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GabbaDo asked in SportsFootball (American) · 1 decade ago

Should a team with the best records have a bye week in the playoffs ?

I think we should add 2 more teams in the playoffs to make it more interesting.

If the best team is really the best team then why aren't they playing 3 playoff games like the others.

I say we seed them 1-8 , the team with the best record plays the team with the worst record, and so on.

Update:

Well, I heard they want to add a 17th reagular season game.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic...

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Next week is the Probowl.There is not next week playoffs.

  • 1 decade ago

    There are no plans to expand the field to 8. Doing so would put a full HALF of the NFL teams in the playoffs, which is definitely not a good thing when you consider the increased risk of a 7-9 team getting into the playoffs. The best teams get a bye precisely because...they are the best teams! It's the reward for coming out of the 16-game season with the best record.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Actually the league has been talking about this lately

    Proposed Ideas include shortening the Preseason and adding 2 games to the Regular Season which would obviously make for better playoff races.

    But in my opinion i think the post season is fine the way it is....

  • 1 decade ago

    Playoff is fine the way it is. They do bye week so even after week 13 there still competing top competiting teams.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    that means the vikes and the saints would have made it. that wouldnt be interesting to have the saints in the playoffs

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