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4 minutes ago, The Golden God said:

So would that get rid of the bye? Or would everything get moved back a week and have have 7 play 8?

It'll get rid of the bye. If they were willing to shift everything back surely they'd just introduce a week 18 to catch up within the regular season.

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4 hours ago, die hard doonhamer said:

It'll get rid of the bye. If they were willing to shift everything back surely they'd just introduce a week 18 to catch up within the regular season.

Whoever finishes number 1 will be furious about that, also how do they fit it in? There's already 3 games on Saturday and Sunday  that week.

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On 09/11/2020 at 10:03, mrpaddyx said:

I think it dilutes the quality a little bit. In my opinion the structure has worked really well since they realigned the leagues in 2002.

Agreed. Pretty soon the regular season for all sports in the USA is going to be meaningless (see: college basketball).

This is why college football is still the best sport on a weekly basis (during normal times) because every week during the regular season means so much.

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On 10/11/2020 at 19:56, The Golden God said:

Whoever finishes number 1 will be furious about that, also how do they fit it in? There's already 3 games on Saturday and Sunday  that week.

You could technically start games on the west coast at 9 p.m. Eastern ST (6 p.m. PST) if you wanted to. So play games at noon, 3, 6 and 9. 

More likely they'll have 2 of the games at the same time, but it's a great question.

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Agreed. Pretty soon the regular season for all sports in the USA is going to be meaningless (see: college basketball).
This is why college football is still the best sport on a weekly basis (during normal times) because every week during the regular season means so much.


They just need to ditch the people voting on who gets into the playoffs.
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5 hours ago, peasy23 said:

You would think that there are enough divisional games left that somebody (Eagles really) in the NFC East can finish with a winning record, but you wouldn't bet on it.

I think they’ll all take games off each other. Probably the Eagles will win more than others, but I still see them as a 6 or 7 win team.

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So the seeds are as follows
AFC
Bye - Steelers
(7) Ravens @ Chiefs (2)
(6) Dolphins @ Bills (3)
(5) Raiders @ Colts (4)

NFC
Bye - Packers
(7) Seahawks @ Saints (2)
(6) Rams @ Cardinals (3)
(5) Buccaneers @ Eagles (4)

The Steelers remain the number 1 seed in the AFC. The Colts bounce up into the 4th seed and in the process knock the Titans out of the playoffs as it stands. The Raiders and Dolphins both improve 1 spot but the Ravens drop to the 7th seed. The Browns and Titans are only out the playoff due to tie breakers as it stands with the Patriots 2 games back.

In the NFC the Packers go from the 3rd seed to the top seed with the Saints now dropping to number 2. The Cardinals are up from 6th to 3rd as they now top the NFC West. The Seahawks are the biggest fallers as they drop 5 spots from 2nd to 7th seeds. The Bears are 1.5 games out of the wildcard spot and the Vikings a further .5 game back.

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Seeds of season finished today
AFC
Bye - Steelers
(7) Raiders @ Chiefs (2)
(6) Browns @ Bills (3)
(5) Titans @ Colts

NFC
Bye - Saints
(7) Cardinals @ Rams (2)
(6) Buccaneers @ Packers (3)
(5) Seahawks @ Eagles (4)

In the AFC the Steelers remain the number 1 seed with a 1 game lead over the Chiefs. The Titans and Browns jump back into the wildcard spots with the Ravens and Dolphins dropping out.

In the NFC the Saints are the new number 1 seeds with the Packers dropping from 1st to 3rd. The Rams now jump to the top of the NFC West and 4 spots to the number 2 seed. The Cardinals drop the furthest from 3 to 7 after their loss to the Seahawks who in turn go from 7th to 5th.

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I've believed for years the NFL should have moved to a 1-8 seeded playoff format for each Conference years ago.

Prior to the change to 7 for this season, they were still using the same format they were when each Conference only had three divisions, and a total of 28 teams across the league. So not only are there more total teams, but they've removed a WC slot in each conference, and because division winners are guaranteed, we now get the ridiculous prospect of an NFC East winner with a record of something like 6-10 hosting a playoff game. 

I'd have NHL style seeds 1-4 hosting seeds 5-8, decided purely on W/L record. Still division winners guaranteed a slot, but at least under those rules this year's NFC East winner would be the 8th seed and playing on the road in the WC round. Re-rank the seedings after every round.

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