tomur67 Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 The NFL wants to go to a 18 game schedule. OK, if you're in the AFC, you have 15 AFC opponents. You play every team once, 8 home games and 7 away games. The next year you reverse it. The remaining 3 games would be with NFC teams. Using the previous year's NFC record, using a drawing, you play 1 game against a team that finished 1st thru 5th in the NFC, one game against a team that finished 6th thru 10th in the NFC, and one game against a team that finished 11th thru 16th in the NFC. The playoffs would consist of the top four teams in the AFC and the top four teams in the NFC with the best records. There are two real up sides to this. First, and most important, in the old format, a real strong team in a weak division, is almost guaranteed 6 wins every year. Their road to the playoffs is quite a bit easier because of it. ( Unfortunately, we've seen this, first hand) And secondly, as a fan, you get to see more teams. Personally, I think playing the Pats , Jets and Dolphins twice a year, every year is getting stale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 I honestly would be okay with abolishing the divisions. There's 16 teams in each conference. No "interleague" play anymore. Every team plays each other in the conference and the top 6 make it to the playoffs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoHuddleKelly12 Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 So, would that also mean no more "rivalry" weeks that that NFL prides itself on cultivating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeding Bills Blue Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 6 minutes ago, tomur67 said: The NFL wants to go to a 18 game schedule. OK, if you're in the AFC, you have 15 AFC opponents. You play every team once, 8 home games and 7 away games. The next year you reverse it. The remaining 3 games would be with NFC teams. Using the previous year's NFC record, using a drawing, you play 1 game against a team that finished 1st thru 5th in the NFC, one game against a team that finished 6th thru 10th in the NFC, and one game against a team that finished 11th thru 16th in the NFC. The playoffs would consist of the top four teams in the AFC and the top four teams in the NFC with the best records. There are two real up sides to this. First, and most important, in the old format, a real strong team in a weak division, is almost guaranteed 6 wins every year. Their road to the playoffs is quite a bit easier because of it. ( Unfortunately, we've seen this, first hand) And secondly, as a fan, you get to see more teams. Personally, I think playing the Pats , Jets and Dolphins twice a year, every year is getting stale. I mean... good luck. You play 1 game per week, so staying on the east coast is unreasonable to request. You'll have teams traveling east to west and back all season long. Players would absolutely hate it. Not to mention you no longer get home games against certain teams every year. This type of thing works for all the other sports with 82 and 162 game schedules. 18 with games one time per week makes it kind of challenging from a logistical standpoint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 I personally don't care. Divisions or no divisions. Just don't expand the playoffs unless you add more teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostbitmic Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Changing up divisions might be a good idea to get closer rivalries. I could see a couple divisions like so ... Buffalo Pittsburgh Cleveland Detroit or LA Rams LA Chargers London/Jacksonville New England 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 How about, for now, swapping the Bills and Ravens? Us in the AFC North with CLE, PIT and CIN. That's a division that makes sense. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rc2catch Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 I don’t think I would like abolishing the divisions and just having 2 conferences. But they are waaaaaaaaay overdue and realigning the divisions. Personally I don’t care if they keep us with New England but I’d rather get rid of Miami. Makes no sense to have them in this division. A lot of divisions don’t make sense regionally anymore 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macaroni Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 21 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said: I honestly would be okay with abolishing the divisions. There's 16 teams in each conference. No "interleague" play anymore. Every team plays each other in the conference and the top 6 make it to the playoffs. I like this scenario, only catch is with a 16 team conference that would mean a 15 game season. I would like this because it would mean each game would be more important to making the playoffs. I would offset the regular season "lost game" by adding one team in each conference to the playoffs, only giving the #1 team a bye, which would add a game to the playoffs. While I was at it I would eliminate 2 preseason games and trade it for more practice time during training camp. This scenario eliminates the "false dynasties" of teams continually making the playoffs because they are in a weak division, and teams with a better record missing a playoff berth because a team in a weak division got in with an 8-8 record. Also with the Super Bowl becoming the best of the AFC vs the best of the NFC (without Interleague meetings throughout the season) may bring back some of the old AFL/NFL rivalries/loyalties of day of old. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 I like MLB's old set up. In the NFL it would look like this: Two Conferences - AFC/NFC Two Divisions in Each Conference - East/West Playoffs: AFC East Winner vs. AFC West Winner NFC East Winner vs. NFC West Winner Super Bowl: AFC Champion vs. NFC Champion Period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackFergy Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 3 minutes ago, Gugny said: I like MLB's old set up. In the NFL it would look like this: Two Conferences - AFC/NFC Two Divisions in Each Conference - East/West Playoffs: AFC East Winner vs. AFC West Winner NFC East Winner vs. NFC West Winner Super Bowl: AFC Champion vs. NFC Champion Period. As you know, I'm well versed in baseball. That being said, would you want to incorporate a "wild card" game in there or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Gugny said: I like MLB's old set up. In the NFL it would look like this: Two Conferences - AFC/NFC Two Divisions in Each Conference - East/West Playoffs: AFC East Winner vs. AFC West Winner NFC East Winner vs. NFC West Winner Super Bowl: AFC Champion vs. NFC Champion Period. Might as well go back to what MLB used to do before that....best record in each conference plays against each other in the Super Bowl. No thank you to either scenario. Edited July 23, 2019 by Binghamton Beast 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bing Bong Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 nah the rivalries a big part of what I like about the NFL. I notice that the NBA lacks in this department where divisions have virtually no meaning and they pretty much have the type of schedule you describe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said: As you know, I'm well versed in baseball. That being said, would you want to incorporate a "wild card" game in there or not? I would definitely want wild cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bing Bong Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 5 minutes ago, Gugny said: I like MLB's old set up. In the NFL it would look like this: Two Conferences - AFC/NFC Two Divisions in Each Conference - East/West Playoffs: AFC East Winner vs. AFC West Winner NFC East Winner vs. NFC West Winner Super Bowl: AFC Champion vs. NFC Champion Period. dude 2nd round playoffs is the best week in football. 4 games in 2 days with the top 8 teams! All goes downhill from there. Definitely don't want a 4 team playoff. At least give me an action packed 8 team quarterfinal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junior Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Pff. At this point we've put up with losing to NE for the last 18 years. Brady is almost done, and I have a feeling Belichick won't be far behind. I want the Bills to dominate them first, then we can get rid of divisions 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 5 minutes ago, macaroni said: I like this scenario, only catch is with a 16 team conference that would mean a 15 game season. I would like this because it would mean each game would be more important to making the playoffs. I would offset the regular season "lost game" by adding one team in each conference to the playoffs, only giving the #1 team a bye, which would add a game to the playoffs. While I was at it I would eliminate 2 preseason games and trade it for more practice time during training camp. This scenario eliminates the "false dynasties" of teams continually making the playoffs because they are in a weak division, and teams with a better record missing a playoff berth because a team in a weak division got in with an 8-8 record. Also with the Super Bowl becoming the best of the AFC vs the best of the NFC (without Interleague meetings throughout the season) may bring back some of the old AFL/NFL rivalries/loyalties of day of old. Good catch on the 15 games.... I guess maybe have the top two seeds from the year before do a home and away? I won't call the Pats a false dynasty but the AFC East absolutely helped them along the way. Many more #1 seeds just because they are gifted 4-5 division wins each year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macaroni Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 3 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said: I won't call the Pats a false dynasty but the AFC East absolutely helped them along the way. Many more #1 seeds just because they are gifted 4-5 division wins each year. Actually I wasn't thinking about the Pats with that comment … I was thinking about the Bengals. As much as I hate to admit it over the last decade and a half the Pats were a legit good team … the Bengals on the other hand have made the playoffs numerous times with no real reason for them being there other than other teams in their division stunk up the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanC883 Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 1 hour ago, frostbitmic said: Changing up divisions might be a good idea to get closer rivalries. I could see a couple divisions like so ... Buffalo Pittsburgh Cleveland Detroit or LA Rams LA Chargers London/Jacksonville New England I love the idea of getting the rivals/divisions closer. Will encourage out of town fans, better game day experience, and likely overall greater interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobills1212 Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Off season?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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