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Originally Posted by mcan
The unfortunate consequences of having 4 team divisions. You also get the possibility of teams making the playoffs with .500 (or worse) records. There should be a "10 win" rule. Division winners with 8 or 9 wins shouldn't be in the tourney. Period. IF, by some chance there isn't a 10 win team for the last spot, then "won division" should be the first tiebreaker.
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Terrible idea. I can get on board with not giving all division winners a home playoff game, like the NFC West champ this year, but there is NO way you can exclude a division winner from the post-season. See the Cardinals 9-7 "worst playoff team ever" run to the Super Bowl.
I would be all for a division winner with a 7-9 or 8-8 record having to go on the road in the first round, but not allowing them in the playoffs is a terrible idea.