Competition Committee: Playoff reseeding thoughts?

[JoeRedskin]

So long as all division winners are automatically entered, I am okay with it. Of course, it penalizes teams that play in tough divisions.

[lwiedy]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

So long as all division winners are automatically entered, I am okay with it. Of course, it penalizes teams that play in tough divisions.

Off the top, I am against the change, but if you favor this change, why then would winning your division matter? If the point is to reward the best records, then do it all the way or don’t do it at all. Is there any need for divisions at all? Don’t say for proximity regards to scheduling or Dallas wouldn’t be in the NFC East.

As for the Tampa/NY argument regarding resting players, each team has to make that decision and live with the results. Based on 2007, do you think teams in the future will “coast” in the final week like Tampa did and lose in their first game or play hard like the Giants did and carry the momentum all the way. I personally don’t believe you can prove either of the above scenarios really happened, but that certainly was the perception.

This is a copycat/knee-jerk league and the hysteria over this will die as long as they allow it to.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by lwiedy

Off the top, I am against the change, but if you favor this change, why then would winning your division matter? If the point is to reward the best records, then do it all the way or don’t do it at all. Is there any need for divisions at all? Don’t say for proximity regards to scheduling or Dallas wouldn’t be in the NFC East.

As for the Tampa/NY argument regarding resting players, each team has to make that decision and live with the results. Based on 2007, do you think teams in the future will “coast” in the final week like Tampa did and lose in their first game or play hard like the Giants did and carry the momentum all the way. I personally don’t believe you can prove either of the above scenarios really happened, but that certainly was the perception.

This is a copycat/knee-jerk league and the hysteria over this will die as long as they allow it to.

Because the teams that win strong divisions (think Indianapolis) get to beat up on non-division opponents enough to win 13 games every year anyway. They still get first round byes.