PFT: NFC playoff picture - Will any of the South’s underdogs step up?

[Angrymesscan]

I like the idea of two 8 team divisions, but the schedule would get kinda dull, always the same matchups...

 

[Clay_Allison]

How about not rewarding a team that beats up on a weak division? San Fran did that for over a decade and the Patriots are doing it now.

At least right now you can only get 6 wins from that.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

I like the idea of two 8 team divisions, but the schedule would get kinda dull, always the same matchups...

You would just have to change up the way the schedule is done. Obviously you wouldn't want a team to play every other team in there division twice. That would end up with only 2 games different every year. You could however have a team play each of their division opponents at least once and still have 9 games to screw around with.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Once a decade, a shit team slips in. Yea, 1 out of 120 slots is no reason to start putting in special rules to strip shit division winners of the playoffs.

I don't think a team under .500 should ever make the playoffs, in any sport. It's ridiculous and it devalues the importance of the regular season. We aren't really talking about special rules. Hell the division structure we have now isn't really all that old in the first place (Not when you consider how long the NFL has been around).

 

[Clay_Allison]

I don't think a team under .500 should ever make the playoffs, in any sport. It's ridiculous and it devalues the importance of the regular season. We aren't really talking about special rules. Hell the division structure we have now isn't really all that old in the first place (Not when you consider how long the NFL has been around).

correct.