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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 883519"><p>Ditto on the welcome back.</p><p></p><p>The NFL will play as many games as protocols will allow. If one team gets through 16 games and another only 10, so shall it be. And if a team has to play with a dozen starters sitting out, so shall it be.</p><p></p><p>As far as I can tell, the NFL has not issued guidance on how playoff qualification and seeding will determined with an unbalanced schedule. That would be in true NFL rule making fashion, closing the barn door after the cow gets out in the corn. We should expect a set of rules once a game is outright cancelled--maybe. We should get them before it happens.</p><p></p><p>I really don't see much of an issue with playoff qualification and seeding going by winning percentage. If one team is 3-2 in the division and another 3-3 and it comes down to tiebreaker, so be it. In the great scheme of things it's not something that should get anybody in twist provided they spell it out in advance. Of course fans of that 3-3 team will find a reason to wail and moan but that's par for the course with any perceived injustice, real or imagined.</p><p></p><p>The question would be if a minimum number of games played would be required to qualify for the playoffs and what that number should be. It would probably be a moot point point anyway. A team missing a whole mess of games is likely to be short a bunch of players in the ones they do play, filling in from off the practice squad. Positive tested players can be out of action for 10 days or longer if they continue to test positive, longer if they continue to show symptoms.</p><p></p><p>Still, the question should be considered--should an 8-0 or 6-4 team be a playoff team if it comes to that? The sooner the NFL answers that question the sooner everybody is on notice. If the NFL waits until after a game is outright cancelled they will be rightly open to accusations of picking winners and losers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 883519"] Ditto on the welcome back. The NFL will play as many games as protocols will allow. If one team gets through 16 games and another only 10, so shall it be. And if a team has to play with a dozen starters sitting out, so shall it be. As far as I can tell, the NFL has not issued guidance on how playoff qualification and seeding will determined with an unbalanced schedule. That would be in true NFL rule making fashion, closing the barn door after the cow gets out in the corn. We should expect a set of rules once a game is outright cancelled--maybe. We should get them before it happens. I really don't see much of an issue with playoff qualification and seeding going by winning percentage. If one team is 3-2 in the division and another 3-3 and it comes down to tiebreaker, so be it. In the great scheme of things it's not something that should get anybody in twist provided they spell it out in advance. Of course fans of that 3-3 team will find a reason to wail and moan but that's par for the course with any perceived injustice, real or imagined. The question would be if a minimum number of games played would be required to qualify for the playoffs and what that number should be. It would probably be a moot point point anyway. A team missing a whole mess of games is likely to be short a bunch of players in the ones they do play, filling in from off the practice squad. Positive tested players can be out of action for 10 days or longer if they continue to test positive, longer if they continue to show symptoms. Still, the question should be considered--should an 8-0 or 6-4 team be a playoff team if it comes to that? The sooner the NFL answers that question the sooner everybody is on notice. If the NFL waits until after a game is outright cancelled they will be rightly open to accusations of picking winners and losers. [/QUOTE]
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