Random NFL talk

[Battlelyon]

 

[Schmoopy1000]

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this cant be right.
Where's the Browns?

 

[jarntt]

Wow if they give Pacheco a contract like this

 

[Battlelyon]

 

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this cant be right.
Where's the Browns?

The Browns are in the AFC North.
The Browns have NEVER won the AFC North.

 

[Darrell Green Fan]

You go 14-3 and are rewarded by having to play a 10-7 team on the road in a city that's on fire. Sometimes it does look like Vikings Fan will never see a Super Bowl title.

 

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You go 14-3 and are rewarded by having to play a 10-7 team on the road in a city that's on fire. Sometimes it does look like Vikings Fan will never see a Super Bowl title.

There's no perfect way to seed teams because teams don't play the same schedule. The NFC East played the AFC North, (the best of the 4 AFC divisions), and the NFC South, (the weakest of the 4 NFC divisions). The NFC West played the best of the 4 NFC divisions and a middling AFC division. Who's to say who had the tougher overall schedule. I'm fine with giving the top 4 seeds to the divisional winners. I don't think it would be fair to just use the outright record to say an 11-6 Wildcard team is better than a 10-7 division winner.

As a compromise i'd be fine with accrediting divisional winners with 6 extra wins for seeding purposes - so that by win percentage a 13-4 Wildcard team would beat out a 10-7 division winner with an adjusted 16-7 record. However, the NFL audience includes the lower end of the US market. Regulations have to be simple. Some of the audience struggle with a 15 yard penalty being converted into a half-the-distance-to-the-goal penalty. I don't see the NFL significantly changing the seeding structure.

 

[dtgold88]

this cant be right.
Where's the Browns?

Ouch....

.....not lucky enough to be in either South Division?

 

[dtgold88]

There's no perfect way to seed teams because teams don't play the same schedule. The NFC East played the AFC North, (the best of the 4 AFC divisions), and the NFC South, (the weakest of the 4 NFC divisions). The NFC West played the best of the 4 NFC divisions and a middling AFC division. Who's to say who had the tougher overall schedule. I'm fine with giving the top 4 seeds to the divisional winners. I don't think it would be fair to just use the outright record to say an 11-6 Wildcard team is better than a 10-7 division winner.

As a compromise i'd be fine with accrediting divisional winners with 6 extra wins for seeding purposes - so that by win percentage a 13-4 Wildcard team would beat out a 10-7 division winner with an adjusted 16-7 record. However, the NFL audience includes the lower end of the US market. Regulations have to be simple. Some of the audience struggle with a 15 yard penalty being converted into a half-the-distance-to-the-goal penalty. I don't see the NFL significantly changing the seeding structure.

Because of the first thing you said I say leave it alone.....will be some seasons your division can help. Some it wont.

 

[Darrell Green Fan]

There's no perfect way to seed teams because teams don't play the same schedule. The NFC East played the AFC North, (the best of the 4 AFC divisions), and the NFC South, (the weakest of the 4 NFC divisions). The NFC West played the best of the 4 NFC divisions and a middling AFC division. Who's to say who had the tougher overall schedule. I'm fine with giving the top 4 seeds to the divisional winners. I don't think it would be fair to just use the outright record to say an 11-6 Wildcard team is better than a 10-7 division winner.

As a compromise i'd be fine with accrediting divisional winners with 6 extra wins for seeding purposes - so that by win percentage a 13-4 Wildcard team would beat out a 10-7 division winner with an adjusted 16-7 record. However, the NFL audience includes the lower end of the US market. Regulations have to be simple. Some of the audience struggle with a 15 yard penalty being converted into a half-the-distance-to-the-goal penalty. I don't see the NFL significantly changing the seeding structure.

Oh I know that, and I'm not blaming the seeding system. Vikes just got a bad break. Or course the league forcing them to play on a Monday night and should they win they will face their next opponent on a short week after having to travel. That hardly seems fair, they should not be playing playoff games on Monday night.

 

[dtgold88]

Oh I know that, and I'm not blaming the seeding system. Vikes just got a bad break. Or course the league forcing them to play on a Monday night and should they win they will face their next opponent on a short week after having to travel. That hardly seems fair, they should not be playing playoff games on Monday night.

Yeah, while selfishly I say the more football days the better I agree with you.

 

[jerseyhawksfan79]

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Only team that I would remotely be interested in would be Falcons. They could be interesting, but the other three teams. OMG.

but it will end up the titans because it has been common for the team with the 1st pick getting it.
but that makes hardknocks so boring & predictable. Unless you are a fan of the team with the top pick of course.

We knew the bears would get it & it was exactly what we thought it would be.
Just a shit ton of Williams.

Hopefully if it has to be one of these teams. it ends up the Falcons.

Hopefully they choose the Jets. I want see that shit show with the 17yr old GM running the show.

 

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Oh I know that, and I'm not blaming the seeding system. Vikes just got a bad break. Or course the league forcing them to play on a Monday night and should they win they will face their next opponent on a short week after having to travel. That hardly seems fair, they should not be playing playoff games on Monday night.

Somebody is going to have to play on Saturday. Whoever it is will have less than a full week in-between games. There have been 4 MNF wildcard playoff games in the 3 year period when playoff games have been held on Mondays. All 4 game winners have played their Divisional round game on the following Sunday rather than on Saturday. People don't complain about going from MNF to the following Sunday during the regular season. There's going to be a team the wins on Saturday that will then play a team that wins on Sunday. Should we complain about that Saturday team getting an extra day to recover? I can't imagine fans being in favour of playing all the games at exactly the same time to avoid an inequity of recovery time.