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BlackOp · 11-09-2018, 11:46 PM

Should strength of schedule over-ride head to head into determining play-off seeding?

Hypothetically, if KC loses to the Rams and NE wins out..Patriots get HFA. Both are 14-2. Chiefs two losses came against teams that only lost 3 games. Patriots lost to Jacksonville and Detroit.

Chiefs had to play on the road against NE who were on 10 days rest. How is this considered an equal footing game? Is this really a fair way to determine HFA?

What if Brady had been out for that one game and NE lost? Would that be a fair way to determine HFA?

Seems that if two teams that have the same record...the advantage should be determined by who had the more difficult opponents.

Just a thought...

Chiefs4TheWin · 11-10-2018, 11:05 AM

Color of the jersey should be the tie breaker starting with Red.

Best22 · 11-10-2018, 11:10 AM

Team with fastest Tight End wins

**jjchieffan** · 11-10-2018, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by RunKC

Would rather change formatting. If a team doesn’t win their division but has 12-13 wins, they shouldn’t be forced to be a 5 or 6 seed.

They earned a higher seeding.

I agree with this. Look at the NFc East. Everyone is hovering around .500(except the Giants). Let's say that the Eagles win the division with an 8-8 record. Suppose that the Vikings finish 12-4 behind the 13-3 bears, and the the Panthers finish 13-3 behind the 14-2 Saints. Why on Earth would the Eagles "deserve" a home playoff game just because they were the best in a horrible division? The Panthers and Vikings are obviously better teams. They just had actually decent teams in their division that were one game better overall. They "earned" that home game against lesser competition. He'll, it could be argued that the Eagles should be fortunate to even get a playoff berth if there are better records in the conference that got eliminated. That should be reward enough for winning the division. After that, seed it by record.

Spott · 11-10-2018, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by jjchieffan

I agree with this. Look at the NFc East. Everyone is hovering around .500(except the Giants). Let's say that the Eagles win the division with an 8-8 record and the Seahawks win their division at 9-7. Suppose that the Vikings finish 12-4 behind the 13-3 bears, and the the Panthers finish 13-3 behind the 14-2 Saints. Why on Earth would the Eagles or Seahawks "deserve" a home playoff game just because they were the best in a horrible division? The Panthers and Vikings are obviously better teams. They just had actually decent teams in their division that were one game better overall. They "earned" that home game against lesser competition. He'll, it could be argued that the Eagles or Seahawks should be fortunate to even get a playoff berth if there are better records in the conference that got eliminated. That should be reward enough for winning the division. After that, seed it by record.

I think there should be some kind of reseeding at the end of the season so that teams that won 11 or 12 games don't have to go on the road and play some team that finished 8-8 in a crappy division. It happened with us a couple of years ago when we played Houston. What's even worse is that we beat them in Houston during the season and won 2 more games than they did, and still had to play them on the road.

**Ming the Merciless** · 11-10-2018, 12:02 PM

**jjchieffan** · 11-10-2018, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Spott

I think they're should be some kind of reseeding at the end of the season so that teams that won 11 or 12 games don't have to go on the road and play some team that finished 8-8 in a crappy division. It happened with us a couple of years ago when we played Houston. What's even worse is that we beat them in Houston during the season and won 2 more games than they did, and still had to play them on the road.

Yep. The way it is now is just stupid. The NFC East doesn't have a single team that has done a thing to deserve the benefit of a home playoff game. However, The Saints and Panthers are both deserving. It's ridiculous that one of the Panthers or Saints will have to travel to Washington or Philly to play a team with a lesser record. That's just dumb

JD10367 · 11-10-2018, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Spott

I think they're should be some kind of reseeding at the end of the season so that teams that won 11 or 12 games don't have to go on the road and play some team that finished 8-8 in a crappy division. It happened with us a couple of years ago when we played Houston. What's even worse is that we beat them in Houston during the season and won 2 more games than they did, and still had to play them on the road.

No need for four 4-team divisions in each conference. Realign to two 8-team divisions in each conference. First two teams in each get a bye, third is the WC.

JD10367 · 11-10-2018, 04:12 PM

AFC Northeast: Pats, Jets, Bills, Steelers, Ravens, Browns, Bengals Colts.

AFC Southwest: Dolphins, Jaguars, Texans, Titans, Chiefs, Broncos, Chargers, Raiders.

**jjchieffan** · 11-10-2018, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by JD10367

AFC Northeast: Pats, Jets, Bills, Steelers, Ravens, Browns, Bengals Colts.

AFC Southwest: Dolphins, Jaguars, Texans, Titans, Chiefs, Broncos, Chargers, Raiders.

I don't know about that. Yearly scheduling would be adversely affected. If you play every team in your division home and away every year, that's 14 of a 16 game schedule. Are you going to only play 1 NFC game and 1 AFC non divisional game each year? Or do you play all teams in your conference one time and 1 NFC game?

Chief Roundup · 11-10-2018, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by JD10367

AFC Northeast: Pats, Jets, Bills, Steelers, Ravens, Browns, Bengals Colts.

AFC Southwest: Dolphins, Jaguars, Texans, Titans, Chiefs, Broncos, Chargers, Raiders.

No just do East and West.

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