Im not saying that play off seeding should be changed (1 Viewer)

[Breesisdaman]

So the Saints had to travel to the west coast to play a losing team in their house. No big deal to me because that has been the rules and frankly I think the overtime rule change was lame enough "Favre rule"

But here is the rub for me. The Saints because of the better regular season record will still pick after the teams that seeded higher than them in the draft. To me thats like having your cake and eating too. You cant have it both ways IMO and if the team with the better record is made to suffer in the playoffs then come draft time they should be up to the plate earlier than those that enjoyed the higher seeding in the playoffs.NFL rules committee needs to tweak this.

 

[GunslingerEnder]

So the Saints had to travel to the west coast to play a losing team in their house. No big deal to me because that has been the rules and frankly I think the overtime rule change was lame enough "Favre rule"

But here is the rub for me. The Saints because of the better regular season record will still pick after the teams that seeded higher than them in the draft. To me thats like having your cake and eating too. You cant have it both ways IMO and if the team with the better record is made to suffer in the playoffs then come draft time they should be up to the plate earlier than those that enjoyed the higher seeding in the playoffs.NFL rules committee needs to tweak this.

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I believe the NFL changed this last year.

The teams that lost this past week now have picks 21-24 based on the order of their reg season records.

Seattle, who should have a top 15 pick, now move to pick 25 or lower if they pull off another upset.

 

[Breesisdaman]

can you verify this? I thought the Saints were picking 24th after the seahawks etc.

 

[mad sweeney]

can you verify this? I thought the Saints were picking 24th after the seahawks etc.

I've seen this on NFLN, the four playoff losers this weekend were listed with their draft order # and the remaining teams were not listed yet.

 

[Txns8]

can you verify this? I thought the Saints were picking 24th after the seahawks etc.

Verified.

 

[Breesisdaman]

Thanks but I am still not liking that the 3 division champions: Chiefs , Eagles and Indy pick ahead of the Saints. They all had a home playoff game. Needs tweaking still.

 

[switz]

Thanks but I am still not liking that the 3 division champions: Chiefs , Eagles and Indy pick ahead of the Saints. They all had a home playoff game. Needs tweaking still.

Division champ is only based on a team's record compared to three other teams.Draft position is based on a team's record compared to thirty one other teams.It makes sense to me, since only 4 teams compete for each division title, while all 32 draft and compete for a super bowl title. I don't see why winning a division should count against you in a draft which has more participants.

 

[JbizzleMan]

Thanks but I am still not liking that the 3 division champions: Chiefs , Eagles and Indy pick ahead of the Saints. They all had a home playoff game. Needs tweaking still.

 

[spodog]

Thanks but I am still not liking that the 3 division champions: Chiefs , Eagles and Indy pick ahead of the Saints. They all had a home playoff game. Needs tweaking still.

Agree with this. It is a goofy inconsistency in the procedures.

 

[by_the_sea_wannabe]

Thanks but I am still not liking that the 3 division champions: Chiefs , Eagles and Indy pick ahead of the Saints. They all had a home playoff game. Needs tweaking still.

I agree with Bush

 

[MG345]

Not sure how having a home playoff game makes any difference here. If anything, it plays into how the rest of the draft is seeded anyway. If I am reading between the lines correctly, you are saying that because New Orleans went on the road for a playoff game, their path was hard, thus they should be rewarded with the lowest draft pick of the losing group. But that isn't the way the draft works, the easier schedule always wins the tiebreaker.

 

[RUSF18]