MAJBobby Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 (edited) How do you think they will do the Playoff Seeding? with Only 1 Bye I think best way is just to seed based off end of year record regardless of Division Standings. Division Winners get an Auto in with 3 WC seeds but that 8-8 Division Winner should be seeded lower than a 11-5 WC team don’t you think? https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-nflpa-reportedly-making-progress-on-new-cba-that-would-expand-regular-season-and-add-two-playoff-teams/amp/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/11/13/game-nfl-season-is-becoming-more-likely-league-players-make-progress-labor-deal/%3foutputType=amp Edited November 16, 2019 by MAJBobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeding Bills Blue Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 (edited) 6 minutes ago, MAJBobby said: How do you think they will do the Playoff Seeding? with Only 1 Bye I think best way is just to seed based off end of year record regardless of Division Standings. Division Winners get an Auto in with 3 WC seeds but that 8-8 Division Winner should be seeded lower than a 11-5 WC team don’t you think? https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-nflpa-reportedly-making-progress-on-new-cba-that-would-expand-regular-season-and-add-two-playoff-teams/amp/ I'd do division leaders tbh - gives a division title some sort of meaning - you get a home playoff game. Wonder how they'll do tv schedule wildcard weekend with 6 games. I assume you have 2 1 PM and 430 PM games - then do you have sat and sun night? Sun and monday? Edited November 14, 2019 by dneveu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 14 teams in the playoffs? Lame! But it's all about money. That playoff seeding example is awful. Only the #1 seed gets the bye? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwhit34 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 The top record would get a bye and the 3 other division winners would host the playoff games vs. the 3 wild cards. The league will want to preserve the value of winning the division. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeding Bills Blue Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Just now, Mark Vader said: 14 teams in the playoffs? Lame! But it's all about money. That playoff seeding example is awful. Only the #1 seed gets the bye? Yeah 1 bye, 3 wildcard games and then everything else is roughly the same. The #2 seed no longer gets a bye, and the #1 is even more incentive than just home field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJBobby Posted November 14, 2019 Author Share Posted November 14, 2019 2 minutes ago, dneveu said: I'd do division leaders tbh - gives a division title some sort of meaning - you get a home playoff game. Wonder how they'll do tv schedule wildcard weekend with 6 games. I assume you have 2 1 PM and 430 PM games - then do you have sat and sun night? Sun and monday? maybe one each Network A 1 on CBS a 4 on Fox a 730 on NBC. 3 minutes ago, Mark Vader said: 14 teams in the playoffs? Lame! But it's all about money. That playoff seeding example is awful. Only the #1 seed gets the bye? That’s what is gonna happen with 7 playoff Teams. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeding Bills Blue Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Just now, Mark Vader said: 14 teams in the playoffs? Lame! But it's all about money. That playoff seeding example is awful. Only the #1 seed gets the bye? Can't blame them... each team only plays 16 games which is by far the lowest. Yankee stadium seats 47,000 - if they make the playoffs, they'll play a max of 11 home games. The patriots finish with the best record and they get 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgil Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Good thing you didn't already post this and it's not being talked about in the other thread.... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJBobby Posted November 14, 2019 Author Share Posted November 14, 2019 Just now, Virgil said: Good thing you didn't already post this and it's not being talked about in the other thread.... I posted in there about this too. But I figured the fact it is reported. NFLPA and Owners have agreed on a 17 game schedule and a 14 team playoff I would have a separate thread about how to do the seeding with a 7 team per conference playoff slate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US Egg Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Gilding the lily.....but I'll be tuning in. Maybe I missed it, but roster expansion would seem a must with this plan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 12 minutes ago, Virgil said: Good thing you didn't already post this and it's not being talked about in the other thread.... I think the focus of this thread is sufficiently different. Someone else might disagree. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJBobby Posted November 14, 2019 Author Share Posted November 14, 2019 (edited) 20 minutes ago, dneveu said: I'd do division leaders tbh - gives a division title some sort of meaning - you get a home playoff game. Wonder how they'll do tv schedule wildcard weekend with 6 games. I assume you have 2 1 PM and 430 PM games - then do you have sat and sun night? Sun and monday? I think that will probably be the way they go. If Not why have divisions in the first place. personally I would go with record seeding but I think that does end up eliminating Divisions down the line. but A team in a weak division IE NE now get Huge benefit of having the only bye. Edited November 14, 2019 by MAJBobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Flanders Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 I'm for keeping the 16 games schedule...less is more in the NFL. Not wild about expanding the playoffs either. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 7 minutes ago, Ned Flanders said: I'm for keeping the 16 games schedule...less is more in the NFL. Not wild about expanding the playoffs either. I'm with you on both those points, but no one from the league or the NFLPA asked my opinion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quinnearlysghost88 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Stop. Giving. Division. Winners. Playoff. Berths. Top records! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r00tabaga Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 1 hour ago, jwhit34 said: The top record would get a bye and the 3 other division winners would host the playoff games vs. the 3 wild cards. The league will want to preserve the value of winning the division. This. Easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM57 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 4 minutes ago, quinnearlysghost88 said: Stop. Giving. Division. Winners. Playoff. Berths. Top records! That's how 7 teams would work. #1 in the conference gets a bye.Other division winners are 2-4, Wildcards 5-7. #2 hosts #7 #3 hosts #6 #4 hosts #5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJBobby Posted November 14, 2019 Author Share Posted November 14, 2019 22 minutes ago, quinnearlysghost88 said: Stop. Giving. Division. Winners. Playoff. Berths. Top records! I think they should get rid of Divisions. Or just go Two divisions in each Conference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILBillsfan Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 2 hours ago, MAJBobby said: maybe one each Network A 1 on CBS a 4 on Fox a 730 on NBC. That’s what is gonna happen with 7 playoff Teams. Nailed it imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianmoorman4jesus Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 I think they should just do away with divisions all together. Just do a 16 team afc 16 team nfc. You play everyone in your own conference once so every tiebreaker can go head to head and then if they go 17 game season, you play 2 out of conference games every year that go on rotation. Then the playoffs the top seed gets a bye and plays the winner of that 4vs5 game 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJBobby Posted November 14, 2019 Author Share Posted November 14, 2019 (edited) 58 minutes ago, ILBillsfan said: Nailed it imo I think doing that allows for all three Networks to get a playoff game over WC weekend. NFC on Saturday AFC on Sunday maybe the Lowest seeded game be the 1 o’clock so like the #4 v #5 at 1pm. #3 v #6 at 4pm #2 v #7 at 7:30pm ramp up to the top seeded team in Primetime (#2 seed doesn’t get the Bye but they get the WC weekend Primetime game). 55 minutes ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said: I think they should just do away with divisions all together. Just do a 16 team afc 16 team nfc. You play everyone in your own conference once so every tiebreaker can go head to head and then if they go 17 game season, you play 2 out of conference games every year that go on rotation. Then the playoffs the top seed gets a bye and plays the winner of that 4vs5 game I could get that. 17 game slate Conference get everyone once (15 games) 2 out of Conference games (those can be your international games). Edited November 14, 2019 by MAJBobby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 I'd like to see divisions gone as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Call_Of_Ktulu Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 14 teams in the playoffs is the equivalent of your kid getting 10th place with a participation trophy. Watered down crap wildcard games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 59 minutes ago, quinnearlysghost88 said: Stop. Giving. Division. Winners. Playoff. Berths. Top records! Post appears you are either sending Morse code or you have CTE. Someone with CTE sending Morse code perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock'em Sock'em Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 50 minutes ago, MAJBobby said: #4 v #7 at 1pm. #3 v #6 at 4pm #2 v #7 at 7:30pm And #7 needs to travel to the other stadium between games. Incentive. Love it! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJBobby Posted November 14, 2019 Author Share Posted November 14, 2019 1 minute ago, Rock'em Sock'em said: And #7 needs to travel to the other stadium between games. Incentive. Love it! Ahh ***** typo lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 This scenario has been floated by MTC on NFLR for two years. It makes sense and less preseason is a great thing. The league and the NFLPA both win. More $ for both sides. I wonder if they get a second bye as a concession. That would make players happy. Kirwan and Mills made the case that the last six years as of last year the #7 wild card seed wood have a 9-7 or better record. The division winner will never change and there is always the possibility a division winner has a worse record like Seattle several years ago. Sounds like a good negotiation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boca BIlls Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 Would the Bills make the playoffs if it went to 14? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 Count me in on 16 team conferences, no divisions 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 17 minutes ago, machine gun kelly said: This scenario has been floated by MTC on NFLR for two years. It makes sense and less preseason is a great thing. The league and the NFLPA both win. More $ for both sides. I wonder if they get a second bye as a concession. That would make players happy. Kirwan and Mills made the case that the last six years as of last year the #7 wild card seed wood have a 9-7 or better record. The division winner will never change and there is always the possibility a division winner has a worse record like Seattle several years ago. Sounds like a good negotiation. I do not see how the league makes money adding one playoff game per conference and eliminating 16 (or 32) preseason games including parking, concessions and sales in shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 So if we somehow blow the playoffs this year we start this $#!+ early right?!?! Bills 7th seed at worst! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cripple Creek Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 not so fast my friend https://sports.yahoo.com/richard-sherman-tells-nfl-players-to-save-their-money-and-prepare-for-a-strike-161511336.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotAct Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Boca BIlls said: Would the Bills make the playoffs if it went to 14? Duh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclepete Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 Winning the division should mean something. I’d like for winning the division to still supercede records because it’s still not fair when you include strength of schedule to compare records Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iinii Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 9 hours ago, Mark Vader said: 14 teams in the playoffs? Lame! But it's all about money. That playoff seeding example is awful. Only the #1 seed gets the bye? That is the only way given those numbers and that severely weights the outcome. The theoretical strongest team getting a bye.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dma0034 Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 Only way it works is by only letting the 1 seed a bye. Even if you ddi something like baseball where the 6 would face the 7 that means the 1 seed gets 2 weeks which is too much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatdrinks Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 9 hours ago, jwhit34 said: The top record would get a bye and the 3 other division winners would host the playoff games vs. the 3 wild cards. The league will want to preserve the value of winning the division. This ^^ The NFL will not seed a WC ahead of a division winner in any circumstance. So much of the season structure revolves around division play, they won’t diminish it through seeding. 4 hours ago, Limeaid said: I do not see how the league makes money adding one playoff game per conference and eliminating 16 (or 32) preseason games including parking, concessions and sales in shop. If it wasn’t going to make money, and a lot of it at that, it wouldn’t even be considered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 4 hours ago, Limeaid said: I do not see how the league makes money adding one playoff game per conference and eliminating 16 (or 32) preseason games including parking, concessions and sales in shop. Limeaid, I’m stating the TV revenue will increase significantly and even stadium attendance goes up with real games vs. pre-season where it is almost nothing for preseason games, except for season ticket holders. It depends how many preseason games they cut. The other consideration is these sixteen extra regular season games in neutral sites increases the potential NFL fan base. I can see games in Mexico City, San Antonio, Birmingham, Toronto, London of course, but possible a city in Germany. Remember in NFL Europe the highest attendance for those games came out of German cities. China and Japan is tough given the distance, but I can see the NFL trying to push for it. My speculation is they will look at only two preseason games and more competitive practices throughout the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 9 hours ago, I am the egg man said: Gilding the lily.....but I'll be tuning in. Maybe I missed it, but roster expansion would seem a must with this plan. At a minimum you dress all 53, and maybe increase the practice squad by a couple as they are cost efficient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 (edited) One step closer to sixteen teams And 18 games !!! the league is so slow enacting my initiatives , but they will get there eventually Edited November 15, 2019 by Buffalo Barbarian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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