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Roger Goodell says league studying playoff expansion - NFL.com


why ruin a good thing? Why even consider it? All about the $$....

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Joey007

They might as well get rid of the playoffs if they do this and make the top 2 teams play in the SB. Making the playoffs wouln't even be an accomplishment.

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mgteich

Almost all changes (and there have been many) are about the money. Football is a business.

My opinion is that expansion will not make the game any more money. HOWEVER, a sixteen team playoffs with no bye might make more money. I'm sure the owners will make the right business decision, (as they will with regard to the pro bowl).

jmt57

If the league insists on increasing its revenue stream, then which is preferential: two more playoff teams (no bye for the #2 seed, they would play the #7 seed), or a 17-game schedule? Four more playoff teams (1 vs. 8), or an 18-game schedule?

Assuming you cannot choose 'neither', which would most people prefer? If I had to pick one it would be two more playoff teams.

Nikolai

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DropKickFlutie

worst commissioner ever.

total hypocrite on player safety trying to add more games

ivanvamp

Honestly, I think the NFL is just about the most "perfect" pro sports league there is. 32 teams, scheduling is a snap, the right number of teams make the playoffs, with a nice reward for the top 2 seeds that the other seeds don't get. Yet it's balanced enough so that quite often a 3-6 seed makes the SB. There's enough intrigue so that in the last few weeks there's usually quite a few teams in the playoff mix, but it's not a complete free-for-all, and almost always the teams that are in there are pretty good.

But IF they are hell-bent on making a change, I'd start with adding just one more playoff team per conference and still give the #1 seed a bye. It's still well worth playing for. So the WC weekend would be:

2 v. 7
3 v. 6
4 v. 5

Then re-seed after that, with the 1 seed playing the worst remaining seed, etc. I think that would be ok. But what you don't want is a hockey-style playoff format where so many teams get in that you routinely have an 8-8 (or worse) make the playoffs.

Nikolai

I'd posit he's very consistent on player safety, at least if dollars is the ultimate goal. Pushing a "player safety" agenda, however disingenuous, helps keep fans feeling like they're watching a league that is at least somewhat safe and trying to help its players. Hence, they'll drop money on the league.

And adding games/playoff teams is probably considered a net gain where the cost of player safety is outpaced by the revenue generated from extra games.

Follow the money.

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“On a day when they could have had impact players David Terrell or Koren Robinson..they took Georgia defensive tackle Richard Seymour, who had 1 sacks last season in the pass-happy SEC and is too tall to play tackle at 6-6 and too slow to play defensive end. This genius move was followed by trading out of a spot where they could have gotten the last decent receiver in Robert Ferguson and settled for tackle Matt Light, who will not help any time soon.”

mgteich

If I had to choose, I would choose 2 more teams PLUS re-seeding. Being the top seed is awesome if there is re-seeding.

I would understand that eventually another two teams would be added.

Deus Irae

They can either learn from hockey, or they can join its follies. They'll either figure out when they've reached a saturation point or they'll eventually overreach and damage the game. Sadly, they seem too greedy to make the smart decisions.

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