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

[pugsnotdrugs19]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

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.

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

[KurtCobain]

I've been predicting this exact format for years.

[DRM08]

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

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by DRM08

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

I’m sure rosters are expanded or the players would never have agreed.

What would make it really interesting if every player had to sit out at least one game every season when healthy. Lots of intrigue when to sit your best players. Would teams find that offensive to them and play harder?

[scho63]

Stupid, stupid, stupid.

[ShowtimeSBMVP]

If the newly proposed playoff system were in place the last 10 years we would have added:

• five 10-win teams
• nine 9-win teams
• six 8-win teams

The team helped the most (by far) would have been the Steelers who would have made 4 more playoff trips & 10/10 the last 10 yrs. pic.twitter.com/VYWn7xBpID

— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) February 20, 2020

Can’t really bitch at that

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by ShowtimeSBMVP

If the newly proposed playoff system were in place the last 10 years we would have added:

• five 10-win teams
• nine 9-win teams
• six 8-win teams

The team helped the most (by far) would have been the Steelers who would have made 4 more playoff trips & 10/10 the last 10 yrs. pic.twitter.com/VYWn7xBpID

— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) February 20, 2020

Can’t really bitch at that

You can't??!? It eliminates two teams from getting a bye and dilutes the regular season. If these guys are going to bash their brains in, the regular season should mean something. We wouldn't even have got a bye this post season...

[suzzer99]

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.

[pugsnotdrugs19]

Originally Posted by suzzer99

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.

[displacedinMN]

17 is uneven.

Will this create more problems in tie breakers?

[Chief Northman]

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.

[pugsnotdrugs19]

Originally Posted by Chief Northman

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.

[RunKC]

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

[DRM08]

Originally Posted by RunKC

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

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.