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Goodell: support for expanded playoffs is "tremendous"
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...is-tremendous/
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03-26-2014, 07:17 PM | #76 |
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holy shit, how did I miss that. Fail.
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03-26-2014, 07:17 PM | #77 |
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Just wait. Goodell will come up with Selection Friday.
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What is the point of a "regular season" again? Might as well just have a 32 team single elimination tournament.
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03-26-2014, 07:28 PM | #79 |
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03-26-2014, 07:36 PM | #80 |
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Heh. Guess I'm just going to have to accept the fact that the regular season just doesn't have as much meaning as it once did. All pro sports leagues have become like this in some capacity. Early regular season games are just placeholders to make money.
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03-26-2014, 07:41 PM | #81 |
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It's been 24 years since they expanded the format from 10 teams.
Things change. Deal with it. |
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03-26-2014, 07:54 PM | #82 |
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Just make it AFC vs NFC. AFC Plays all AFC teams, NFC team plays all NFC teams. Top eight from each conference play in the playoffs. No first round bye. Give them all a bye week 17.
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03-26-2014, 08:01 PM | #83 |
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I think it's dumb. It's more exciting with the current way because it's more exclusive and divisional winners actually mean something.
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03-26-2014, 08:02 PM | #84 |
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03-26-2014, 08:04 PM | #85 |
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03-26-2014, 08:09 PM | #86 |
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I don't see what the point is of taking the top four teams, who have byes in the current system, and making them play an extra game against a mediocre team. Why punish the top teams in each conference by making them play another game in order to get to the super bowl, extending their season by a week, giving people the chance to get injured before the games between teams that really deserve to be there... makes no sense.
A 14 win team playing a home game against an 8 or 9 win team and beating them doesn't prove anything. It doesn't add anything, except a chance that a key player will be injured in a meaningless tune-up game. And, I suppose, ticket sales and concession sales and parking fees and TV fees... which are all that matter to Goodell, not the game. |
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03-26-2014, 08:10 PM | #87 |
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Meh. 14 out of 32 teams is just about the same as 12 out of 28 teams, like it was from 1990-1994.
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03-26-2014, 08:18 PM | #90 |
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I don't think there is anything wrong with the system as it is today. Finishing 1 and 2 have a substantial reward. The cut-off is tuned right about where it needs to be for contenders vs pretenders. It's fine.
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