Competition Committee: Playoff reseeding thoughts?

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Originally Posted by skinsguy

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Sorry, but that's the worst thing the NFL could ever do. Heck, it doesn't even work in college.

I think people are ignoring what Schneed said a few posts ago. Winning your division would still mean something. Even if you won your division at 8-8 (must really be a sucky division) you're in the playoffs. That's quite an accomplishment. The only thing that would change is seeding position and I think it makes sense that a team with the better record should have the home game. Regardless the strength of schedule, you still have to go out there and play every one of those 16 games during the regular season. I like the idea of forcing teams to play their starters throughout the end of the season. It just makes for better football.

Even though a few teams have bucked the trend in recent history ('05 Steelers, '07 Giants), the main idea here is to prevent a very good wild card team, perhaps a team that is the second best in its conference, from having to play three straight road games to get to the Super Bowl. A majority of the wild card winners would still be seeded 6th and 5th, but this change benefits teams in strong divisions. Think Jacksonville. They play great football every year and haven't hosted a playoff game since the Coughlin-era. This would allow the Jaguars, if they go 12-4 but the Colts go 13-3, to be the third seed and host the Sixth seed.

Which is a lot more fair than being the 5th seed and having to go to Pittsburgh.