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Cardinals looking like this years team to get screwed out of playoffs
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NFL playoff system.....you need work. http://www.ninersnation.com/2013/12/...aints-wildcard No. 1 Seattle Seahawks 12-2 (NFC West leader) No. 2 New Orleans Saints 10-4 (NFC South leader) No. 3 Philadelphia Eagles 8-6 (NFC East leader) No. 4 Chicago Bears 8-6 (NFC North leader) No. 5 Carolina Panthers 10-4 (Wild Card) No. 6 San Francisco 49ers 10-4 (Wild Card) On the outside looking in 1. Arizona Cardinals (9-5) 2. Detroit Lions (7-6) 3. Green Bay Packers (7-6-1) 4. Dallas Cowboys (7-7) |
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12-16-2013, 08:32 AM | #61 | |
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Then making it the next year in a miracle with a 9-7 record and a much worse team.
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12-16-2013, 08:34 AM | #62 | |
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I don't remember a year in which a team that misses the playoffs has a better record than 2 division champions. Even the Matt Cassel 11-5 2008 Patriots would have only won one other division.
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12-16-2013, 08:38 AM | #63 |
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Win your division and quit your whining.
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12-16-2013, 11:45 AM | #64 |
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In the old days, there were two divisions and one playoff qualifier from each. Each division had 6 teams. If you wanted to be the champion, you darn well better win your division. Teams with one loss would sometimes miss the playoffs. The regular season had real meaning.
Football uses a single elimination playoff system. Under such a system there us a high chance that the SB champ will not be the best team in football. The more teams you invite to the playoff, the more likely you will have a non-best team win the SB and the less meaning the regular season will hold. These days to win your division you only need to beat three other teams. Failing in that, you need to be in the top two of 12 losers. That is plenty of chanes to make the playoffs. If a team us unhappy about not making it, then win more games. |
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12-16-2013, 12:24 PM | #65 |
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thread is a loser but OP earns gold star
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12-16-2013, 12:29 PM | #66 | |
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They are only 1 game ahead of PHI and CHI, and there are still 2 games left.
Now, if they get to 11-5 and miss out to two 8-8 teams, then I could see using the term "screwed".
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I think 10 wins and you're automatically in.
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12-16-2013, 01:44 PM | #68 |
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I think the way you get INTO the playoffs is fine, 4 division winners and 2 wild cards. But seeding should be determined by overall record.
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I thought the NFL was considering a new format where the seeding went by overall record. So that would mean the Chiefs would be the #2 seed, Broncos remain at #1. If you win your division you are still in, but it doesn't guarantee you will get home field. I think it was supposed to be a way of curtailing teams from resting players at the end of the season, which is always bad football to watch, and thus lower ratings... an NFL no-no.
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12-16-2013, 01:53 PM | #71 |
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If I were the God-king of everything, playoff seedings would be determined by overall record, and division winners are only guaranteed their spot if they have an above .500 record, otherwise they're eligible if:
a) team has a non-losing overall record AND b) a non-losing divisional record OR c) a winning record in conference play otherwise that slot remains open for a third wildcard.
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That's better than the way it currently is. But that kinda makes the current WC system obsolete with the way it is seeded. Might as well just do a system based off of record only and get rid of divisions and wild card standings.
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It should be reseeded after the WC games have been played.
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