Schefter: **New NFL Playoff Structure - 1 BYE, 7 Teams per Conference**
 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NFL playoff structure is about to be changed. Under the current CBA proposal, seven teams from each conference will make the playoffs, with only bye per conference, sources tell ESPN. It would go into effect this upcoming season. More coming on <a href="https://t.co/rDZaVFhcDQ">https://t.co/rDZaVFhcDQ</a>.</p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1230276415813230592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

That’s stupid

But why?

Hey, we'll hopefully own the only BYE week for the next 15 years.

Also makes those week 17 games matter that much more.

Stop messing with it.

Uhh, that's assuming this even gets voted through. How much is the NFL going to give the players to facilitate this?

**** that

When they talked about this before, it was in relation to a 17 game schedule (possibly with 2 bye weeks) with only 2 preseason games.

More regular season and playoff games equals more money.

Also 2 overseas games per week

The owners are already conceding giving up a higher percentage than last time

****ing hate that.

1 seeds to the Super Bowl every single year just about.

JFC :facepalm:

Going from 47 to 48.5 isn't enough.

HEY IT PUTS MORE MONEY IN THE OWNER'S POCKETS.

The silver lining....

More games = more revenue = more cap space = Chiefs keep Jones comfortably.

Agree. They'd be better off making it 8 and letting the top seeds pick their opponents to reward them.

Of course, now that we have our QB, I'd rather them just keep it at 6 with two byes.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">More details: Under the current CBA proposal that NFL owners are pushing for, the playoff field would be expanded to seven teams, while the regular season would be increased to 17 games per team, and the preseason shortened to three games per team, per sources.</p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1230280560037240834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I guess if there was ever a good time for this shit as Chiefs fans, the time is now...

Quit ****ing shit up.

Under this scenario we wouldn't have gotten a bye this season.

Also the 1 seed has a laughably huge advantage.

To give just one team that big of an advantage over the rest is just stupid. Football is the only major sport with a playoff bye to begin with. Baseball has a Wildcard game to get into the playoffs but that is completely different. You don't see NBA or MLB teams getting the first round of the playoff off just because they have the 1 seed. I don't have a problem with the NFL having first round byes but for just 1 team to get it is a garbage idea

I think this is bad for Chiefs fans. It makes it more likely the Chiefs will have to face 3 teams instead of 2 to get to the SB and with the expectation that the Chiefs will be really good for a while, the benefit of an expanded field is wasted on them. This is good for all the 7-9 to 9-7 teams.

To be fair being the 1 seed they earned that.

My POV is that the Chiefs should theoretically be the 1 seed as much or more than any other AFC franchise for the next 10+ years, which is going to be a massive advantage if so.

Hate the change, but I do think it sets up well for a Mahomes led team.

Why?

Why have a system where a team gets a bye at all?

Yeesh.

I can't wait for all the cherished records to fall.

Gotta make the regular season matter.

If they had this last season....the 8-8 Steelers and the 9-7 Rams would have made the playoffs.

No worse then the 9-7 Titans getting to AFC championship game

I wonder how they're planning to schedule the 17 games. The current structure is really elegant, so it's hard to figure out where the 17th matchup is going to come from.

I’m sure Jerry Jones was the driving force for obvious reasons.

It needs to be another conference game IMO.

If that many teams are gonna make the playoffs, and only one bye exists in each conference, I wanna play as many AFC opponents as possible.

Conference game against the same standing as your team.

1st place AFC team plays 1st place AFC team. Same thing for 2nd...3rd....4th.

That already exists...

It's why we have to play the Patriots every ****ng year LMAO

Shit. I didn’t think they did it for every division winner. I guess just add the one game from the NFC then. Or ****ing make it random. Who gives a **** at this point.

We would have hosted Pittsburgh on WC weekend this season had this existed.

I will say, WC weekend having games at noon, 3:30, and 7:30 on Saturday and Sunday is going to be pretty sweet.

They had to find some way to get the Beady led Raiders in the playoffs.

I wouldn't mind a couple more expansion teams though.
Don't care about this stuff in general. They won't do something drastic

Great idea. One I have wanted for years. Makes regular season mean more. We get 3 wild card games per day to open the playoffs. Makes winning and get the #1 seed mean something.

I've been predicting this exact format for years.

It already meant a ton, to be fair...

Rosters need to be expanded if they are adding extra games to both regular season and playoffs.

Stupid, stupid, stupid.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If the newly proposed playoff system were in place the last 10 years we would have added:<br><br>• five 10-win teams<br>• nine 9-win teams<br>• six 8-win teams<br><br>The team helped the most (by far) would have been the Steelers who would have made 4 more playoff trips &amp; 10/10 the last 10 yrs. <a href="https://t.co/VYWn7xBpID">pic.twitter.com/VYWn7xBpID</a></p>&mdash; Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) <a href="https://twitter.com/SharpFootball/status/1230289655062519808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


Can’t really bitch at that

As the team most likely to become the next Pats and secure a bye every year - this sucks. It's a lot easier to finish top two than best record every year. Some team always gets red hot like the Ravens this year.

If we’re supposed to become the next dynasty, it should help more than it hurts.

New England was the 1 seed so damn much the last 10-15 years.

17 is uneven.

Will this create more problems in tie breakers?

I can live with 17 games, but one team getting a bye is bullshit. Strength of schedule is too much of a factor that penalizes strong play and benefits mediocrity if only one team earns a bye.

Keep the playoff structure the same.

I’m sure it would have been one or the other if the players opposed the playoffs expanding, but I highly doubt they did. No reason for them to not want it.

I hate this. This is being watered down just like the NBA where everyone gets in the playoffs.

Depth is going to be more important than ever before. 2 more games for 12 playoff teams is huge.

They better put a 2nd bye week in the regular season. No way should a team play 10+ games without a bye. It’s not good for players

Stupid. Don't like it at all. Whatever I'm just a fan. Nothing I can do about it.

What a stupid idea. If anything, they should change the playoff structure so that it's based on record, not divisions. No 8-8 winner of a dogshit division should host an 11-5 wildcard team. No 10-6 team should sit home while a 7-9 division winner gets a pass.

But the ****ers will do what they want. 4321

There are some big differences with NBA though. Way more parity in NFL since you need a lot more depth to have a good team and the salary cap does not allow teams to hoard all the talent. Also the “one and done” nature of NFL playoffs will not guarantee that the best team wins each game. NBA playoffs allow the best team to have a bad game or two and still survive.

NBA also lets in 53% of teams to the playoffs, NFL will still be at 43.75% even with the added teams.

This is terrible.

Agree with this. NFC East did not deserve to have a playoff spot. They sure as shit did not deserve to be at home against Seattle. Major BS with that structure.

If they really are going to do 17 game seasons then I want them to have two universal bye weeks and to expand every roster; game day, active, and practice squad. I would prefer that they go: seven games/universal bye/five games/universal bye and trade deadline/five games/playoffs.

NO chance of a universal bye IMHO....why would they want two "dark" weeks in the season?

After a 17 game season all playoff teams should get a bye week.

Bah! Just leave it alone. As usual, the allure of money ****s shit up.

Or
More games = more revenue = more cap space = increased player salary demands = all will equalize


But i hate the idea, nearly half the teams can back into the playoffs after mediocre seasons. NBA style

For the players. To give them a better chance of getting rest and downtime during the season. The owners get the added revenue and the players get more recovery time. The media spends the first bye putting out content analyzing the in depth impact of the first seven games. They spend the next bye analyzing trade rumors. There is no dark week when secondary content can be hyped to be more entertaining and digestible than some of the games themselves.

I mean no real disrespect, but that is one of the silliest takes I have seen. I would swear this was trolling if I didn't know better.

You stupid mother ****ers.

God Damnit. Let's allow half the mother ****ing teams in the mother ****ing playoffs.

Greedy cock sucking, pig ****ing, ****faces.

YAY! **** THE REGULAR SEASON!

WHO GIVES A MOTHER ****?!?!?!

You don't think taking a bye week refreshes the guys on the roster, or you don't think a well done program can be more entertaining than a shitty game?

I don't think the owners would want dark weeks in the middle of the season

Just imagine, they are about to dip their greedy hands in gambling.

So let's tally up the money. 16 more games, check, two extra MASSIVELY bet playoff games, check.

I love football, but I woulnd't cry if each of these owners lost it all. **** them.

Owners offering an extra .5% of revenue to do the 17th game: https://twitter.com/adamschefter/sta...857504257?s=21

Which is why the players will say yes.

Lack of star power in the playoffs due to injuries is very exciting.

Owners increase their direct revenue by 6% for the extra regular season game.

Let's say they add a bye, so there will be another week of added TV revenue that gets spread out. 5.8% increase.

I don't know what the playoff games bring, but add that to the pot.

But hey, they will give the players .5% of that. ****ing pathetic.

The owners are pushing for more games and that puts more stress on the health of the players. If they want more money then they can give something up for it, and I'm fine with an extra bye week and expanded rosters as the exchange because I think that will directly improve player health.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">More on the transformational CBA proposal now on the table, per sources: As part of the new deal, players go from 47% share under current deal to 48% share at 16 games, and then to 48.5% share if they go to 17 games, shifting $5 billion of revenue to players’ side.</p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1230302975857504257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

More revenue = more cap room = Jones WILL BE RETAINED!!!

Well, the players would get 48.5% of that, not .5%

I’m not against your thought process, just saying it’s not that drastically in favor of the owners

NFL not dumb they trying to get the super bowl the Sunday before president’s day. Hello 3 day weekend for most.

Less teams getting a bye is HORRIBLE for us.

Get the 1 seed it’s that simple.