Calhoun44
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I like this idea for other sports but think it just won't work for football. The top 2 seeds would have 2 full weeks off which I don't think would be a good thing (EDIT: deleted for inaccuracy - damn my faulty memory. ).Is it possible that they are considering a play in game for #6 and #7? The rest of the field gets a week off and the two squeak-in teams have to play an extra game? That is the only way it would make sense to me. Maybe drop the extra week between the SB and finally get rid of the Pro Bowl.
Or the other possibility would be to go like the NBA and split the NFL into 2 Conferences with no divisions.Is it possible that they are considering a play in game for #6 and #7? The rest of the field gets a week off and the two squeak-in teams have to play an extra game? That is the only way it would make sense to me. Maybe drop the extra week between the SB and finally get rid of the Pro Bowl.
I like this idea for other sports but think it just won't work for football. The top 2 seeds would have 2 full weeks off which I don't think would be a good thing (and I say that despite the fact that AFAIK the only team to have back to back weeks off was the 2001 Patriots who won the Super Bowl).
I doubt a team, if given the choice, would want that much time off.
What's especially hilarious is how incredibly few people reference the place where the blame actually belongs: ownership.
I don't see anyone denying the above, I just see countless threads in this forum criticizing the NFL for various things with the vast majority of comments being pure Goodell hatred.Much of what "the Commissioner" does is simply following the will of ownership, or subset thereof. There are few people who would deny this, and those that would are clearly fools.
Prediction: they go to 14 playoff teams... it's a cluster****...
and then the ownership says the perfect remedy at that point HAS to be...
...you got it...
...going to 16 playoff teams." :bricks::bricks::bricks:
Why would they shut it down? Even if they concede the #1 spot, they'd still rather be #2 than #3 so they would play on for that reason.Hell, why not just make it 16 games and watered down like the NBA and NHL? 12 teams is PERFECT. Two byes, two division winners, two wild cards.
And the league hasn't been lacking in mediocre champions lately. 2012 Ravens were 10-6, 2011 Giants were NINE AND SEVEN. The Packers were 10-6, but at least for that year they were really good on both sides of the ball and had a ton of injuries. I think they were legit.
The last 10 champion seedings: 2, 6, 3, 5, 2, 1, 6, 4, 4, 1. Four byes, three division winners, three wild cards. Pretty balanced if you ask me.
And it makes the race even less interesting if you've got one super team like say the 2007 Patriots who jump out to a 12-0 record with a win over the next closest team, the 10-2 Colts. The 10-2 team knows they probably won't catch the 12-0 one, so they'll just shut it down.
I don't see anyone denying the above, I just see countless threads in this forum criticizing the NFL for various things which the vast majority of comments being pure Goodell hatred.
Blaming Goodell for these moves is nothing more than blaming an employee for doing exactly what his boss (or in this case, bosses) instruct him to do. The hatred should be directed at them.
Another awful rules change by an awful commissioner. This guy, unless something drastic happens, is going to be in office for a very, very long time. If crap like this keeps happening, he's going to completely ruin the game. People can only take so much when it comes to watering down and changing the game for the sake of greed.
According to my sources familiar with Roger Goodell's train of thought, there have been too many complains that the league is "bullying" the 20 teams that aren't allowed into the playoffs each season. Another proposal brought up to the league was to stop keeping track of score. It's unlikely to see much opposition. Don't shoot the messenger.