SkippyX Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 The NFLs biggest ego, Aaron Rodgers, just revealed that adding another playoff team and getting 106+ more players in the playoffs each year is terrible because the Packers would not have had a bye this year. The world does not revolve around you, bro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Sounds like Aaron Rodgers and Richard Sherman are amongst the players that are saying their teammates are not down with a 17th game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity_Cometh Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Not a fan of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckoz24 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 On 2020-02-26 at 4:31 PM, ET80 said: Half the league in the playoffs. Awesome. Haha. I’m a hockey fan so if we can get half the league and best of 7 series then I’ll be ecstatic! Jk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 This vote was approved by the owners. Gives way too much of an advantage to the 1-seed. Terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pf9 Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Danger said: This vote was approved by the owners. Gives way too much of an advantage to the 1-seed. Terrible. Which is why I want an expansion to 16 teams down the road, as soon as 2031 maybe. And seeding should be drastically altered so that division winners aren't guaranteed a top 4 seed. Philadelphia last year is an example of a division winner that would have opened the playoffs on the road despite winning their division because they went 9-7 last year, while two wild card teams had better records. Under my system, Philadelphia would have only been a #7 seed, losing a tie-breaker for #6 to the Rams, thus the Eagles, despite winning the NFC East, would have opened the playoffs in Green Bay. By removing the top 4 guarantee from division winners, it would make teams compete harder to earn a particular seed. Edited March 31, 2020 by pf9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissooner49er Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 I want any divisions who cannot produce a team with a record above .500 to be entirely excluded from the playoffs so those who have better records have a chance. So, 9-7 or better or your division gets no representation. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pf9 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Chrissooner49er said: I want any divisions who cannot produce a team with a record above .500 to be entirely excluded from the playoffs so those who have better records have a chance. So, 9-7 or better or your division gets no representation. Owners and players would not go for that. My proposals to eventually expand to 16 playoff teams and to not guarantee top 4 seeds for division winners are sufficient enough to get many good teams into the playoffs. The NBA no longer guarantees top 4 seeds for its division winners, and that format has worked out quite well for that league. It's time other sports leagues take the same approach to seeding as the NBA. I'm even advocating a change to the NBA playoff format which puts the top 16 teams in the league in the playoffs but still nominally divides them by conference. If a conference has 9 or more teams in the top 16, those ranked below #8 in the conference get sent to the other conference's playoffs and are seeded accordingly. A team which finishes 48-34 in the NBA but is #9 in their conference would still get into the playoffs but participate in the other conference's bracket. Edited April 1, 2020 by pf9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y*so*blu Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Chrissooner49er said: I want any divisions who cannot produce a team with a record above .500 to be entirely excluded from the playoffs so those who have better records have a chance. So, 9-7 or better or your division gets no representation. I could get behind this. Any change in the playoff format should be geared towards making it simpler, not more complicated. Edited April 1, 2020 by y*so*blu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shady Slim Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 this rules because we can see an entire division make the playoffs in a year although it is super unlikely this sucks by any other reasonable assessment, but for that specific situation this kicks *** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanedorf Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 5 hours ago, Chrissooner49er said: I want any divisions who cannot produce a team with a record above .500 to be entirely excluded from the playoffs so those who have better records have a chance. So, 9-7 or better or your division gets no representation. Are you OK with 8-7-1 or 7-6-2 ? Soon enough its gonna be 9-8 anyways so you're .500 is out the window... until they try for 18 games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabbs4u Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) On 2/26/2020 at 9:34 PM, SkippyX said: The NFLs biggest ego, Aaron Rodgers, just revealed that adding another playoff team and getting 106+ more players in the playoffs each year is terrible because the Packers would not have had a bye this year. The world does not revolve around you, bro. You want a Bye you GD Cry Baby, Win the #1 Seed outright! Step up or Shut up!🍺 This might be the best thing to happen in a long time. Probably long over due TBH. Makes being the #1 seed even more important, as it should be for the Best Team in each conference. Everybody else should have to play an extra game! Edited April 1, 2020 by Nabbs4u Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMcC2018 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 I don't like it, but I don't hate it. 14/32 teams is too many making the playoffs, but I always thought the difference between the 2# and the 3# seed was too big in the previous format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChazStandard Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 The 1 seed is now just far too powerful, homefield AND the only bye is too much. For those of you defending the idea: Imagine two 14-2 teams are separated by a tiebreaker for 1/2 seed. The 1 seed gets a bye while the equal-record 2 seed has to play a game against a 9-8 WC team who scraped in on point differential. The 2 seed wins, brushing aside an overmatched opposition, but takes a key injury to a star QB. Thus the much-hyped 1/2 seed championship game is a walk-over for the well-rested 1 seed against a tired team with a back-up QB starting. In the name of boosting revenues, this could massively dilute the end product. Plus its mathematically ugly and I hate that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kramxel Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Has anyone done the digging on what would be the lowest record in history for a team to get in with the new format? 7-9, 6-10 Maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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