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WizardHawk

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You get I agree with you as far as what they should do, right? I'm just not emotional about it if they don't make a switch.

while I am not as emotional as most are with their opinions I agree with you. I prefer it like it is.....but would understand if they made a change.
Playing both sides eh.

Bold move.
 

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Seeing both sides is called being an adult. Crying if you don't get exactly what you want is...well....not.
Agreeing with two different and opposed key views is called riding the fence. But you do you
 

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It's a oddity Boogie and said sad sack team will be made quick work of. Still some football to be played, lets not count chicks quiet yet. Lets see how it plays out and lets not have some knee jerk reaction to something that rarely happens. The NFL set up is made for maximum interest for fans, truly it is and it shows in the ratings. I'd be very unhappy if they changed the present system.


I get what you're saying, it causes more drama within the division, more importance to win the division...
 

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Agreeing with two different and opposed key views is called riding the fence. But you do you
Crying about not everything being 100% how you want is how a child behaves.

I like how the NFL is set up, and prefer they stay this way, but will not get emotional if they decided to reseed. wouldn't call keeping things how they are, and still keeping same format with divisions and WCs but seeding differently, 2 opposed and key views.

doing away with divisions altogether? different story.
 

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So what you're suggesting is, IS no more divisions.........brilliant
Your argument would mean what?
How would the NFL determine a regular season schedule?
And you want hear some crying ?.......
Ask the Redskins, Eagles, and Giants, how they would feel, IF the COWBOYS aren't playing them twice a year....
No COWBOYS, EQUALS NO TV RATINGS.
Why do you think the COWBOYS are STILL in the NFC East?
 

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You get I agree with you as far as what they should do, right? I'm just not emotional about it if they don't make a switch.

It's not 'emotional'...it's using common sense. When somebody brings something logical that validates an 8 win team should host a 12 win team based upon 'success'....well....that's never gonna happen.
 

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Ok, I think we all get that an 8 win team hosting a 12-13 win team looks off and we will never really all agree. But here's just a little food for thought for those wanting tge seeding completely revamped due to a scenario that happens pretty rarely.
Just last season for instance. The 10-6 Seahawks played the WC game at Dallas vs the 10-6 Cowboys. If the system all of the proponents of change was implemented, by NFL rules, tge Seahawks would have hosted that game due to the head to head tie breaker. Meaning the Cowboys winning their division would be meaningless.
Honest question, would you be in favor of that inequity as well? After all, fair is fair. Personally, as a Seahawk fan, I would not want my team benefitting from that for finishing second.
 

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Ok, I think we all get that an 8 win team hosting a 12-13 win team looks off and we will never really all agree. But here's just a little food for thought for those wanting tge seeding completely revamped due to a scenario that happens pretty rarely.
Just last season for instance. The 10-6 Seahawks played the WC game at Dallas vs the 10-6 Cowboys. If the system all of the proponents of change was implemented, by NFL rules, tge Seahawks would have hosted that game due to the head to head tie breaker. Meaning the Cowboys winning their division would be meaningless.
Honest question, would you be in favor of that inequity as well? After all, fair is fair. Personally, as a Seahawk fan, I would not want my team benefitting from that for finishing second.

The Cowboys in your scenario would still have a playoff game...ergo, winning the division was not meaningless.
 

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IDK @boogiewithstu2007 most of the changes are either for safety/lawsuit protection or for higher ratings and I don't see watering down division showdowns as something that will draw better rating. Actually think it would be a kick to the balls for ratings. It's like the difference to watching someone walking a tight rope six inches off the ground to walking a rope sixty feet off the ground, a whole lot of difference in the drama and interest in watching. Serious consequences make a whole lot of difference. I'm a big fan of the present set up and the success of the NFL supports that it's a win for the league and fans. :2cents:
Do you have an issue with awarding a division winner with a lesser record than the WC team an away playoff game as opposed to a home game?
 

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Ok, I think we all get that an 8 win team hosting a 12-13 win team looks off and we will never really all agree. But here's just a little food for thought for those wanting tge seeding completely revamped due to a scenario that happens pretty rarely.
Just last season for instance. The 10-6 Seahawks played the WC game at Dallas vs the 10-6 Cowboys. If the system all of the proponents of change was implemented, by NFL rules, tge Seahawks would have hosted that game due to the head to head tie breaker. Meaning the Cowboys winning their division would be meaningless.
Honest question, would you be in favor of that inequity as well? After all, fair is fair. Personally, as a Seahawk fan, I would not want my team benefitting from that for finishing second.
make the first tiebreaker a division winner
 

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Do you have an issue with awarding a division winner with a lesser record than the WC team an away playoff game as opposed to a home game?
I like what is in place at the present. It works well, no need for further tinkering.
 

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It's not 'emotional'...it's using common sense. When somebody brings something logical that validates an 8 win team should host a 12 win team based upon 'success'....well....that's never gonna happen.
Because despite what you think, the people in charge who do this for a living think division titles mean more than being a WC. The rules are set out clearly before the season and everyone knows them. Also, the division setup is the best way to make out schedules.
 

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The Cowboys in your scenario would still have a playoff game...ergo, winning the division was not meaningless.
But that 10-6 record would get any team into the playoff and they received no special privilege for winning the division....so it was meaningless.
 

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Do you have an issue with awarding a division winner with a lesser record than the WC team an away playoff game as opposed to a home game?
Yes. The prize for winning your division is a guaranteed home game. It's a worthy prize. Makes you fight for it that much more. Winning the division matters.

Further, they already sort those divisions in seeds 1 - 4 giving the top to an extra prize of a week off. The lower 2 have to play in week 1.

They are already penalized for not being the top 2 division winners.

Wild cards should be happy to be in it at all. They didn't win. They were given a consolation prize. What more do they REALLY deserve?

Go win your division. It's really not that hard to understand.
 

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It's a oddity Boogie and said sad sack team will be made quick work of. Still some football to be played, lets not count chicks quiet yet. Lets see how it plays out and lets not have some knee jerk reaction to something that rarely happens. The NFL set up is made for maximum interest for fans, truly it is and it shows in the ratings. I'd be very unhappy if they changed the present system.

I wouldn't change the system much but I would do one of the following the avoid what we're going to see in a few weeks.

1) If the WC team finish with at least 3 more wins than a division winner then they host that game WC weekend.

or

2) You must finish over .500 to host a playoffs game even if you win your division. This one is more straight forward so I would lean towards this idea instead.

Getting rid of divisions as the OP stated is silly
 

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It's not 'emotional'...it's using common sense. When somebody brings something logical that validates an 8 win team should host a 12 win team based upon 'success'....well....that's never gonna happen.


The 8 win team won their division and thus earned the right to host. That's logical

That is more logical than changing the rules every time the Santa Clara 49'ers fans poop their pants.....
 
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