The NFL Thread - Root for your favorite team (or laugh at the Browns, whichever's easier)

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Who are you rooting for in Super Bowl 60?

  • New England Patriots

    Votes: 11 22.0%

  • Seattle Seahawks

    Votes: 25 50.0%

  • Team State Farm

    Votes: 1 2.0%

  • The Meteor

    Votes: 13 26.0%
  • Total voters
    50
  • Poll closed .
BSC said:
So, between the Steelers and the Eagles, can we agree that the NFL fucked up by allowing a 7th seed into the playoffs? Both games involving 7 seeds have been borderline unwatchable.
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It’s okay, we’ll go to an 18 game season, add one more playoff team for each conference, get back to two bye seeds each and get closer and closer to the NBA, NHL or MLB where if you’re still awake you get in the postseason and regular season games are just gambling as opposed to meaning something. Maybe we can add a draft lottery while we’re at it.
 
There was nothing wrong with the original wild card playoff format. This is just pure, unadulterated greed on the behalf of both the NFL and the networks.
 
spinal gas chamber said:
And it will be called the All State Lemon Bowl. Similarly, the Lions and Ravens will play in the Not Sponsored by Insurance Companies bowl.
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This is not an original take, but I intensely dislike the bowl names and despise stadiums named after things that are not the team which plays there or relating to the region it is located.
 
With regards to the 7th seed, it serves the purpose of adding more playoff stakes for a larger variety of teams who otherwise would've been eliminated weeks before. Had the Colts not choked or The Chargers being able to stop a run and get a tie, then the Steelers wouldn't have ever gotten in and we might've gotten a better game against the Chiefs.

I do agree that the previous playoff format was fine and it was a result of greed and as long as it makes money, then it'll stay. It would have to be years of the 7th seed constantly getting blown-out before the NFL does anything and even then, all it takes is one 7th team to win for the NFL to go "see, anything can happen!"
 
BSC said:
So, between the Steelers and the Eagles, can we agree that the NFL fucked up by allowing a 7th seed into the playoffs? Both games involving 7 seeds have been borderline unwatchable.
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And I thought the whining when the Seahawks won the NFC West with a 7-9 record, and the Panthers winning the NFC South with a 7-8-1 record in another year, to both make it to the playoffs, while other teams with better records didn't, was bad. This Steelers and Eagles situation is on it's own level of dumpster fire.

And at least the Seahawks and Panthers both at least won their first playoff game, with the Seahawks taking down the Defending Champion Saints, and Beastmode happening in that game.
 
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The Beast quake and crotch grab seething was definitely awesome and the best argument for keeping division winners in. Adding playoff teams was fucked though.
 
First Wildcard Weekend under the new system is almost in the books.

  • Raiders Vs. Bengals was a bit of a heartbreaker as the Raiders were my sentimental favorites coming into the playoffs. After everything they went through and all the bad press, that interim head coach and the players that made it to the playoffs held together and managed to stay solid despite having enough drama that would have tanked most teams. They almost pulled another rabbit out of the hat, but congrats to the Bengals for their first playoff win in over three decades.
  • Bills Vs. Pats was a complete prison raping. I picked the BIlls to win, but I had no idea it would be that bad.
  • Buccs Vs. Eagles went about exactly how I expected it to go. Buccs looked like they were coasting through this.
  • 49ers Vs. Cowboys had probably the most heart attack inducing final two minutes I've seen in a dog's age and it was entirely because of both teams constantly fucking up. It was like they were trying to out do each other in giving the game away. I was wrong about who the winner was, but I"m glad I was. I am always up for Cowboys losing in spectacular fashion.
  • Chiefs Vs. Steelers also went about how I expected it. Once KC got rolling, I knew there was no way the Steelers could stop them. Not the most glamorous sendoff for Big Ben, but that's how it goes more often than not.
The three teams I wanted eliminated because of personal hatred are the Eagles, the Cowboys, and the Rams (because fuck Odell). Two are gone and one more to go! Lets go Cards!

As for the new system, this is the first time we've gotten to see it in action, and to be honest, I'm not a fan. Adding a week 18 and a 17th game to all the schedules is just the NFL oversaturating themselves. As for the new wildcard system, there are two positives I do like. One is that it is kind of neat to have a Playoff Game on Monday Night. Second is that now, only one team gets a first round bye, so it makes that number 1 seed a bit more coveted.

The downside though is that it adds two more teams to the playoffs that have absolutely no business being there. The Eagles were the most unworthy team to make it, and the Steelers weren't too far behind. They got in because SOMEBODY had to be in those spots. That would happen sometimes in the old system, but it was rare. This new way of doing things increases the chances of mediocre teams limpdicking their way into the playoffs, and I'm not a fan.

The only thing I would have changed would have been to find a way to keep 7-9 or 6-10 divisional champions from making the playoffs. If you lead your division with a less than 50% win record, then your spot should go to a wildcard with a better record. But even that situation I just laid out is extremely rare.

This was a case of the NFL wanting more money which they knew they could get by having more games, but to me, its a case of fixing something that wasn't broken.
 
RumblyTumbly said:
The only thing I would have changed would have been to find a way to keep 7-9 or 6-10 divisional champions from making the playoffs. If you lead your division with a less than 50% win record, then your spot should go to a wildcard with a better record. But even that situation I just laid out is extremely rare.
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Both Carolina and Seattle won their first playoff games with a losing record, and we got the BeastQuake out of it, so I'm fine with a playoff game for teams that win their division, since that's the entire reason to have them. I understand ot liking the 7th seed though, and I don't see the league being good enough to have a 7th seed make a run anytime soon, let alone pull a Giants and win the Super Bowl.
 
Fat Gay Riker said:
Both Carolina and Seattle won their first playoff games with a losing record, and we got the BeastQuake out of it, so I'm fine with a playoff game for teams that win their division, since that's the entire reason to have them. I understand ot liking the 7th seed though, and I don't see the league being good enough to have a 7th seed make a run anytime soon, let alone pull a Giants and win the Super Bowl.
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Sure, they won playoff games under this system. Any team can win on any given Sunday. As they say, that's why you play the games. And once you make the playoffs, I guess everyone is 0-0 anyway, and its back to square one. I'm just bothered of a below 500 team winning a division (how bad does that division have to be for that to happen???) and making the playoffs and even getting to host a game, when better teams with better records can miss the boat. The same year that the Seahawks went in at 7-9 (and to their credit beat the defending SB champs in the first round), my Giants were 10-6 and missed the playoffs. It sucked, lol. There was also the season Brady went down, but the Pats were still 11-5, but they missed the playoffs.
 
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