Quote:I knew Week 17 is always divisional games to retain excitement for fans of teams who have clinched seeds in the playoffs, but did not realize all of December is suipposed to be that way.

 

If the Saints beat everyone except the Steelers, they can avoid a losing record. Nobody else has a chance to do that.

 

It's not all of December necessarily, but the league did change things several years ago so there are 2 or more divisional games for each team in the final month of the season.  What I would like to see is even more division games moved toward the end of the year.  It would basically be the equivalent of creating a round robin tournament prior to entering the playoffs.

 

I don't think there is a major advantage to getting a team like the clots, for instance, at home in September versus at home in December.  What matters is if you can you out physical them.  The physical teams are the ones that typically fare better at the end of the year and can typically pound the rock.  That's not to say that don't need to be able to pass the ball because you do, but the teams that do well in the playoffs are usually running the ball well in December and into the playoffs even if they hadn't been earlier in the season.

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