NFL: NFL Owners Want To Expand Playoffs?

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(12-13-2012 01:21 PM)Aftermath Wrote:  Those 7-9 Seahawks stopped all over the Saints that year, regular season records mean very little. Adding 2-4 teams wouldn't mean adding more teams with losing records to the playoffs but it would mean more teams with winning records actually made the playoffs. Like the 11-5 Patriots. 7-9 Seahawks were also won their division, so they would be in no matter what unless the entire playoff format was changed. If you add another WC to each conference you still wouldn't see any losing teams make the playoffs unless they were division champs. Even with 16 playoff teams and 4 WCs from each conference most years you would at worst see a team with an 8-8 record get a WC spot.

Edit: Going back 4 years and adding two WC spots to each conference only 5 8-8 teams would make the playoffs, out of 16 extra teams admitted. (no 7-9 teams would make the playoffs as a WC)

Good shit Aftermath. I never understood that approach or reasoning either. The 7-9 Seahawks was an anomaly and would have still been an anomaly even with any of these format changes because they were division champs.

AND like you said they WON against the previous year champs no less.

Now 8-8 teams making it don't sit that well with me. I can tolerate it, but it goes back to why I dislike it. It lowers the competitiveness from the regular season. It's wouldn't be that dire to win, but I think I'm still in the middle. More Football playoffs is awesome. I think if a change was made.....just 2 more teams would suffice