The last 5 years don't seem to agree with you. Between 2009 and 2013 if 7 teams made the playoffs the 7th team's record would have broken down like this:
3 10-6 teams; '13Ari,'12Chi,'10NYG
4 9-7 teams; '09Hou, '09Atl, '10SD, '11Ten
3 8-8 teams; '12Pit, '13Pit, 'Chi
In 3 of the 5 years (2010,11,13) at least 1 division champ had a record worse than the 7th seed would have and in 2010 2 teams were better than the 7-9 NFCW champs Sea.
In no case would a sub .500 team have been the 7th seed.
Edit. I decided to go back to 2000 on NFL.com and without tallying it the results were inline with the numbers above. And all the way back to 2000 not one 7-9 or lower team would have been the 7th seed. Ever.
Good breakdown. Surely the NFL has crunched all the numbers as well and know exactly what they're getting by adding another playoff team.
SmootSmack
03-25-2014, 11:10 AM
Man, heartbreaking
Meeting Jason… « Jill Kelly (http://www.jillk.org/journal/2014/03/21/meeting-jason/)
CRedskinsRule
03-25-2014, 02:27 PM
Is that Snyder listening to Idzik?
daniel kaplan @dkaplanSBJ 7m
NY football press crowding around Jets GM Idzik in the hallways at the NFL owners meeting
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BjlstsYIYAEPk47.jpg
SmootSmack
03-25-2014, 03:08 PM
Is that Snyder listening to Idzik?
daniel kaplan @dkaplanSBJ 7m
NY football press crowding around Jets GM Idzik in the hallways at the NFL owners meeting
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BjlstsYIYAEPk47.jpg
With the glasses? Looks like Bob Glauber (hate him) to me
SmootSmack
03-25-2014, 03:57 PM
Bills Owner Ralph Wilson has died
Chico23231
03-25-2014, 04:25 PM
Bills Owner Ralph Wilson has died
damn, alot of bad news for Bills fans today.
And why do you hate Tom Crean's(hate him) doppleganger?
SmootSmack
03-25-2014, 04:38 PM
damn, alot of bad news for Bills fans today.
And why do you hate Tom Crean's(hate him) doppleganger?
I don't know. He just annoys me the few times I've met him
Alvin Walton
03-25-2014, 06:23 PM
Wow, the no No Fun League is rearing its head again.
No more dunking.
If you dunk the football over the crossbar it will now be a penalty.
SirLK26
03-25-2014, 06:57 PM
Wow, the no No Fun League is rearing its head again.
No more dunking.
If you dunk the football over the crossbar it will now be a penalty.
Why does the NFL even care about this? Aren't there more important things on their agenda than thinking about a celebration that hurts anything probably once a season? Few fans will support it, and it'll impact the overall product in a very minute way. Seems like a waste of time. Here's the link:
NFL to flag goalpost dunk celebrations | Comcast SportsNet Washington (http://www.csnwashington.com/football-washington-redskins/talk/nfl-flag-goalpost-dunk-celebrations)
While on CSN Washington, I came across this article:
Harbaugh on Jay Gruden: He's an excellent coach | Comcast SportsNet Washington (http://www.csnwashington.com/football-washington-redskins/talk/harbaugh-jay-gruden-hes-excellent-coach)
skinsfan69
03-26-2014, 12:49 AM
Since it is clear that the 7th seed would historically be on par with or better than at least the 4th division champ the added competition would be excellent. I am confident that the fans of that 10-6 cardinals wanted to see their team in the playoffs. And I certainly remember when the 11-5 Patriots missed the playoffs. Pretty certain a game pitting them against the 2nd seed that year would have been extremely entertaining..
Point is the 7th team isn't always, or even mostly, a floundering team. Its often a very good team in a very competitive division/conference.
Some years you're going to have a 10-6 not make it, and the rare occasion an 11-5 team not make it. It's not a perfect system. But more times than not, we're going to see a team like last years Steelers get in. No desire to watch that. Just waters it down too much for me.