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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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12-15-2013, 09:52 PM | #16 |
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I don't remember this many playoff snubs in the era when the NFL had 3 divisions per conference.
I know that was when the NFL also had 30 teams, but still. |
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12-15-2013, 09:52 PM | #17 |
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Sucks to be in that situation...
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12-15-2013, 09:53 PM | #18 |
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12-15-2013, 09:55 PM | #19 |
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Going to 4 divisions definitely made a difference because you got three wild card teams in. And with 5-6 teams per division, it's hard to win your division without 10 or 11 wins.
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12-15-2013, 09:56 PM | #20 |
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We should have signed Carson Palmer.
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12-15-2013, 09:56 PM | #21 |
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Go back to 6 divisions and add four new teams. Problem solved.
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12-15-2013, 09:59 PM | #22 |
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The other thing about 3 divisions is the best wild card team got to host a first round home game. That happened in 99 when the Titans went 13-3 and got a wild card. They at least got a 1st round home game.
I don't really have any problems with the current system though. Like DaFace says it rewards you for beating your rivals... which makes rivalry games more exciting. |
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12-15-2013, 10:00 PM | #23 |
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12-15-2013, 10:00 PM | #24 |
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The problem is that with only 4 teams in each division, it's way way WAY easier for an entire division to field crap teams. You end up with one division nearly every year that barely etches out double digit wins and pushes out a good team that just happened to be in a division with the best team in the league.
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12-15-2013, 10:08 PM | #25 |
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12-15-2013, 10:11 PM | #27 |
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12-15-2013, 10:12 PM | #28 |
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Kind of weird that it looks like the AFC #1/#2/#3 seed lost every game this week. It's 30 to 14 Steelers with under nine minutes to play.
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12-15-2013, 10:13 PM | #29 |
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Yup. Division games used to make up half of your schedule. Shit, add two more regular season games? It gets a bit ridiculous if you do that. It goes down to only one third.
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12-15-2013, 10:16 PM | #30 |
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