Are there too many divisions in the NFL?

[soxfan1468927]

Im not even being a wise ass, but how is it that they have less postseason appearances than any other division in the NFL in that time span? It cant just be the loss (or 2) to the Pats?

Just circumstance. 2015 is a good example. Jets lost out on the wild card on a tiebreaker to Pittsburgh. Bills and Dolphins went 8-8 and 6-10 while the Ravens and Browns went 5-11 and 3-13. So obviously the AFC East was better than the AFC North, even though the North got 2 playoff teams.

In the 10 seasons where they haven't had a wild card winner, 7 of those the 2nd place team finished either tied (and lost the tiebreaker) or 1 game behind the wild card winner. And in most of those seasons, the 3rd and 4th place teams were not your typical bottom feeders. 9 out of the 15 years, the last place team has won 6+ games. And no one would argue that a 6-win team is any good, but for a 4th place team it actually is.

Looking at who has played in the playoffs only shows a small portion of the picture. Would you argue that the AFC East is better than the NFC East over the last 8 years, since the AFC East has had 3 Wild Card winners while the NFC East has only had 2? Probably not.

 

[JMR]

Current format is optimal for a 16 game season and 32 teams. You can't have 17 game regular seasons unless you make every team play one game in a neutral site (London, Mexico, etc.), which probably wouldn't be all that popular, and 18 game regular seasons is just too much. The only way to make it work as good as it does now is to reduce teams and games, and we all know that isn't happening.

 

[sonnyblack65]

I have

Everyone in and around the NFL thinks Belichick is best or no worse than 2nd best HC of all time

Ill go with that over the Sonny Black and no one else opinion

I have him in top 6 in no particular order Lombardi, Shula, Walsh, Noll and Landry then 7th maybe Gibbs. Sure Phil was a great coach with Jordan or Shaq/Kobe. Bill hasn't to be proven to be a winning HC w/o Brady is all 1 playoff win in 7 seasons and .500 record doesn't put him on that list. The player have Brady rated top plaer in NFL so I will go with that over the opinion of @DirtDirtDirt

 

[NWPATSFAN]

Youre completely and utterly full of shit

"Dirt doesnt like the Pats" is your response to everything

So how am I wrong?