NFL will look at expanding the playoffs to 14 or 16 teams.
 

Albert Breer ‏@AlbertBreer

Goodell just said at his presser that the league will look at expanding the playoffs to 14 or 16 teams.





That's to many teams gonna be like the NBA soon.

Lamar and Carls dream is coming true. LMAO

Great, that will increase the chances of us getting bounced in the first round!

We need more 7-9 teams in the Super Bowl derby.

Goodell is going to f**k up the NFL: no kickoffs, can't tackle or touch the QB, 20 teams in the playoffs....

Good grief! This is the only sport that I still like to watch because every game means something.

Ya that will go great when they increase it to 18 game season. Teams that suck balls like us this year it would make for an even longer misery season that seems to never end. We would also have greater odds of screwing our selves out of the top pick. Curse you Roger Goodell

Expand to 30 and we just miss it.

I agree with 14 teams. I think it's nice that the top overall team gets a bye, but why does #2 get it? Oftentimes they have the same record as the 3 or 4 seed, and the quality gap just isn't there. Plus with division winners automatically getting a home game it's not altogether fair anyway.

We went 13-3 in 2003 and the Colts were 12-4. So we got the 2-seed and the bye. PLUS the home game. And we werne't the better team. Seems a bit unfair.

**** that.

You're gonna have 6-10 teams in there.

yay -- we're in the playoffs :D

As long as it's 100%, we're in! Shit....do we have to lead a game to win?

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I don't know. Half of the NFL making the playoffs? There are some pros and cons.

Terrible idea. 7-9 teams in the playoffs are already bad enough. Don't water it down anymore. It's all about the $$ so I could see it.

i rather see the 18 game schedule but only allow players to play 16 games. that would definitely better imo. Back up qb's would have to start in 2 games.

you should only have to win 6 games to get a bowl bid..i mean playoff game

12 of 28 teams used to be in the playoffs before Carolina, etc. joined. This wouldn't be that different.

We should make the playoffs so that the teams with the worst records make it in and to advance you have to lose the game. For the super bowl only ties are allowed because we don't want to hurt the feelings of the team. That's the american way these days anyway.

pro - we make the playoffs
con - we keep a Cassel-esque shity QB and keep him because he took us to the playoffs.


damnit

Yeah so lets let teams with .500 or worse winning percentage into the playoffs.

Well the NFLPA wouldn't agree to more games during the regular season. This may be the way the NFL is trying to get around that somewhat. More televised games = more revenue.

More playoff games = more head injuries = more acts of violence by players.

Love,

Bob Costas

Not sure if serious. That might be the worst idea on any topic, ever.

Don't like this idea at all. What makes the NFL special is because the regular season means somethings every game\week.

Roger Goodell is killing the NFL at an accelerated rate.

Sooooo....the Jets, Dolphins, and a slew of other shit teams would be fighting for a playoff spot right now.

Barf.

I'd rather see a universal bye week in the middle of the season. With an 18 game season make it two universal bye weeks, after week six and after week twelve. Do a skills competition (in place of the Pro Bowl) and local community service projects during the bye weeks. Also increase active roster sizes to 60 and Practice Squad sizes to 11.

This is a valid point. 12 of 28 is 42.someshit% of the teams getting into the playoffs. 14 of 32 is 43.someshit% of teams making the playoffs. That's pretty close. The downside of course is the 6-10 teams getting in. Feels like hockey.

Goodell's plan for the NFL "if it aint broke, break it"



I'm just not getting why he thinks he has to **** with Americas #1 sport :facepalm:

Roger is hell bent on ****ing up the league before he leaves.

We need to start a 32 city WE DESERVE BETTER FIRE GOODELL banner campaign.

ROFL This.

I could see going to 14 teams IF - you pick them all as you would the wild cards. Then you would have fewer losing teams in the race. The 7-9 teams are the ones that win shitty divisions. Downside: if the NFL season expands, player injuries will start to make more of an impact on the playoffs than they already do.

Terrible ****ing idea.

SONFL? FIRE GOODELL?

I could understand it if they were to expand which is certainly a possibility.

The Yep cistern just got backed by a giant load of Yeps after this deal.

FAX

I've always felt that 12 teams, whether in a 28 team league, or a 32 team league, was too many teams in the playoffs.

Expanding the playoffs is just a stupid ****ing idea.

Does Firefox have an epilepsy setting?

FAX

No way..the NFL has it perfect right now.

The real answer is this will lead to more games and more TV money. The owners have realized they can keep squeezing this goose because people love football. Wonder how far back this would push the Super Bowl into February.

It really just depends on the year. If it was 16 teams, the 6-7 Jets would currently be in the AFC playoffs, and the 9 seed Cleveland Browns would be the first team out right on their heels. Most of the league would still be in the hunt at this point.

Keep expanding them and, eventually, you don't need playoffs at all.

Might as well make it 24 teams.

That way, everybody will know who is going to make the playoffs before the first games when you include almost everybody but the worst teams who can't seem to ever find a way to drag their pitiful asses into our brand-new, ginormous playoff system.

Other than more money to the NFL, I don't see the benefit here.

FAX

Lmao this.

Not in my opinion.

The playoffs should be reserved for the best teams that earned the right to compete for the championship.

We have teams that get hot late in the season winning championships despite a fairly mediocre season on a fairly consistent basis.

I would just like to take a moment to say that I fully recognize that my previous post makes no sense whatsoever.

Thank you for your time and attention.

FAX

It makes perfect sense/Goodell

Expanding the playoffs would probably just make this more likely.

I don't think Goodell understands what a grind a NFL season is for a player. Teams are trying to survive filling the injuries they have now. Goodell can't have his 18 game season, so he wants this now?

IMO many moves that Goodell has made are for the good of the game, things that Tagliabue ignored. This fascination for a longer schedule is idiotic.

Whats wrong with that? http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/ext...ghlin.wind.jpg

It seems to me that a better solution would be expansion.

More teams mean more money and more games as well as creating broader interest.

Plus, it gives us the additional opportunity to beat somebody like the Mexico City Brahmas like a ginger step-baby.

FAX

As soon as this happens the Chiefs go 16-0 and get pummeled by a 6-10 team in the playoffs.

Ok but some of those might be the best team but for whatever reason (injuries) they may have struggled early in the season but came on towards the end of the season.

I'm aware of that.

But regardless of the reason for that mediocrity, teams should not be rewarded for it.

We're half way to the playoffs baby!

That's what I was going to say. Add two more teams and suddenly it's not a bad idea. That puts the percentage of playoff teams at a little over 41%.

What's next? Everyone who participates gets a trophy?

So what is your solution? only have division winners?

Did the NFL gaming commision get abducted by Aliens lately? Who keeps dreaming up these realy stupid ideas to ruin a good game?

LMAO

The playoffs already aren't interesting until the 2nd round, and now they want to make the regular season much less meaningful (and it's pretty meaningless now).

Like the year Chiefs were 10-6 and didn't get in, but a 7-9 team did in the NFC.

8 teams would be ideal.

Unfortunately, crappy teams can win crappy divisions.

So I'd give a little and add a wild card in each conference.

Turn 2 pre-season games into regular season games and I'm all right with the number going to 18

I think there should be only eight. Three divisions in each conference sending in division winners and one wildcard.

Stupid ****ing idea for the fans.


Great idea for the owners.

I agree. It's perfect the way it is. It's like every time they meet they have to change something. :cuss:

I'd rather see the playoffs decreased to 5 teams with the overall record deciding the bye week.
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It's perfect the way it is.


Don't **** with it.

Wouldn't that take at least one of the SB's away from the Giants?

Yes, and the Packers, as well.

Don't care.

Just award every team a super bowl ring at the end of the year so no feelings are hurt and everyone is treated equally and fairly.

:):whackit:

If I were in charge, what I'd really do is go back to 2 divisions per conference, expand to 18 games (14 in division games, 4 out of division games), have two bye weeks, all taken between weeks 9 to 11 (which means 1 week in the middle of the season with no football), with each team getting two consecutive weeks off.

4 division winners and 4 wild cards.

What the hell are you talking about? Without the regular season I would have missed out on 3 wins! For those of us that pull for teams that don't play in the post season, the regular season is everything :cuss:

I wonder how many wild cards have won it all.

So basicly you like the idea of division winners only. This would probably do away with a bye week for any playoff team.

It is also punishing teams that play in good divisions. Where the 2cd place team in a division could have a 10-6 or 11-5 record and stay at home while a team that is 7-9 or 8-8, definition of mediocrity, gets in as usual.
That seems a little harsh, understandable but nonetheless harsh.

This league is becoming less and less watchable every year.

This is why, under the current setup, I'd allow for a wild card in each conference, even though I think 8 is the actual ideal number of playoff teams.

This. The only thing that is currently keeping my NFL interest since the Chiefs and Lions suck is Fantasy Football. If not for FF I probably would just spend my Sundays doing anything else.

interesting

Maybe they'll do away with wild cards and just go with division winners. And then they'll restructure into 16 divisions of 2 teams each.

We will respectfully agree to disagree. I think it is perfect as it is.

Ok you are old and crazy :)

Has the last seed in the playoffs ever won the Superbowl?

Start games at 12:01AM instead of 12:01PM and you might go a long way to solving the player's prime murdering time. Granted, not all of them would be averted (Belcher kept different hours!), but it's a start.