play the 7 seed, the 2 seed will play the lowest seed (7), etc.. take a look at my breakdown

 

[eastsideboy]

Logically it’ll go like this:

1 seed gets a bye
2 vs 7
3 vs 6
4 vs 5

lowest seed plays 1 (let’s just say it’s seed 4)

then let’s say 2 and 3 win
2 vs 3

Then the championship game

Then the SB

So 3 wildcard teams

 

[Carson]

So 3 wildcard teams

Correct

Four division winners, best record is the 1 seed. Three wildcards

 

[ultron]

So 3 wildcard teams

Yea, that’s the only logical way they can do it

 

[conner01]

16 of 32 teams make the playoffs. Watered down in my opinion.

I don’t like it at all
But I get the economics of it

 

[eastsideboy]

Correct

Four division winners, best record is the 1 seed. Three wildcards

And that starts this year?

 

[Carson]

And that starts this year?

Yes. Playoffs do

17 game season will begin in 2021

 

[garyo1954]

There will be a 14-team playoff field beginning with the 2020 season. Only one team from each conference will get a bye.

The No. 1 seed in each conference will get a bye into the Divisional Round. The other six teams will play on Wild Card Weekend.

Link shows what 2019 would have looked like.......

https://thespun.com/more/top-stories/nfl-playoff-structure-officially-different-next-season

 

[eastsideboy]

Yes. Playoffs do

17 game season will begin in 2021

Thanks. Good info. I'm not convinced this is a good idea but so be it.

 

[jazzcat22]

At the end. Dallas will be SB champions.

that is all anyone needs to know.