new post season expansion nfl (1 Viewer)

[quick-hands]

adding 8th team AFC-NFC because of bengals vs bills game

 

[bryhamm]

no way, imo

 

[Ministry of Pain]

NFL ponders playoff seeding without playing Bills-Bengals - ProFootballTalk

The NFL continues to discuss and deliberate the unfinished Bills-Bengals game from Week 17.Nothing is official yet. Here’s what we currently know.Bills-Bengals most likely will not be played. The players don’t want to do it. And there’s no good way to fit it into the schedule.The best bad...

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Bills-Bengals most likely will not be played. The players don’t want to do it. And there’s no good way to fit it into the schedule.

The best bad solution in this regard would be to play the NFC wild-card round and Bills-Bengals next weekend, with the AFC wild-card round being played the next weekend. This would wipe out the week between the conference championships and the Super Bowl. There’s no appetite for that approach.

 

[eighsse2]

Don't see this happening and don't like the idea. I get that it eliminates the bye issue, but it's not any more fair than any other idea.

 

[ghostguy123]

Dumb

 

[renesauz]

IMO, just use the wining percentages and keep the playoff format with one key change: If the Conference final includes two of the three teams currently contending for home field advantage it gets played at a neutral site. You could work on figuring out that neutral site now.

 

[bryhamm]

IMO, just use the wining percentages and keep the playoff format with one key change: If the Conference final includes two of the three teams currently contending for home field advantage it gets played at a neutral site. You could work on figuring out that neutral site now.

Why bother with the change. If you are going to use winning %, then use it the whole way through.

 

[Snotbubbles]

IMO, just use the wining percentages and keep the playoff format with one key change: If the Conference final includes two of the three teams currently contending for home field advantage it gets played at a neutral site. You could work on figuring out that neutral site now.

Don't like the neutral site idea. Just use win% and be done with it.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

IMO, just use the wining percentages and keep the playoff format with one key change: If the Conference final includes two of the three teams currently contending for home field advantage it gets played at a neutral site. You could work on figuring out that neutral site now.

Don't like the neutral site idea. Just use win% and be done with it.

That's how I feel, too. But I'm not going to flip out over the league futzing around with HFA. None of it is really that big of a deal. I'm just glad they didn't blow up the entire playoff structure over one game

 

[Snotbubbles]

IMO, just use the wining percentages and keep the playoff format with one key change: If the Conference final includes two of the three teams currently contending for home field advantage it gets played at a neutral site. You could work on figuring out that neutral site now.

Don't like the neutral site idea. Just use win% and be done with it.

That's how I feel, too. But I'm not going to flip out over the league futzing around with HFA. None of it is really that big of a deal. I'm just glad they didn't blow up the entire playoff structure over one game

Well from my perspective, I'm a season ticket holder for the Eagles. If they moved that game to a neutral site because of something that happened between SF and MIN, I'd be pissed. It's been 5 years since we hosted a playoff game. Not to mention if I decided to sell the tickets I could make a nice profit. Imagine PHI v DAL in the NFCCG. I could pay for my next seasons tickets with that one game.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

IMO, just use the wining percentages and keep the playoff format with one key change: If the Conference final includes two of the three teams currently contending for home field advantage it gets played at a neutral site. You could work on figuring out that neutral site now.

Don't like the neutral site idea. Just use win% and be done with it.

That's how I feel, too. But I'm not going to flip out over the league futzing around with HFA. None of it is really that big of a deal. I'm just glad they didn't blow up the entire playoff structure over one game

Well from my perspective, I'm a season ticket holder for the Eagles. If they moved that game to a neutral site because of something that happened between SF and MIN, I'd be pissed. It's been 5 years since we hosted a playoff game. Not to mention if I decided to sell the tickets I could make a nice profit. Imagine PHI v DAL in the NFCCG. I could pay for my next seasons tickets with that one game.

Right. Which just underscores the fact that any decision they make is going to be unfair to someone

 

[ghostguy123]

IMO, just use the wining percentages and keep the playoff format with one key change: If the Conference final includes two of the three teams currently contending for home field advantage it gets played at a neutral site. You could work on figuring out that neutral site now.

Don't like the neutral site idea. Just use win% and be done with it.

That's how I feel, too. But I'm not going to flip out over the league futzing around with HFA. None of it is really that big of a deal. I'm just glad they didn't blow up the entire playoff structure over one game

Well from my perspective, I'm a season ticket holder for the Eagles. If they moved that game to a neutral site because of something that happened between SF and MIN, I'd be pissed. It's been 5 years since we hosted a playoff game. Not to mention if I decided to sell the tickets I could make a nice profit. Imagine PHI v DAL in the NFCCG. I could pay for my next seasons tickets with that one game.

Right. Which just underscores the fact that any decision they make is going to be unfair to someone

Why does everyone keep saying any decision the NFL makes will be unfair to someone. The NFL didn't have anything to do with that game not happening.
That said, the best and easiest decision moving forward is to not change anything. The game didn't happen and won't happen. Use whatever rules you have in place for when a game doesn't get played, and move on.
All the neutral field talk and whatnot is nonsense

 

[renesauz]

IMO, just use the wining percentages and keep the playoff format with one key change: If the Conference final includes two of the three teams currently contending for home field advantage it gets played at a neutral site. You could work on figuring out that neutral site now.

Don't like the neutral site idea. Just use win% and be done with it.

That's how I feel, too. But I'm not going to flip out over the league futzing around with HFA. None of it is really that big of a deal. I'm just glad they didn't blow up the entire playoff structure over one game

Well from my perspective, I'm a season ticket holder for the Eagles. If they moved that game to a neutral site because of something that happened between SF and MIN, I'd be pissed. It's been 5 years since we hosted a playoff game. Not to mention if I decided to sell the tickets I could make a nice profit. Imagine PHI v DAL in the NFCCG. I could pay for my next seasons tickets with that one game.

Fair, but in these cases each team would have had at least one home game before this kicked in

 

[Dizzy]

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