Lions withdraw proposal to alter playoff seeding

[BillsFan619]

 

[ClemsonBills]

All of that work to pull the rug last second. Sounds like our government for the last 20 years.

[TheFunPolice]

NFC South owners were like "come on, if this passes we'll never host a playoff game!" 

 

 

[MikePJ76]

Good.

 

what would be the point of divisions if they just seeded the conference by record?

 

might as well just have two divisions in that case, the nfc and the afc.

 

 

[BillsFan619]

6 minutes ago, MikePJ76 said:

Good.

 

what would be the point of divisions if they just seeded the conference by record?

 

might as well just have two divisions in that case, the nfc and the afc.

 

 

Yeah, I agree.

 

Some divisions are just tougher than others, and sometimes they beat each other up to where the division champs record isn’t as good. Or, you may have a division winner that faces tougher competition by having a harder schedule.

 

One thought I’ve been OK with when it comes to altering playoff seeding is if a division champ has an under .500 record. In that case, I can see giving a home game to the wildcard team instead of a division winner.
 

Go Bills!

[The Wiz]

13 minutes ago, TheFunPolice said:

NFC South owners were like "come on, if this passes we'll never host a playoff game!" 

 

 

AFC South also.  Once every 5 years they have a team good enough to crack the top 4 seeds.

[Captain Hindsight]

21 minutes ago, The Wiz said:

AFC South also.  Once every 5 years they have a team good enough to crack the top 4 seeds.

Its one reason I'm not high on the Texans. Like yeah, back to back champs... against the Colts, Jags and Titans

 

[WotAGuy]

I suppose that proposal to let the Bills win a Super Bowl is dead as well?

[billsfan89]

4 minutes ago, Captain Hindsight said:

Its one reason I'm not high on the Texans. Like yeah, back to back champs... against the Colts, Jags and Titans

 

 

It also just seems like the Texans aren't being as aggressive as a team with a QB on a rookie deal should be. Last year they went out and got Mixon, Diggs and Hunter both big time higher end talent moves. Diggs worked out until he got hurt, Mixon was a hit, and Hunter was a big addition with 12 sacks. This off-season it was kind of a lot of smaller moves a team that didn't have the luxury of a rookie QB deal would make. They traded away their best offensive linemen and brought in Cam Robinsion one a 14 million dollar one year deal and their only other notable acquisition was CJ Gardner Johnson in the secondary which while a nice trade isn't a massive needle mover. 

 

I get not wanting to overspend but you would think for a team that came into 2024 with big expectations and a team in a good cap situation they wouldn't be in such a slow pace to take advantage of a rookie QB deal adding another "big" piece or two even just another shorter term vet rental to add some impact and allow rookies to develop. I thought the Texans in 2024 were making sure to continue to dominate their weaker division, in 2025 I feel like they are allowing the division to come to them but likely will still win the division because all that's likely gonna take is 10 wins. 

[Low Positive]

10 minutes ago, billsfan89 said:

 

It also just seems like the Texans aren't being as aggressive as a team with a QB on a rookie deal should be. Last year they went out and got Mixon, Diggs and Hunter both big time higher end talent moves. Diggs worked out until he got hurt, Mixon was a hit, and Hunter was a big addition with 12 sacks. This off-season it was kind of a lot of smaller moves a team that didn't have the luxury of a rookie QB deal would make. They traded away their best offensive linemen and brought in Cam Robinsion one a 14 million dollar one year deal and their only other notable acquisition was CJ Gardner Johnson in the secondary which while a nice trade isn't a massive needle mover. 

 

I get not wanting to overspend but you would think for a team that came into 2024 with big expectations and a team in a good cap situation they wouldn't be in such a slow pace to take advantage of a rookie QB deal adding another "big" piece or two even just another shorter term vet rental to add some impact and allow rookies to develop. I thought the Texans in 2024 were making sure to continue to dominate their weaker division, in 2025 I feel like they are allowing the division to come to them but likely will still win the division because all that's likely gonna take is 10 wins. 

Just like Cincinnati, Houston is banking on a coodinator being the sole cause of an underperforming unit. 

[The Wiz]

15 minutes ago, WotAGuy said:

I suppose that proposal to let the Bills win a Super Bowl is dead as well?

Oh... it was never an option....

[eball]

Once they get to an 18-game schedule I hope they eliminate byes altogether and put 16 teams into the playoffs so it's a legitimate tournament.  The decision to go to only one bye per conference was a dumb one.

 

[H2o]

20 minutes ago, WotAGuy said:

I suppose that proposal to let the Bills win a Super Bowl is dead as well?

Is The Smoking Man still alive? 

[The Wiz]

3 minutes ago, H2o said:

Is The Smoking Man still alive? 

He is. 87 years old.

 

He looked like he was 87 in the 90s.

Edited 5 hours ago by The Wiz

[thenorthremembers]

Please God dont let them touch the seeding.  I watch a ton of NBA and their playoff seeding is absolute nonsense.

[KingBoots8]

3 minutes ago, The Wiz said:

He is. 87 years old.

 

He looked like he was 87 in the 90s.

He lifted the curse last year! Maybe since he did it so late in the season last year it will kick off this season 🤞
 

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6108718/2025/02/04/buffalo-bills-smoking-man-x-files-curse-super-bowl/

 

[DrDawkinstein]

Good.

 

This idea that the Rules Committee and Owners Meetings must make changes every year is a bit too much.

 

There isnt much broken with the NFL right now. Especially when you compare its success to all the other pro sports leagues.

 

Messing with the playoffs can really affect the league. It waters down Division rivalries, complicated scheduling, etc.

 

They dont need a lottery for the draft. They dont need to reseed playoffs.

[Chandler#81]

 
so they’re entering the enclave till the decision has arrived? Should we be looking for white smoke over the League offices?

😳

Long live the Tush Push! May God have mercy on mercy on us all!

 

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

12 minutes ago, BillsFan619 said:

Yeah, I agree.

 

Some divisions are just tougher than others, and sometimes they beat each other up to where the division champs record isn’t as good. Or, you may have a division winner that faces tougher competition by having a harder schedule.

 

One thought I’ve been OK with when it comes to altering playoff seeding is if a division champ has an under .500 record. In that case, I can see giving a home game to the wildcard team instead of a division winner.
 

Go Bills!

 

And the 9-8 division winner usually played two of the harder divisions, while a 12-5 wildcard team probably played weaker divisions, or was a 3rd/4th place finisher the year before and gets 3 weaker uncommon divisional opponents because of that. 

 

You get 6 divisional games which is usually going to be the difference in a division race, win 5 or 6 of those and you probably win your division every time.  

[DrDawkinstein]

21 minutes ago, eball said:

Once they get to an 18-game schedule I hope they eliminate byes altogether and put 16 teams into the playoffs so it's a legitimate tournament.  The decision to go to only one bye per conference was a dumb one.

 

 

Oh lord, please no. This constant expansion of playoffs just ruins sports. It weakens the value of the regular season. And then we get boring, blowout, almost unwatchable early playoff games. See: college football.

 

I want the best vs the best in the playoffs. We dont need half the league making the playoffs. If anything, I say let LESS teams into the playoffs.

 

(I do agree with the sentiment on the 1-bye tho)

1 hour ago, MikePJ76 said:

Good.

 

what would be the point of divisions if they just seeded the conference by record?

 

might as well just have two divisions in that case, the nfc and the afc.

 

 

 

1 hour ago, BillsFan619 said:

Yeah, I agree.

 

Some divisions are just tougher than others, and sometimes they beat each other up to where the division champs record isn’t as good. Or, you may have a division winner that faces tougher competition by having a harder schedule.

 

One thought I’ve been OK with when it comes to altering playoff seeding is if a division champ has an under .500 record. In that case, I can see giving a home game to the wildcard team instead of a division winner.
 

Go Bills!

 

Yep. That is exactly what Louis Riddick pointed out this morning.

 

If you go to this reseeding model, then the only way to have it be fair is if you change scheduling so everyone in a conference plays everyone in that conference. Which instantly eliminates all the historic and beloved Division rivalries. Hard pass.