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KamaAina

(78,249 posts) Tue Dec 9, 2014, 03:15 PM Dec 2014

It's official. There will be a non-winning team in the playoffs.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/standings/

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South Team W L T Pct PF PA Net Pts Home Away Div Conf Last 5 Streak
Atlanta 5 8 0 .385 328 342 -14 3-3-0 2-5-0 4-0-0 5-5-0 3-2-0 L-1
New Orleans 5 8 0 .385 333 359 -26 3-4-0 2-4-0 2-2-0 4-5-0 1-4-0 L-1
Carolina 4 8 1 .346 269 341 -72 2-4-0 2-4-1 2-2-0 4-6-0 1-4-0 W-1
Tampa Bay 2 11 0 .154 237 348 -111 0-6-0 2-5-0 0-4-0 1-8-0 1-4-0 L-3

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It's official. There will be a non-winning team in the playoffs. (Original Post) KamaAina Dec 2014 OP

That is just sad. Hoyt Dec 2014 #1

I Like The Idea I Heard The Other Day ProfessorGAC Dec 2014 #2

Sounds good. I was also thinking any division winner below .500 should be excluded too. Auggie Dec 2014 #3

Weren't the Seachickens 7-9 not that long ago? joeybee12 Dec 2014 #4

Who then beat the super bowl champion Saints in the wild card game. Angleae Dec 2014 #5

If, at 6-8, Nawlins wins the division and Seattle is a wild-card at 12-4... joeybee12 Dec 2014 #6

I would love to see the Saints finish 6-8 KamaAina Dec 2014 #9

6-10...smartass!!! joeybee12 Dec 2014 #10

Sounds about right getting old in mke Dec 2014 #11

I think Jamaal510 Dec 2014 #7

You are so NBA. El Supremo Dec 2014 #8

So why even have divisions, then. Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #13

Exactly. eom Jamaal510 Dec 2014 #14

I find it heavily ironic that the one place in the country where football is practically a religion Initech Dec 2014 #12

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

1. That is just sad.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2014, 03:24 PM

Dec 2014

ProfessorGAC

(64,869 posts)

2. I Like The Idea I Heard The Other Day

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2014, 03:48 PM

Dec 2014

Division winner gets in no matter how sad, but any team without a record above .500 becomes a wild card team and the better WC team gets a playoff game. Reseeding the conference to winnow the poor teams as it were.

Auggie

(31,133 posts)

3. Sounds good. I was also thinking any division winner below .500 should be excluded too.

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 9, 2014, 04:17 PM

Dec 2014

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)

4. Weren't the Seachickens 7-9 not that long ago?

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2014, 06:12 PM

Dec 2014

Although one of these teams, I think, could get in at 6-8.

Angleae

(4,481 posts)

5. Who then beat the super bowl champion Saints in the wild card game.

Reply to joeybee12 (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 9, 2014, 07:46 PM

Dec 2014

It would be highly ironic if the Saints did the same exact thing to the Seahawks this year.

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)

6. If, at 6-8, Nawlins wins the division and Seattle is a wild-card at 12-4...

Reply to Angleae (Reply #5)

Tue Dec 9, 2014, 08:18 PM

Dec 2014

Nawlins hosts...could happen, although after Sunday, I no longer think Nawlins is the best in a really bad division.

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

9. I would love to see the Saints finish 6-8

Reply to joeybee12 (Reply #6)

Wed Dec 10, 2014, 12:26 AM

Dec 2014

in a 16-game season.

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)

10. 6-10...smartass!!!

Reply to KamaAina (Reply #9)

Wed Dec 10, 2014, 06:35 AM

Dec 2014

getting old in mke

(813 posts)

11. Sounds about right

Reply to KamaAina (Reply #9)

Wed Dec 10, 2014, 02:22 PM

Dec 2014

Because there are for sure a couple of games that they'd want to entirely block from memory...

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)

7. I think

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2014, 10:38 PM

Dec 2014

it would be more fair to re-arrange it to where the 16 teams with the best records in both conferences automatically get in, instead of the division winners. Some teams luck out and play in sorry divisions, while others have either .500 or above and still don't make it.