Win your division. You cannot control what any other team does, what you can control is winning your division. You shouldn't reward one team and punish another team because one has a better record even though they did not win their division.

 

 

 

Quote:Then, when you get into this mess of seven teams per conference, I don't like that as well.

 

#7 would play #5

#6 would play #4

 

That now leaves seeds 1# - #3 free for how long? Do you force #3 and #2 to face-off now? Or, do you allow the ultimate winner out of the #7 - #4 seeds to duke it out with #3 after they've had what? two weeks worth of rest? And so forth? Just doesn't make any sense to me. I don't mind the leauge's ambition. But, if it's not broke, you have no need to fix it. The way it works now is perfect. #6 Vs. #4 / #5 Vs. #3. #1 and #2 await their opponents with a week off, and then that's that before the Conference Championship.

 

You can't have a 7 team playoff. You can simply fix the entire problem by adding an 8th team, so the top two seeds in each division make the playoffs. It would be like the Champions League or World Cup in soccer, where the top half move on to the playoffs. The division winners are seeded 1-4, and the second place finishers ranked 5-8.  Everyone would play in the first round, no team gets a bye.

 

Looking at this season's standings, the playoffs would look like this:

 

Dallas @ Seattle

Chicago @ Carolina

New Orleans @ Philadelphia

San Francisco @ Green Bay

 

Tennessee @ Denver

NY Jets @ New England

Pittsburgh @ Cincinnati

Kansas City @ Indianapolis

 

It would add more drama as the top 3 teams would be vying for 2 spots in most divisions the last few weeks.

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