Reply #3: I think there should be a 16-team playoff system in the NFL. [View All]

Make it simple. Top half of the teams get in. 8 in the AFC, 8 in the NFC. All the division winners get at least home-field in the 1st round. 2nd best division winner in each confernce gets home-field in the comference semis too, and the best division winner gets home-field throughout. Teams would be seeded 8 at 1, 7 at 2, 6 at 3 and 5 at 4. This system works the best with a symmetrical 32-team format also.

I'm also in favour of making the regular season schedule 18 games (still only have one bye week), and downsizing the preseason schedule to 3 per team for EVERYBODY. None of those half-weekends at the very beginning in late July. That way, teams can start camp in the third week of July, Go thru the preseason starting the first week of August, regular season starting the last week of August and ending in the 1st week of January, and the Super Bowl would be played the first week of February. "Playing football in February" could become a new popular cliche, too.