Playoff format needs to be revisited

[strongarmqb]

I know alot of people have strong feelings about this subject either way.
Here is the way I see it.....

1) This year, there will be two 10-6 teams that do NOT make the playoffs. The Cowboys and Chiefs.

2) The league will suffer long term if this becomes a trend. If teams with really good winning records are left out in the cold year after year, the fans will eventually lose interest half way through the season, figuring that all hope is lost, thus creating a ton of meaningless games. We all know how much fun meaningless games are.

3) It makes perfectly good sense to expand the field by just 2 teams. It would create super wildcard weekends, which the NFL would love, and a bigger viewing audience clamoring for more "BIG" games.

4) I personally feel that the run up to the SuperBowl would be enhanced, by allowing in teams that could really do damage to otherwise overwhelming favorites. For instance... If the Cowboys and Cheifs had gotten in this year,.. who would want to play them the first weekend? Instead we are left to watch Tampa Bay destroy an injury riddled Commanders team.

I vote that the NFL seriously consider expanding the playoff field to 2 more teams. It would do far more good than harm.

 

[SkinsandTerps]

Excuses.

Win the games presented in the format given.

Commanders at 10-6 and out, I would be upset. However not winning games that they need to or should...different story.

 

[Maikeru-sama]

Umm no.

We need to win games....

I love how the format works, makes every dang on game important.

- Mike G.

 

[thewivil]

^ Agreed.

 

[TunaFan33]

Excuses.

Win the games presented in the format given.

Commanders at 10-6 and out, I would be upset. However not winning games that they need to or should...different story.

Agreed. If either the Panthers and Skins had lost earlier today, this stupid thread wouldn't even exist.

The Boys have noone to blame but themselves.

 

[Alweezy]

no, because then in off years you could have some crappy 8-8 team making it, or worse a 7-9 team.

It's unfortunate we got the raw end of the stick but the playoffs would become like the New Orleans Bowl if we let weaker teams in.

 

[TunaFan33]

no, because then in off years you could have some crappy 8-8 team making it, or worse a 7-9 team.

It's unfortunate we got the raw end of the stick but the playoffs would become like the New Orleans Bowl if we let weaker teams in.

I agree with you. However-this isn't a perfect world either. Everyone will do their very best job, but not everyone will be satisfied.

IF we had beaten Wash in that first meeting, we wouldn't be having this stupid discussion.

 

[Cbz40]

The playoff format is just fine.

 

[NumOneQB]

The league would then have to expand to a 16 team playoff.
The NBA does this and, traditionally, the 7 & 8 seeds get spanked in the first round.
I know the NFL is a different game, but Wild Card teams rarely do much in the post season. Tradition is too strong and the NFL would probably stick to that.

 

[Drederick Tatum]

If you beat the man in front of you consistently then you go to the playoffs. Period.

 

[percyhoward]

I vote that the NFL seriously consider expanding the playoff field to 2 more teams. It would do far more good than harm.

But how do you do it, and still keep the bye week?

 

[Maikeru-sama]

Oh another thing...the Cowboys are NOT 10-6 yet

 

[Kangaroo]

Nothing is wrong with the playoffs we do not need to be basketball which has the most watered down playoffs and why half the season means nothing in that sport

keep it special make the games count and if we would have not chocked a few games away we be in

When we make the playoffs it will mean something

 

[SultanOfSix]

Excuses.

Win the games presented in the format given.

Commanders at 10-6 and out, I would be upset. However not winning games that they need to or should...different story.

*** are you doing here? Shouldn't you be celebrating on your own site with Tags?

 

[mcnabbmcnow]

Waaaaahhhh! Excuses, excuses. The playoff format is fine. Last year two 8-8 teams got in the playoffs...don't sell out NFL for more money.

 

[Maikeru-sama]

Waaaaahhhh! Excuses, excuses. The playoff format is fine. Last year two 8-8 teams got in the playoffs...don't sell out NFL for more money.

What is a Mcnabb McNow?

- Mike G.

 

[PortisSkins]

What you mean to say is, "I'm bitter that the Cowboys didn't make it into the playoffs! They need to add two more playoff spots THIS YEAR because THIS YEAR, the Cowboys would've made the playoffs under my given format. Furthermore, I am so bitter, that I'll make a statement like "Instead we are left to watch Tampa Bay destroy an injury riddled Commanders team", EVEN THOUGH, I am just two weeks removed from watching that same 'injury riddled' Commanders team DOMINATE my Dallas Cowboys." Suck it up, swallow it hard, make improvements this offseason, and try again next year. Hail to the Commanders!

 

[SultanOfSix]

Who are these losers who keep posting from other teams?

 

[Maikeru-sama]

Man I dont know...

But it comes with the territory when we miss the playoffs and they dont.

 

[BigDaddyShoo]

Who are these losers who keep posting from other teams?

You haven't offered a single ounce of substance to this thread, yet you post simply to blast people with an opinion?

It's clear to everyone the reason the Original Poster started this thread.

my $0.02