Chiefs_5627 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 (edited) 13 minutes ago, beekay414 said: lol Packers were 13th in the NFL in point differential. Four teams with worse point differentials made the playoffs FFS so pretty ****ty look for OP to single them out. Just consider the source and don't bother. Between him and that penguin dude they cant wait to kick a team when they're down/lose or whatever. It's a losers mentality and why I think there should be a certain criteria in being able to start threads lol Edited January 9, 2023 by Chiefs_5627 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soko Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 The NFL should be downsized to 4 teams total, and only 1 makes the playoffs. Who makes it isn’t determined by win-loss, but instead off of towerbridge’s eye test. Only way that seems fair tbh 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 10 minutes ago, WheatieMan said: With #5 and #6 seeds winning as often as they have in the past 20 years, I think #7 was probably appropriate. They have to stop there though. 16 teams would be going full NBA or NHL. Keep a single bye team and make it mean something to earn that bye. I don't think they'll go to 8 teams per conference any time soon. In fairness, nobody complains about the NHL playoffs having that and their playoffs are generally very well regarded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 I mean, a team as horrible as the Titans almost won a whole division. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WheatieMan Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Forge said: In fairness, nobody complains about the NHL playoffs having that and their playoffs are generally very well regarded. Then again, nobody watches the NHL. Teams get a point for OT losses. Plus with the salary cap, it's tough producing run away teams like you have in MLB and NHL, so 8 teams is perhaps justified there. In the NBA, that's a league that's geared towards playoffs only with the added gimmick of the mini-play in playoff. MLB is now like the NFL with two bye teams in each league. Not sure how I feel about MLB's new format, but I suppose it doesn't devalue the season any more than the previous 4 team setup. We will see how much the bye becomes an advantage once we are 15-20 years into it. By then, it will be 14-16 teams in each conference qualifying for some post season. Edited January 9, 2023 by WheatieMan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 1 minute ago, WheatieMan said: Then again, nobody watches the NHL. Teams get a point for OT losses. Plus with the salary cap, it's tough producing run away times like you have in MLB and NHL, so 8 teams is perhaps justified there. In the NBA, that's a league that's geared towards playoffs only with the added gimmick of the mini-play in playoff. MLB is now like the NFL with two bye teams in each league. Not sure how I feel about MLB's new format, but I suppose it doesn't devalue the season any more than the previous 4 team setup. We will see how much the bye becomes an advantage once we are 15-20 years into it. By then, it will be 14-16 teams in each conference qualifying for some post season. I don't think the playoffs is hte reason nobody watches the NHL and that's irrelevant to producing entertaining playoffs, which the NHL is typically considered to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incognito_man Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 50 minutes ago, Yin-Yang said: The NFL should be downsized to 4 teams total, and only 1 makes the playoffs. Who makes it isn’t determined by win-loss, but instead off of towerbridge’s eye test. Only way that seems fair tbh Team 1: AFC Horizontals (AFCE and AFCW) Team 2: AFC Verticals (AFCN and AFCS) Team 3: NFC Horizontals Team 4: NFC Verticals Ranking the teams: (1) AFC Horizontals (champs) (2) NFC Horizontals (3) AFC Verticals (4) NFC Verticals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pf9 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 We could take away seeding priority from division winners and make it even harder for one with a losing record to even make the Super Bowl. If that was done this year Tampa Bay would be opening at San Francisco where they were blown out earlier this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pf9 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 In full here are what the first round games would be without seeding priority for division winners. Miami at Buffalo Jacksonville at Cincinnati Baltimore at LA Chargers Tampa Bay at San Francisco Seattle at Minnesota NY Giants at Dallas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFlaccoSeagulls Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Daniel said: I mean, a team as horrible as the Titans almost won a whole division. A team as horrible as Tampa Bay did win their division, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soko Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 23 minutes ago, pf9 said: We could take away seeding priority from division winners and make it even harder for one with a losing record to even make the Super Bowl. If that was done this year Tampa Bay would be opening at San Francisco where they were blown out earlier this year. I like this idea, but don’t highjack. Make your own thread on this I think there’d be some quality discussion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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