I think its utterly ridiculous that the NFL *still* seeds suck-ass division winners

[Growl]

alright how do i turn off pics and sigs i swear your perverts are freakin embarassing i can't get on the huddle anywhere

[mav1234]

They should seriously look into a record based seeding. Having an 11-5 patriots team miss the playoffs while an 8-8 AFC West team in over them is a complete joke.

Same for a 7-9 Seatle team getting in.

 

totally disagree with letting those teams IN.

 

but seeding in the playoffs needs a review.

 

no reason a 7-9 team, even if it wins its division, should have home field imo

[2jakefansinva]

can't wait for the Panthers to win the division at 7-9.

 

winning your division should get you a home playoff game..........period.

 

who cares about what the NBA does..........

[Happy Panther]

Problem with the NFL is you can't play enough games to figure out who is good and bad. In baseball a .600 team is demonstrably better than a .500 team.

 

So in the NFL we created mini leagues in the form of divisions where teams play each other to increase the credibility.

 

I think it is a decent system. 

[Chaos]

Division winners should get playoff spots, but seeding should go by records IMO.  A guaranteed playoff spot should be the reward for winning your division, but it shouldn't have an impact on seeding.

 

nailed it

 

[SZ James (banned)]

They should seriously look into a record based seeding. Having an 11-5 patriots team miss the playoffs while an 8-8 AFC West team in over them is a complete joke.

Same for a 7-9 Seatle team getting in.

Lol those shitty 7 and 8 win teams both beat teams with 11 or 12 wins

shut the fug up

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

alright how do i turn off pics and sigs i swear your perverts are freakin embarassing i can't get on the huddle anywhere

[L-TownCat]

Lol those shitty 7 and 8 win teams both beat teams with 11 or 12 wins

shut the fug up

What's your point? Bad teams beat good teams all the time. Doesn't mean they should be in the playoffs. Shut the fug up.

[Ruff]

I'm actually okay with the seeding the way it is. Winning your fuging division is hard. No matter how bad the opposing team is, they always bring their A-game. This is actually a reward for accomplishing just that.

[BBQ&Beer]

[Mother Grabber]

with only 16 games (3 of which are repeats) the W/L record just isn't a large enough sample to be accurate. a team in a tougher division can easily have fewer wins and be a better team than one with a better record from a weaker division. Rewarding division champions is a good thing.

[rubberpantz]

alright how do i turn off pics and sigs i swear your perverts are freakin embarassing i can't get on the huddle anywhere

 

 

your lack of punctuation is pretty embarrassing...  spelling is pretty bad too.

 

go to, "My Settings", "Manage Ignore Prefs", then check the box, "Ignore all signatures when reading topics and personal messages"

 

just busting your chops a little... but if you'd looked, it was pretty easy to find. :cool:

[TN05]

I like it the way it is.

It sucks for us because we are always going to have to battle for the division with the Saints until Brees is done, but the seeding is more interesting the way it is now.

I like that better teams have to go on the road sometimes as punishment for not winning their division.

Plus it makes for some really interesting playoff match-ups. The not so good teams that barely win in bad divisions are often punished by having to play a better wildcard team in the first round.

Even if we go on the road as a wildcard... we will be playing a team that is not as good as us for the first 2 games.

Great formula IMO.

I think if they change anything, they should bring in 8 playoff teams from each conference. The winners get a first round bye and home games, and the 2nd place teams play each other the first week, then face the division winners the next.

I agree with you, keep it the same. Just pointing out that there's no reason for divisions aside from giving HFA.

[Goondal]

can't wait for the Panthers to win the division at 7-9.

 

winning your division should get you a home playoff game..........period.

 

who cares about what the NBA does..........

 

Because, in this rare instance, they are right.