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NFC East winner to have a losing record

Posted on 12/27/20 at 7:20 pm
Posted by LSUChamp06
Kansas City
Member since Nov 2007
2860 posts
Posted on 12/27/20 at 7:20 pm
So now it’s a definite. The NFC East winner will have a losing record.
Should the NFL have a rule, that states if a division winner can’t finish at least 8-8, that another winning record conference team should go to the playoffs in their spot?
This isn’t college football where you win 6 games and you are bowl eligible. This is the highest level of football. A losing record should not be rewarded with a trip to the playoffs.
Posted by red sox fan 13
Valley Park
Member since Aug 2018
18154 posts
Posted on 12/27/20 at 7:21 pm to
Has any team with a worse record than the 7-9 Seahawks been to the playoffs before?
Posted by Mr. Elvert
Dallas
Member since Oct 2012
15320 posts
Posted on 12/27/20 at 7:22 pm to
Let it begin
Posted by Winston Cup
Dallas Cowboys Fan
Member since May 2016
66664 posts
Posted on 12/27/20 at 7:22 pm to
Sweet melt
Posted by sms151t
Polos, Porsches, Ponies..PROBATION
Member since Aug 2009
140697 posts
Posted on 12/27/20 at 7:23 pm to
Jan going to be fun the next couple weeks
Posted by MrFreakinMiyagi
Reseda
Member since Feb 2007
19681 posts
Posted on 12/27/20 at 7:25 pm to
No
Posted by sms151t
Polos, Porsches, Ponies..PROBATION
Member since Aug 2009
140697 posts
Posted on 12/27/20 at 7:26 pm to
Like the 7-8-1Panthers?
The 4-5 Browns and 4-5 Lions?


Posted by theGarnetWay
Washington, D.C.
Member since Mar 2010
27122 posts
Posted on 12/27/20 at 7:28 pm to
As a Saints fan I can see how running into a 7-9 team in the playoffs might concern you.
Posted by Jwho77
cyperspace
Member since Sep 2003
83472 posts
Posted on 12/27/20 at 7:32 pm to
The 6-10 Giants will be a tough out at home on Wild Card weekend.
Posted by Me
Nebraska
Member since Oct 2003
5085 posts
Posted on 12/27/20 at 7:48 pm to
It won't matter. None of those teams are getting past their first opponent which will prob be TB so the Saints will never see the NFC East Champion in the playoffs.
Posted by LSUMJ
BR
Member since Sep 2004
20581 posts
Posted on 12/27/20 at 7:58 pm to
This is what? 3rd time this has happened since the 2002 realignment?
Not an issue
Posted by Tactical1
Denham Springs
Member since May 2010
27129 posts
Posted on 12/27/20 at 8:07 pm to
Bowl games are worthless anyway.
Posted by Hamma1122
Member since Sep 2016
21615 posts
Posted on 12/27/20 at 8:33 pm to
Go cowboys
Posted by GeauxTigers2020
Member since Sep 2013
28667 posts
Posted on 12/27/20 at 10:25 pm to
I think you should get in for winning a division. Sometimes they're bad. That just happens. But if you're below .500, I do not think you should be rewarded with a home playoff game. I think they should amend it where if you're below .500, you're ineligible to host.
Posted by The Seaward
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2006
11510 posts
Posted on 12/27/20 at 10:30 pm to
According to Field Yates, there is a scenario where the Giants end up with the 3rd pick in next year’s draft (they lose and multiple other teams win).

They could also win the NFC East if they win and Washington loses.
Posted by TexasTiger08
Member since Oct 2006
28892 posts
Posted on 12/27/20 at 11:00 pm to
quote:

A losing record should not be rewarded with a trip to the playoffs.


shite happens. You don’t alter rules because of statistical outliers.
Posted by AUFANATL
Member since Dec 2007
4998 posts
Posted on 12/27/20 at 11:06 pm to

At one point this year there was a scenario where the winner of a week 17 NFC game would get a home playoff game and the loser of that game would get the #1 pick in the draft - which would have made for an interesting "game".

That scenario would have relied on the Jets and the Jags pulling off some upsets though.

Posted by I Bleed Garnet
Cullman, AL
Member since Jul 2011
54846 posts
Posted on 12/28/20 at 5:45 am to
HOLY shite really?!

Wow NFC East is such a fricking JOKE
Posted by Knight of Old
New Hampshire
Member since Jul 2007
12486 posts
Posted on 12/28/20 at 5:58 am to
This is the way...
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
38909 posts
Posted on 12/28/20 at 8:58 am to
quote:

This isn’t college football where you win 6 games and you are bowl eligible.


Should CFB have a rule that you win your Conference let alone your division to play for the Championship? Apparently not.

You're arguing eye-test for the NFL.
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