Do you think the NFL should make any changes to the playoff format?

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in the 2010 season the Seahawks won the NFC West with a 7-9 record, tying the Rams for 1st place but they won the tiebreaker because they had the better division record. 

There were a lot of knee jerk reactions saying it was unfair that the 11-5 Saints had to play on the road against a 7-9 team while teams such as the Giants & Bucs (both 10-6) missed the playoffs.

So my quesiton is: do you think the NFL should change the playoff rules at all?

A few possible changes:
1. Require a minimum of 8 or 9 wins for a division championship. If a division doesn't produce a qualifying champion for the playoff seed then simply add a 3rd wildcard team.

2. Eliminate the rule that division champions are always seeded 1-4 with a home game first. Seed the 6 playoff teams in order based on record and give home field advantage to the team with the better record in all cases

3. Any other changes you can think of?

devilishblueyes · Accepted Answer

I think it is fine as is.  A number of teams that barely made the playoff with a horrible record like the Steelers and Giants have won the Super Bowl.  I think somewhat we've grown to love the NFL playoffs for what it is, it's flaws and all.  Moreso, I think I'd like to see college football adopt a similar format of division winners and wild card teams with basically the same number of teams.  Then it'd create a great BCS Championship.

Derrick Rose = King · Answer

I think the AFC and NFC should be 2 whole divisions. You should face your rival more than 1 time like Pitt and Baltimore will still face eachother 2 times. 
Other than that you pretty much hit it on the head. 
Top 6 records the top 2 records getting bye weeks. 
the winner of 1 will face the lowest seeded winner 
of 3 vs 6 and 4 vs 5. and #2 will face the other winner.
Then championships followed by super bowl. 


Something completley different would be interleague playoffs! So the Steelers and Ravens could face in the Superbowl.

nas88car300 · Answer

nope  

division winners and the 2 next best records

2 is an intersting idea  and should go to the team with the better record after the first round

3  full 15 minutes of OT if tied  then sudden death/victory after the the 1st OT  plus a team must go for 2 points after a TD

Anonymous · Answer

division records dont matter in tie breakers, It only matters who won the final game in the divisional series.
Cowboys could go 5-1 in the division and the Giants could go 1-5 in the divsion. If the giants beat the cowboys in their final divisional game, The giants win the division.

Their should be no change to the playoff format. If you cant win your division they what makes you think your team has "EARNED" its placed in the playoffs.

Do you think the NFL should make any changes to the playoff format?

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