For those of you who turned on Monday night football expecting to see a close, well executed NFC West game, I am so very sorry. Whereas I watch as much football as I can, hopefully you did not stay up watching the penalized riddled, middle school football game that was the 49ers-Cardinals game. ESPN and the NFL sent out apologies on their websites after the game......well they did not, but they should.
Now I do not want to sit here and just rag on the Niners and Cardinals or the entire NFC West (San Francisco, Seattle, Arizona and St. Louis) for that matter... but yea... that is what I am going to do anyway. And before any goes off on me about me being from Houston, understand this, every team in the NFC West would be in last place in every other division in the league. For the last two years, the Cardinals have made the playoffs on accident with records of 9-7 and 10-6. And now that their Hall of Fame QB is gone, they are going to finish well below .500. Moreover, there is a very real chance that the winner of the division is going to finish at 7-9. For those of you who do not know the playoff structure in the NFL, each conference gets 6 teams in the playoffs (4 from each of the division winners and two wildcard teams which have the next best records respectively.) Currently, the Rams and Seahawks are tied at the top with 5-6 records, followed by the 49ers at 4-7 and Cardinals at 3-8. This is the problem with the current playoff structure in the NFL. One of these teams is going to represent the NFL in the playoffs, leaving out teams that might have a record two games better, in a more difficult division.
Yes the Texans were left out last year due to a tiebreaker with the Jets, along with two other 9-7 teams. This is not the point. And I am not upset about the Texans being left out. And also, this is not like Boise St. or TCU playing for the BCS National Championship. This would be like Indiana playing for the championship. An atrocity. Something needs to be done in the NFL when years like this occur. It does not happen that often but it could be fixed with a simple 8-8 rule or something like that. Some radical people would just do away with divisions for good, but I think that is a bad idea. Divisions make for great rivalries and give different cultures to different regions of the country. However, a 7-9 division winner has no place in the playoffs when there are teams like Tampa Bay and New York that might get left out of the NFC Playoffs with 10-6 or 9-7 records. Not only would the team that drew the NFC West winner in the playoffs have an advantage in the wildcard round, the team with the bye would not get the full advantage of a bye, having to play a team that had a tough battle the week before.
I implore the NFL to do something about this if the NFC winner ends up at 7-9. There is no reason to allow a team that cannot win at least half of their games. NFL fans are more devoted and smarter than ever. Please do not insult their intelligence by letting some bush league team in over another that truly deserves it.
First off. Boise St. won't be there... lol
ReplyDeleteSecond.. This is a more valid argument then the playoff in College football. This is absurd. 12 teams represent the NFL every year.. So, 6 teams with winning records miss the playoffs, but the fucking rams will make it at 7-9..
You know what Roger.. Quit worrying about how good Harrison is at blowing up human beings and fix this..
well don't get me started on the BCS system... but anyways, it is my opinion (with my vast NFL football knowledge) that no losing team should be allowed in the playoffs. At least an unamerican tie (8-8) should be required like you said.
ReplyDeleteBut about the BCS, it sucks for Boise State that winning 24 games in a row isn't good enough for a shot at the championship. But then again, I guess in the system I would probably propose(top 8 teams) Boise State still wouldn't get a chance.