ALP

right now i must say no, no matter how much it pains me...

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No changes.

AFPatsFan12

Nah, I'm ok with it. When 12-4 Jacksonville came up to Foxboro to play the 10-6 Pats in 2005, we benefited from it. Divisions create rivalries, and give teams a common "goal" to start the year with. You always know that you can get in by winning your division, and winning division games.

The end result in doing away with the current system is to do away with divisions AND conferences, and lump all 32 teams together, which would be asinine. And even then, you'd have people *****ing about the schedule (Why did Team A play the Lions, while Team B played the Pats, and so on)... there's never going to be a completely equitable solution.

I still think the NFL has the best playoff setup of any major sport.

KontradictioN

If we change it, what would be the point of winning the division anymore? Say we win the division at 9-7 and the Broncos do not win their division but finish 10-6 (and also have a cake schedule). Then we, as the winners of a tougher division, are screwed anyway because the system has a flaw, albeit a different flaw. Keep things the way they are. *****ing about the system needing to be changed just because we didn't get in at 11-5 is acting like Bill Polian IMO.

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Real American Hero

I'm glad the results are skewed the way they are despite the vocal minority in some of the other threads. This is exactly what sprung to my mind as well, acting like Polian.

Ochmed Jones

I think what needs to change is the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th place schedules. If every division winner in every division gets a playoff spot, then everybody in that division should play the SAME schedule. Why should we get Pittsburgh and Indy for winning the division and Miami get Houston and Baltimore?

Every team in a division should play the same schedule and then the best record in that division should get the playoff spot.

Of course the NFL would need to go to an 18 game schedule to do this right, but that's OK, they can cut out 2 worthless preseason games.

jdk19

I said the same thing after the Pats finished 9-7 in a 3 way tie and lost on I don't know what tie breaker.

If you want to make the division championship matter it should be tie breaker #1 in the following year.

If you win in 2007 it is tie breaker # 1 for 2008.

To be the man you have to beat the man philosophy. Not tie and win on some BS tie breaker.

Then move on to the other tie breakers.

T_Brady12

It does seem to happen almost every year that a division winner has a worse record and either hosts a wild-card team, or misses the playoffs.

But, that's just apart of the game, in my opinion, and it should stay the way it is.

pheenix11

NFL has the best playoff system, don't change it.

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abejarano12

I do believe that only the best teams should be in the playoffs. I know that sometime a 8-8 team will make it but they really should have to earn it. I mean really earn it.

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