I’m all for division winners automatically getting into the playoffs.
But not nearly as convinced they should automatically get a home postseason game.
Seed the playoffs by record. Winning division gets you in, nothing else.
Expansion of number of playoff teams. Seven per conference is perfect.
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Yeah, this is very similar to what i was talking about, only i would not automatically take 3 from each division. That gets you right back to letting a possibly shitty team or two in. I’d go back to the two division winners get top two seeds then after that just take the five best records. I could live with two auto-bids from each division, but not three-- that’s more likely to get you right back to including sub. 500 teams.
Current format works well.
With 32 teams divisions make sense to have playoff teams evaluated on similar schedules.
This format allows each division team to play each other twice and also 8 other identical teams.
There are only 3 games on the schedule not shared by division rivals.
Huge divisions would not allow the variety of teams played in a season.
An 8 team division would consume 14 of 17 games in the division. That leaves 3 games each season to play the other 24 teams.
So a team would only play a team outside it’s division once every 8 years, and visit an opposing stadium outside the division every 16 years.
Not something the NFL would be interested in.
The franchises know the rules.
It’s about winning your division.
The reward for being Division Champions is a home game.
Teams that can’t win their division have to prove themselves on the road.
I think I would pick the teams in divisions randomly each year. Each team in a division is pulled out of a hat. Everything else stays the same. Division winners make the playoff.
Only if you kept the two games against division foes a requirement. In an eight team division, you could easily lessen it to one game as mandatory (7), and something like 5 against the other division. So 12 NFC games and keep five for the other conference. Make common opponents a tiebreaker as it is now. Solves the problem you raise and you would still have at least 9 or 10 games against common opponents.
I mean, its not terrible the way it is now. Its just really bothersome when a shitty team gets in with a home game. Doesn’t feel right.
The team is undefeated on the road and lost two games at home. But really need in showing up over in the playoffs coming up if they also want home field advantage for the NFC!
Don’t buy them at Costco. Ultimately it’s simply too many dicks.
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Yea the bigger divisions might be too much. But yea come to think of it. The seeding should be based on Conference standings regardless of division.
Division winners automatically qualify but dont get top 4 seed.
So that means the NFC would be
1 DET 13-2
2 MIN 13-2
3 PHI 12-3
4 GB 11-4
5 WAS 10-5
6 LAR 9-6
7 SEA 9-7
8 ATL 8-7
So Rams and Atlanta would be the 6th and 8th seed not 3 and 4.
ATL@DET
SEA@MIN
LAR@PHI
WAS@GB
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