Who Dat News: Re-seeding Playoff Teams
News: The NFL Owners will vote on a new proposal for seeding playoff teams based on record rather than division, according to USA Today. Under the new proposal more teams will take late-season games seriously even though they may have wrapped up their division. Last year, if this was the case, Tampa Bay probably would not have rested its starters during the last game of the regular season. New York on the other hand, would have hosted the wild card game against Tampa because they finished the season with a better record.
Who Dat Say: This rule, should it pass, would punish weaker divisions by not guaranteeing that divisional winners would host a first-round playoff game. The NFL wants to see more games in week 17 like the Giants-Patriots thriller, and less of the pre-season "we're going to sit our starters," variety. The NFC South was arguably the weakest division in the the NFL last year, so this bears watching for Saints fans.
News: The NFL Owners will vote on a new proposal for seeding playoff teams based on record rather than division, according to USA Today. Under the new proposal more teams will take late-season games seriously even though they may have wrapped up their division. Last year, if this was the case, Tampa Bay probably would not have rested its starters during the last game of the regular season. New York on the other hand, would have hosted the wild card game against Tampa because they finished the season with a better record.
Who Dat Say: This rule, should it pass, would punish weaker divisions by not guaranteeing that divisional winners would host a first-round playoff game. The NFL wants to see more games in week 17 like the Giants-Patriots thriller, and less of the pre-season "we're going to sit our starters," variety. The NFC South was arguably the weakest division in the the NFL last year, so this bears watching for Saints fans.
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