Of course it is. Only having to win two in a row to get to the Super Bowl, a week of rest to heal from injuries, and home field advantage puts you in the driver seat I mean only seven teams that played in the Wild Card round have won the Super Bowl in the last 50 years. Having said that, that number obviously will go up (the Bucs won last year) in the new format.
There's so much pretzel twisting going on trying to justify the Bills loss that at this pace Ford will be regarded as the best guard in the league by Saturday.
It's not fixed. It's the results of giving officials more and more to call each year without ever taking any penalties away. It's unwatchable at this point and they mine as well play flag football.