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...
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