Chase Stuart
Footballguy
How do I know which division is stronger in this example? From the way you're writing, it sounds like the AFC West and NFC West are really bad and the AFC East and NFC East are really good. So if the 9-7 team is from either East division and the 8-8 team is from either West division, then sure.I don't understand why you'd use the word "clearly". I don't think anyone needs to be clearly better; just on average better. If over the course of 50 or 100 NFL seasons, a 9-7 WC team is better than an 8-8 division winner, then why wouldn't you have the WC team get in? I don't get why there needs to be a standard greater than "better".Would you say a team that finished 9-7 that plays in a division that happened to play the AFC west and NFC west this season is clearly better than an 8-8 team that happened to play in a division that played the AFC east and NFC east?Division wins should and do mean something. But winning a terrible division shouldn't be rewarded. For example, a 7-9 division winner doesn't deserve a playoff berth. Period. Arguably, the same applies to an 8-8 winner.The goal should be to get the best teams from the regular season into the playoffs.You're not gonna believe this, but I didn't actually think anyone thought it was the end of the world. As for it being an improvement, what gets improved, and at what cost? We have how many games this weekend that have playoff implications? The playoffs are going to be anticipated no matter what, under the current system division games actually mean something.Despyzer said:I don't think anyone has expressed that it is anywhere close to the end of the world, and I have never thought that the incompetence of others was a very good excuse for not considering improvement.massraider said:My god, is it really the end of the world if someone gets in with a better record? Happens in EVERY other sport.