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

[Mother Grabber]

divisions play each other twice each year. that's huge. it's rare that you'll play another team in successive years, so playing the same three teams twice every year makes for a much higher level of competition.

[osd22]

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.

 

This!!!

[beastson]

How can anybody agree that better record = no home-field

 

Wow lol

 

[camtheone]

Winning the division should give the team a post season bid but not automatic homefield playoff game....conference superiority changes too often and a team shouldn't be penalized for playing in a weaker division one year compared to the next...win your division you get to goto the playoffs...win your division with a 9-7 and you might be traveling on the road for your first game...... .KEEP POUNDING!!!!

[Kevin Greene]

Yea it's unfair. The NBA awards better records with HFA like it should go 

 

 

Difference is NBA teams see most everyone every year.

NFL schedules are heavily weighted based on your division competition and whatever division you happen to be playing that year.

 

Every team knows what they have to do week 1 to have home field or a bye.

Do it.

[Brooklyn Bully]

It goes both ways. Say we won our division this year at 8-8, but the rules were different and we had to travel to a Wild Card team's stadium to play, someone here would complain that "they didn't even win their division!!!!"

[Kevin Greene]

It goes both ways. Say we won our division this year at 8-8, but the rules were different and we had to travel to a Wild Card team's stadium to play, someone here would complain that "they didn't even win their division!!!!"

 

Exactly.

 

Imagine if we win the division this year  at 11-5 and you want to hit the road because Seattle and San Fransisco have better records potentially?

Seattle 14-2, Frisco 12-4.

 

Oh the whining that would follow.

[jdpanther5]

Actually division winners in the NBA are guaranteed a top-4 seed in the conference. For awhile the Celtics were fourth in the east despite having a worse record than the fifth-seeded Cats.

So, not that different.

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[beastson]

Exactly.

 

Imagine if we win the division this year  at 11-5 and you want to hit the road because Seattle and San Fransisco have better records potentially?

Seattle 14-2, Frisco 12-4.

 

Oh the whining that would follow.

 

I don't get your point. If you're not the number 1 seed you're going to have to travel regardless. They rank the top 4 teams off the divisions from 1-4 based on record. So why say number 1 gets HFA over 2 cause of their record, but a wildcard with a better record don't

[Kevin Greene]

I don't get your point. If you're not the number 1 seed you're going to have to travel regardless. They rank the top 4 teams off the divisions from 1-4 based on record. So why say number 1 gets HFA over 2 cause of their record, but a wildcard with a better record don't

 

 

Point is if we were a 9-7 team like Philly potentially will be, a division winning team and you had to travel to an 11-5 Frisco team, most Eagle (Panther) fans would be whining we won the division and deserve a home playoff game.

Damn a better record wild card team.

[Rules&Regulations]

Just do away with it all and make the playoffs a single elimination tournament with all 32 teams seeded based on record.

[venom]

Hey at least this way if we end up with a wild card we can count on going into philly or chicago and kicking some ass, haha.

[DaveThePanther2008]

It is the nature of the beast.   Keep the divisions If anything add a third wild card.   Give only the #1 seed a bye.

[2jakefansinva]

Because, in this rare instance, they are right.

 

doesn't every team in the NBA make the playoffs ??