NFL to Potentially Examine Changing Playoff Seeding Structure for 2025 Season

[murksiderock]

Two things:

1. He said team owners aren't feeling it so hopefully it doesn't come to pass. Divisions have to mean something in football;

2. If they make any change, it needs to go back to the old format and get rid of the 7-seeds. In 5 years of doing this shyt, the 7-seed is 1-9----->with the only victory being Green Bay beating Dallas last year...

They won and then still lost in the Divisional Round...

It's been a cool trial run but thru 5 years the 7 is losing 90% of games, an astronomically bad percentage. Cut out the 7-seed, give the 2-seed the bye back, and while you're at it go back to 16 games...

But I'm already asking too much ...

 

[Scoop]

Why would the #1 seed not get a bye wtf would be the point of being the #1 seed?

you play the #8 seed as opposed to a higher seed

 

[Regular_P]

An outlier year being the reason you go and change things isn't a good look IMO.

If anything, they had a better argument for changing things when Seattle got in at 7-9

This is when it should have happened.

 

[klientel]

Might as well not have divisions then.

This shyt ain’t broke, leave it alone

 

[FTBS]

you play the #8 seed as opposed to a higher seed

A week off a guaranteed spot in the divisional round >>. You put 8 teams in with no bye and top teams would be completely during the regular season.

 

[yseJ]

Might as well not have divisions then.

This shyt ain’t broke, leave it alone

they might get rid of divisions like the NBA especially if they planning to expand

 

[Big Boss]

Don't change it

 

[FTBS]

Might as well not have divisions then.

This shyt ain’t broke, leave it alone

It is broke if 14 win teams are doing their all on the last week while 10 win teams rest nikkas. You still get a playoff spot. Thats more than enough.

 

[JLova]

Don't want. There should be a reward for winning your division, no matter how bad it is.

The reward is making the playoffs.

 

[Selena]

This would be so bad. What would be the point of divisions?

 

[CHICAGO]

It is broke if 14 win teams are doing their all on the last week while 10 win teams rest nikkas. You still get a playoff spot. Thats more than enough.

OUTLINER shyt HAPPENS
EVERY ONCE IN A BLUE MOON...

YOU DONT MAKE KNEE JERK DECISIONS
TO COUNTER THEM.

YOULL NEVER SEE 14 WIN
TEAMS BATTLE FOR THE DIVISION AGAIN
IN YOUR LIFETIME



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[murksiderock]

Just to illustrate, if this proposed change applied to this year, seeding would've been:

1 Kansas City
2 Buffalo
3 Baltimore
4 Los Angeles
5 Houston
6 Pittsburgh
7 Denver

1 Detroit
2 Philadelphia
3 Minnesota
4 Washington
5 Green Bay
6 Tampa Bay
7 Los Angeles

The entire 3 thru 7 seeds would change in the NFC. Houston and LA would've switched places in the AFC. This is stupid...

Winning your division should fukking matter...

 

[FTBS]

People talking bout the NBA.

For starters nobody ever gave a fukk about divisions in the NBA. It was Magic/Bird then Mike then, to a lesser degree, his kids.

Secondly, expanding the season and playoffs is what creates NBA like problems. The more games and spots the less urgency for teams to play their best week in and week out. You go to 18 games and half the conference in the playoffs why should a top team take the regular season seriously? Especially if they are in an ass division? Everything will be about being healthy in the playoffs. fukk round get NFL load management.

 

[Big Boss]

@Roger Goodell

 

[King Poetic]

How about cut international games down to 2 games