{"id":9142,"date":"2020-02-21T04:19:40","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T04:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=9142"},"modified":"2020-02-21T04:20:28","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T04:20:28","slug":"what-will-the-new-nfl-playoff-system-look-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/what-will-the-new-nfl-playoff-system-look-like\/","title":{"rendered":"What Will the New NFL Playoff System Look Like?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY ADAM GREENE<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Expanding\nthe playoff field is just good business for the NFL and, unlike an\n18-game regular season, there are few members of the NFL Players\nAssociation that will balk at the idea. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed,\nfor players, it\u2019s performances in the postseason that garner the\nbigger paychecks and the lasting impact on history. A Pro Football\nHall of Fame resume isn\u2019t complete without at least one memorable\nplayoff performance. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According\nto reports<\/a>, the new Collective Bargaining Agreement\nwith expand the playoff field to 14 teams, adding two more than the\ncurrent 12. The NFL has not expanded the playoff field since 1990.\nBefore that, only 10 teams made the postseason and there was just one\nWild Card game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\nshould be said that the proposal has a 17-game regular season and a\nthree-game preseason. We\u2019ll have to see what happens with that, but\nmy guess is the new playoff scenario will be a go all around. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So\nhow\u2019s it going to work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seven\nteams from each conference would make the playoffs with only the No.\n1 seed getting a first-round bye. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the rule had been in place this year, the NFC playoff field would have looked like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. San Francisco 49ers<\/strong><\/li>
  2. Green Bay Packers<\/strong><\/li>
  3. New Orleans Saints<\/strong><\/li>
  4. Philadelphia Eagles<\/strong><\/li>
  5. Seattle Seahawks<\/strong><\/li>
  6. Minnesota Vikings<\/strong><\/li>
  7. Los Angeles Rams<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    The AFC field would have looked like this: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Baltimore Ravens<\/strong><\/li>
    2. Kansas City Chiefs<\/strong><\/li>
    3. New England Patriots<\/strong><\/li>
    4. Houston Texans<\/strong><\/li>
    5. Buffalo Bills<\/strong><\/li>
    6. Tennessee Titans<\/strong><\/li>
    7. Pittsburgh Steelers<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Would\nthat have changed the eventual Super Bowl champion? Probably not, but\nthere are things I love about it. First, it\u2019s that the Patriots\nwould have still been stuck playing (and losing to) the Titans and\nthe Rams would have had the chance to at least blow their NFC title\ndefense in the second round after upsetting the Packers at Lambeau. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The\nrest likely plays out the same, with the possible exception that\nevery NFC Wild Card team could have won in the second round. And\nwouldn\u2019t that have been crazy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Either\nway, Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs were hoisting this Lombardi and\nnobody was stopping that. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      What\u2019s\nfun about expanding the playoffs is the new teams that will appear in\nit every year. Of course, you\u2019ll have stalwarts. The Chiefs aren\u2019t\ngoing anywhere. Neither are the Seahawks. The 49ers\u2019 chances of\navoiding that post-Super Bowl loss playoff-missing hangover might\nhave evaporated as well. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      This\nlast season we had four new playoff teams (and, obviously, four teams\nthat didn\u2019t make it back). Expanding the field will either bring in\nmore new blood, and give their fanbases something to root for in\nJanuary, or allow a team on the cusp to hang on and make a\nlate-season run. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      It\u2019s\nalso going to save some coaching jobs, as teams like the Cleveland\nBrowns, Denver Broncos, Las Vegas Raiders, Dallas Cowboys, Chicago\nBears and even the Atlanta Falcons and Tampa Bay Buccaneers can now\nrealistically shoot for that seventh seed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The New York Jets finished 7-9 this season. Tom Brady could conceivably be out of New England. Anything could happen. Which is what makes the NFL playoffs so great to begin with. This is a good idea and, according to that same report, it\u2019s coming in 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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