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NFL playoff structure potentially will be different next year.

Posted on 2/19/20 at 5:44 pm
Posted by lsuman25
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Posted on 2/19/20 at 5:44 pm
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NFL playoff structure is about to be changed. Under the current CBA proposal, seven teams from each conference will make the playoffs, with only bye per conference, sources tell ESPN. It would go into effect this upcoming season. More coming on LINK .
This post was edited on 2/19/20 at 5:55 pm
Posted by jackwoods4
Member since Sep 2013
28667 posts
Posted on 2/19/20 at 5:45 pm to
But why
Posted by PEPE
Member since Jun 2018
8198 posts
Posted on 2/19/20 at 5:48 pm to
A change nobody asked for and nobody wanted and nobody likes.

Designed solely to sell a few more TV commercials.

Disgusting but not surprising.
Posted by LSUTIGER in TEXAS
Member since Jan 2008
13613 posts
Posted on 2/19/20 at 5:49 pm to
Does this put the Texans opening playoff spot in jeopardy?!?!?
Posted by RemouladeSawce
Uranus
Member since Sep 2008
14016 posts
Posted on 2/19/20 at 5:50 pm to
Great move, the football world really missed out on the 8-8 Steelers and 9-7 Rams not playing for glory. Definitely complete teams with title shots.

Home field is now everything and there's going to be plenty of years when a shite division 13-3 team gets to coast over 12-4 teams who have to play all three weekends before the Super Bowl.
This post was edited on 2/19/20 at 5:51 pm
Posted by Mr. Hangover
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Posted on 2/19/20 at 6:06 pm to
quote:

current CBA proposal


I feel like this is being overlooked



Intentionally










Journalism in 2020
This post was edited on 2/19/20 at 6:08 pm
Posted by AlonsoWDC
Memphis, where it ain't Ten-a-Key
Member since Aug 2014
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Posted on 2/19/20 at 6:07 pm to
This seems pretty official and all very fast.
Posted by RLDSC FAN
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Member since Nov 2008
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Posted on 2/19/20 at 6:09 pm to
Greed
Posted by VolInBavaria
Chattanooga, TN
Member since Dec 2015
4026 posts
Posted on 2/19/20 at 6:10 pm to
Well that’s fricking stupid
Posted by Mr Perfect
Member since Mar 2010
17836 posts
Posted on 2/19/20 at 6:22 pm to
this why 4 team playoff NCAA far superior in every way. nfl is cringe
Posted by wildtigercat93
Member since Jul 2011
112485 posts
Posted on 2/19/20 at 6:27 pm to
Reward more teams for being .500 and take away the incentive for another team being really fricking good

That’s terrible
Posted by TheeRealCarolina
Member since Aug 2018
17925 posts
Posted on 2/19/20 at 6:41 pm to
What they should be doing is taking the top 6 records in each conference regardless of division and seeding them according to record. Since we know they won’t get full support unless every division is represented, do the 4 division winners plus the top 2 records remaining like they do now, but seed based on record, regardless of division winner status.

In 2018, the Chiefs and Chargers both finished 12-4 and split their season series, but the Chiefs had the better division record so they were the 1 seed and the Chargers got bumped all the way down to 5 despite having a better record than the 3 teams ahead of them. What kind of damn sense does that make?

I’m not opposed to the 17 game regular season with only 3 preseason games under certain conditions:

1. That extra game is a neutral site game like the Europe/Mexico games, maybe add in Canada as well. Each team gets 8 home and 8 away and then neutral site. And true neutral site games, not some bs like the Patriots game being in Boston College’s stadium or the Saints playing in Baton Rouge. Ideally they would split it so that they’d have 2 games in Mexico, 4 in Canada, and 10 spread around Europe.

2. Expand the damn rosters. 60 man active game day rosters, 15 man practice squad, and 5 injured reserve spots. Let’s your stars rest more during the game and they can come out during blowouts. If you are up 27-10 with 4 minutes left in the game and the ball at home, get your starting QB out of there. Let some younger receivers or back up tight ends get some snaps.

Don’t like the 7th playoff team at all. Does allow for 3 games each day the first weekend, but that will shite all over the possibility of moving the College Football NCG to Saturday Night where it belongs.
Posted by BlueWaffleHouse
LA
Member since Jul 2012
1872 posts
Posted on 2/19/20 at 6:45 pm to
With a 17 game season added to this, it will just lead to more meaningless games for more teams late in the season. Prepare to see more half empty stadiums going forward
Posted by Hurricane Mike
Member since Jun 2008
20059 posts
Posted on 2/19/20 at 7:01 pm to
One more year of Brees then bye bye Roger

Can't wait
Posted by Horsemeat
Truckin' somewhere in the US
Member since Dec 2014
13586 posts
Posted on 2/19/20 at 7:02 pm to
Just like the MLB playoff expansion proposal - this is lame a.f.
Posted by KingwoodLsuFan
Member since Aug 2008
11447 posts
Posted on 2/19/20 at 7:44 pm to
We are all about player safety here!!! My arse Goodell and the NFL. This greed is gonna kill the sport. More games, more games outside the US, and still keeping Thursday night games. All these O and D lineman are going to have to walk with a cane or walker 10 years after they retire.
Posted by McMillan
Member since Jul 2018
5969 posts
Posted on 2/19/20 at 7:50 pm to
The NFL and MLB hate their fans. Can't tell me otherwise.
Posted by 225Tyga
Member since Oct 2013
16027 posts
Posted on 2/19/20 at 10:50 pm to
Fine by me. More games = more betting = more money to be won by the Tyga
Posted by Arch Madness
Charleston
Member since Jan 2018
1059 posts
Posted on 2/20/20 at 6:33 am to
All of yall going to watch the extra game anyway so why should the NFL care how you feel?
Posted by lsutigers1992
Member since Mar 2006
25317 posts
Posted on 2/20/20 at 6:41 am to
Modern-day Capitalism. Somebody greedy and selfish as frick surrounds himself by like-minded shameless sycophants, ignores the consumer and instead smugly does what he wants and tells them "THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT."
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