Report: NFL to add 7th team to playoffs in 2014

[nyjunc]

I disagree on 8 teams, half of each conference making the playoffs is not the way to go. 7 teams could be considered "pushing it", but there have been plenty of times when deserving teams missed out on the playoffs. Two teams that immediately come to mind are this year's Cardinals and the 2008 Patriots.

Plus, the only changes a 7 team playoff would do is add one extra game per day on Wildcard weekend and eliminate one bye week. If you go to 8 teams, you almost have to have two seperate wildcard weekends.

just b/c a team wins 10/11 games doesn't mean they deserve it. The Pats had a cake sched in 2008, they weren't nearly as good as their record. Ari turned it on late and were playing well but not well enough. If they want to seed top 6 regardless of division that would prevent an 8-8 team(or 7-9 as happened a few years ago) from making it as division champs and would allow teams like Ari to make it.

 

[maralieus]

Personally I like the idea. It adds an underdog element to the playoffs. Plus it gives hpe yo a ot of fanbases like ours that miss out barely seemingly every year.

 

[dlockz]

Dillute the significance of the regular season more, its just another way of making the game worse. Almost as bad an idea as an 18 game schedule.
The truth though its about money, even though they make plenty and even make you pay for their stadiums they want u to support your 8-8 team another week.
I have no problem with an 8-8 team going to playoffs in current format but 7 teams ugh. I think the two teams deserve the bye and it makes it much more interesting

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Personally I like the idea. It adds an underdog element to the playoffs. Plus it gives hpe yo a ot of fanbases like ours that miss out barely seemingly every year.

Well we could just put out a better team and we wouldn't barely make the playoffs , I like that option better.
Ross and his fellow owners have found a way to build a playoff team just keep creating more playoff slots

 

[royalshank]

I actually think it should be expanded to 8 teams per conference. This is a MUCH better solution to create more revenue than the 18 game season, and as we see with teams like Miami and Baltimore and San Diego and Arizona, parity has created a situation in which the 8th best team in each conference is dangerous.

I agree - an 18 game season just means more career ending injuries.

 

[Hayden Fox]

Buffalo likes this

 

[datruth55]

it's so stupid, there is not a good reason to add another playoff team.

Well in the NFC the Cardinals missed the playoffs with a 10-6 record while Green Bay got in with an 8-7-1 record cause their division sucks.

 

[WVDolphan]

The Dolphins technically finished 10th in the AFC this year. Pretty pathetic.

Adding another team is nonsense. It just creates one more game with potentially bad QB play like Andy Dalton where one team is over matched. You want to be one of the teams that gets lucky and draws a team who has a good overall team but, a terrible QB like the Bungles or Phins.

As you can see now the AFC is down to its best 4 QBs, and the real fun starts this weekend.

Interesting read here...............

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...ng-after-a-great-time-for-great-quarterbacks/

See how some of this relates to the phins situation and Tannehill..........

The NFL is, more than ever before, a quarterback league. And we’ve got some great ones playing in these playoffs

No doubt

When quarterbacks are playing badly, like Andy Dalton played in Cincinnati on Sunday, the result is a team with no chance to win, even when its defense plays well.

Tell me where we have seen that before.

There were no 100-yard rushers. The flip side of the NFL being a league of great quarterbacks is that the running game has been de-emphasized. There wasn’t a single 100-yard runner in the NFL this weekend.

For everyone screaming about how Tannehill needs a running game. The good QBs in the playoffs DO NOT.

Lewis can build a defense, but he can’t build a quarterback. Bengals coach Marvin Lewis has a well-earned reputation as a great defensive mind, and his defense was strong on Sunday, holding a good San Diego offense in check for most of the game. Unfortunately, Lewis has Andy Dalton as his quarterback, and Dalton was beyond terrible on Sunday, with three turnovers that pretty much handed the game to the Chargers. Lewis may need to sign or draft another quarterback this offseason because Dalton simply isn’t up to the task.

Same situation for the Phins.

 

[J. David Wannyheimer]

I agree - an 18 game season just means more career ending injuries.

Well, if the NFL really wanted to reduce injuries, they wouldn't have agreed to a CBA in which players get less practice time.

 

[futurescout]

I wonder how much Jerry Jones paid Godell....

 

[dlockz]

Well in the NFC the Cardinals missed the playoffs with a 10-6 record while Green Bay got in with an 8-7-1 record cause their division sucks.

I find that fair the divisions are the divisions. There will be cases of teams not making it and that's what makes it interesting now.
There is nothing interesting about tiebreakers for 3rd place 8-8 teams

 

[NCFINFAN13]

I would run the play offs like this. Any team that finishes 10-6 or above is in no matter how many. I would only include 9-7 teams if we didn't get 6 double digit winners in the conference.

 

[nyjunc]

Well in the NFC the Cardinals missed the playoffs with a 10-6 record while Green Bay got in with an 8-7-1 record cause their division sucks.

that's luck of the draw, the Cards made the playoffs winning a division at 9-7 when the NFC West sucked a few years ago. our division has been playing for 2nd place for over a decade- is it fair? No but it's life behind Brady.

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The Dolphins technically finished 10th in the AFC this year. Pretty pathetic.

Adding another team is nonsense. It just creates one more game with potentially bad QB play like Andy Dalton where one team is over matched. You want to be one of the teams that gets lucky and draws a team who has a good overall team but, a terrible QB like the Bungles or Phins.

As you can see now the AFC is down to its best 4 QBs, and the real fun starts this weekend.

Interesting read here...............

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...ng-after-a-great-time-for-great-quarterbacks/

See how some of this relates to the phins situation and Tannehill..........



No doubt


Tell me where we have seen that before.


For everyone screaming about how Tannehill needs a running game. The good QBs in the playoffs DO NOT.

Same situation for the Phins.

When quarterbacks are playing badly, like Andy Dalton played in Cincinnati on Sunday, the result is a team with no chance to win, even when its defense plays well.

hmmm, but I heard that a good D can carry any QB in the playoffs?:D

 

[WVDolphan]

Well in the NFC the Cardinals missed the playoffs with a 10-6 record while Green Bay got in with an 8-7-1 record cause their division sucks.

To be fair, Green Bay wouldve been better than 8-7-1 if Rodgers dosent get injured.

All other teams in the NFC playoffs had at least 10 wins. Everyone knew what they needed to do to qualify for the playoffs when the year started. The rules werent made up as they go like in college ball where the teams playing for a championship are determined by vote.

You want to win a championship in the NFL you know what you need to do...... WIN YOUR DIVISION or have one of the best 2 records of non division winning teams. The Cardinals didnt do that. I have no sympathy for them.

 

[CalDolFan10x14]

I don't mind adding another team, but they should do away with the divisions as there always seems to be a division winner sneaking in at 8-8 or 9-7 while a wildcard contender misses out @ 10-6 or 11-5 as of late. Or better yet, don't guarantee that a division winner gets a top 4 seed and a home game.

 

[J. David Wannyheimer]

The Cards play in the best division in football. I wouldn't say I "feel sorry" for them, but that's a good team and of all the teams that got excluded from contention, they are easily the best. They beat the **** out of Seattle up in their house just a couple of weeks ago.

That wasn't a fluke. Palmer threw 4 damn interceptions and the Cardinals still stomped on their throats. Bruce Arians is a hell of a coach.