NFL Playoff Schedule 2015

So a 9-7 team winning their division, or even 10-6 is more worthy than a 11-5 team for making the playoffs? That means they had a pretty easy schedule too if their division is that soft. Chances are, those teams didn't have a brutal non-divisional schedule.

I'm not saying the 49ers deserved to be in the playoffs by any means, but they were more deserving than Carolina. The 49ers schedule was pretty brutal this year.

Yeah I'm saying winning your division should be huge, or else we'll end up like the NBA. There would be no real incentive to win the division. And again, it's pretty fluky when a losing team wins a division, usually doesn't play out that way. Plus look at the Giants, didn't they win a superbowl going 9-7?

Carolina was playing some really good ball on Defense the past couple games in order to win the division and get into the playoffs- you cant say the same about The Niners

Niners played great defense at times throughout the season when their season was still at large. That's an invalid comparison when they were out of playoff contention the last couple weeks of the season, especially when comparing them to Carolina who didn't play a team with a winning record for the last 5 weeks of the season.

So did other teams. Some better than SF. So, they're more deserving.

Shouldve played better Defense when in contention then.

of course other teams played better than the 49ers did this year, the 49ers were 8-8 this year, had a grip of injuries on defense and had rookies starting in their place. Can't replace Aldon Smith, Bowman, and Willis, among others and expect their replacements to play as well as those beasts.

You're still not making a good point. The 49ers played in a much tougher division, had an overall tougher schedule, and had more wins than Carolina.

You lost when it mattered under the current format. They got in by winning their division so they deserve to get in under this format.

Carolina played great football while Atlanta and the Saints did not. Carolina rose above the rest of their division and won in the home stretch when it mattered most and that's why they rightfully got in the playoffs. The niners didn't.

The reason division games are so intense and the rivalries are so fierce is because of the current playoff format. Every division game matters. You change the playoff format then there is no reason to play each team in the division twice a year, the games are less important and that means those great rivalries across the NFL wouldn't have the same intensity.

By having the division winner make the playoffs is the reason division games are so awesome.

It's not a good enough reason to change the entire format just because once in a blue moon a team with a losing record makes the playoffs. It's very rare.

Never mind

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This game on TV proves my theory you never draft a ginger QB. "Strawberry blonde" at best, never go full blown ginger.

Bengals can't do shit

Dallas or Detroit? I know Dallas beat Seahawks already this year in Seattle but I don't give a fuck, I want them to win. I know Seattle is the better team and will beat them when it matters.

Gotta favor Dallas. Stafford is booty when it matters, but then again, so is Romo as far as the playoffs are concerned. Barring an injury, Dallas just has the flat out better team.

Did Seattle clinch home field throughout the playoffs? I can't remember? I'd like to see GB vs. whoever gets there if they have home field for some reason, even though I hate GB.

And Stafford just threw a big TD as I'm typing this, I don't care, he still sucks.

More often than not, a team with a sorry record makes the playoffs because their division sucked that year. It happens often. The Giants are the only case I can think of that did well in the playoffs that had a sorry record.

Games would still matter the same, and schedules would still hold the same matter of importance, if not more. You deal with long stretches of the Patriots beating up on the Bills, Jets and Dolphins, the Broncos beating up on the Raiders, etc... with the current format. And those teams get to play sorry teams twice per year because they are in the same division.

It'll still make some of those teams to play each other every season based on geographic proximity to each other, and for the sake of their history playing each other. But the league wouldn't suffer any IMO.

If it happens, cool. If it doesn't? Cool. Not a big deal other way but I think it would put teams that are more deserving.

Dallas for sure I want a dallas v seattle championship and patriots v seahawks superbowl

You just jinxed the Patriots.

Not a good start to the game. Three and out first drive. Gave up big TD. Pretty bad second drive. Penalty on a fucking punt to keep the defense on the field. Terrible tackling to let Stafford convert on third down. Fuck.

Yeah Seattle is the #1 seed. Road to the superbowl goes through here.