GunnerBill Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 28 minutes ago, BeastMaster said: The best you could hope for is that they go to 8 teams per conference for the playoffs with a bye for the 1 and 2 seed. It feels too easy a path for me being a 1 seed that plays one game to be in the title game , while the opponent goes through a gauntlet. Give the two the same thing so that if it lines up the top two from the regular season advance to face each other in the title game, it's more even. The one seed enjoys too much of an advantage IMO But they have been the best team in their conference in the regular season. I feel like that should be rewarded. Honestly I never liked the 1 and 2 seed bye thing. I much prefer only the #1 seed having the bye. What is the justification for the #2 seed getting a bye other than it allowed them to have a 6 team playoff pool? There is justification for rewarding the 1 seed IMO. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybills Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 14 hours ago, Nklaiste1 said: When we played KC we were banged up and they had a 2 day rest advantage. If we had played under the old format (6 teams), we would've gotten a BYE and had a big rest advantage. So my question is which format do you think is better? The 6 team or 7 team? I personally like the 6 team format better because I feel 2 teams from each conference should get a bye. Loved that and 16 game schedule. Hate that everything is changed and probably will change more. 18 game and 8 in each side. 🤷♂️ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastMaster Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 1 hour ago, GunnerBill said: But they have been the best team in their conference in the regular season. I feel like that should be rewarded. Honestly I never liked the 1 and 2 seed bye thing. I much prefer only the #1 seed having the bye. What is the justification for the #2 seed getting a bye other than it allowed them to have a 6 team playoff pool? There is justification for rewarding the 1 seed IMO. You could have two teams that are 14-3 and didn't play each other, but the team that wins the tiebreaker cause of conference record or opponent win % should enjoy not just home field against them, but also a bye week so they had a much easier path? I wanna see the title game played evenly rest wise if those top two win their respective games to meet each other for a chance to go to the big game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 40 minutes ago, BeastMaster said: You could have two teams that are 14-3 and didn't play each other, but the team that wins the tiebreaker cause of conference record or opponent win % should enjoy not just home field against them, but also a bye week so they had a much easier path? I wanna see the title game played evenly rest wise if those top two win their respective games to meet each other for a chance to go to the big game When it comes down to strength of victory I will grant you that feels harsh. But how often does that happen? Extremely rarely. If it is on conference record, yea I think that is a legitimate reason for the advantage. Divisions should matter and the conference should matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 16 hours ago, Logic said: Mark Cuban was not wrong. The NFL is Icarus, and one day its wings will burn. To clarify........10 years ago Mark Cuban said the NFL would implode in 10 years. He couldn't have been more wrong. Quoting him for truth on that is like quoting some Y2K or 2012 apocalypse prophet. All these current sports will eventually run their course but their business model is FAR better than the NBA, MLB or NHL. And it's not even close. But as for the topic at hand........the current setup is fine. Back when the Bills were getting the #1 seed in the 90's I really didn't like the fact that the #2 seed was also getting a bye. The regular season champ deserves more of an advantage over the #2. Especially if it's accomplished over 17 or 18 games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17islongenough Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Don't mind the 1 seed getting a bye. Only things I would change is no MNF and each conference plays on the same day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 16 hours ago, RiotAct said: hilarious that we get the #2 seed on the regular right after they change the format. format was changed many years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 3 minutes ago, boyst said: format was changed many years ago. 2020. So four seasons of the new format. Bills have been the #2 seed three out of those four years - 2020, 2022, 2023. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Biscuit97 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Is this going to be our new overtime complaint all offseason? We had the worst version of chiefs at home. The format was completely fine. The Bills didn’t finish. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 7 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: 2020. So four seasons of the new format. Bills have been the #2 seed three out of those four years - 2020, 2022, 2023. wow. my memory is getting awful. seems like it was a decade ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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