NFL Will Consider Changing Playoff Format

[MaroonBells]

They will change it the year we win our division with 8 wins.

So true.

[medaille]

I like it the way it is. It makes the last couple regular games mean more and increases rivalries within your division. The amount of times when something as lop-sided as this year happens is pretty rare, where a very mid team is hosting a very good team and I just don't really care that much when a 10-7 team has to travel to a 7-10 team.

I won't be heartbroken or anything if it changes, and I get that perspective. I just don't think the league will do it when it makes more games less interesting.

[AGRforever]

Speaking of changes. Why the Fk is there two games on at 330 and why couldn’t we play tonight?

I don’t recall two games at the same time and Monday sucks.

[FLVike]

Speaking of changes. Why the Fk is there two games on at 330 and why couldn’t we play tonight? 

I don’t recall two games at the same time and Monday sucks.

There is not two games on at the same time. You must have seen a replay broadcast on NFL Network. They like to do that for obvious reasons.

[JimmyinSD]

Needs to be fixed, regualr season is to compete for division championships, playoffs is for conference championship and the slotting needs to reflect that. Division winners get in, should be nothing more, home field should be based on conference standings at the emd of the season, a bracket made, and the games played off that bracket, no reseeding after the playoffs start

Kinda bullshit that the lions get home field and then also get the lowest remaining seed after the wildcard round.

[AGRforever]

There is not two games on at the same time. You must have seen a replay broadcast on NFL Network. They like to do that for obvious reasons.

Lol. That’s probably it. It’s not as easy to see where you’re getting the feed on Hulu.

[Montana Tom]

The Vikings were involved in the last playoff game change...the OT rules. (When we played the Saints and we never touched the ball and they went down and kicked a FG to advance to the Super Bowl). This year, there were three teams that played away games with teams with inferior records. Home advantage should go to the teams with the best records, and the division winners should qualify as well. It's simple.

[badgervike]

I'd like to see it changed to best record gets the higher seed. The reality is the Lions, Viking and Packers all had a much tougher schedule this year due to strength of the teams in the conference. I would like, however, for the first tie breaker to be conference champion. If two 10-7 teams make the playoffs (one wild card and one conference) the conference champion should get the higher seed.

[comet52]

Hey NFL owners: Would you like to change from the system where if you win your division with a good not great team you get a home playoff game and all the revenue from it, to one where you give that up to some better team and go on the road to play that team instead?

NFL owners: Ummm...