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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 431029" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Interesting initial post but I agree with SpartaChris, I like the current system. The complaint I hear most about the current system is the emphasis it places on division winners which can result in a division winner making the playoffs over a team with a better record. But I like the rivalries created by the divisions. And the current system rewards the winner of a particularly competitive division in which the teams beat up each other resulting in a worse record than if they had been in an "average" division. The drawback is it also rewards the best team in a crappy division but I'm willing to make that trade-off since no system created by man can be perfect and in order to preserve what I see as the advantages of the divisions. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">IMO the NFL has arrived at the nearly perfect number of regular season and playoff games and unfortunately I think they're about to screw that up by adding more regular season games. I also think it would be a mistake to add additional playoff games. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">The subtext of the initial post for Packers fans <em>could be</em> the Packers were the best team in the league this season and the current playoff structure unfairly eliminated them. However the counter to that argument is last season when the Packers won it all after not being the "best" NFC team over the course of the regular season. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">The bottom line for me is there is no "best" team over the long course of a season and playoffs. By that I mean different teams take on the mantel of being "the best" over the course of the season. Clearly the Packers were that team during parts of this season. But as long as the determination of "the best" occurs at the end of the season, and of course it has to, timing is crucial. The team playing the best ball at the end of the season is almost always crowned the champion and I'm fine with that. IMO no team can legitimately use the structure of the regular season or playoffs to claim they were denied a championship. And that's as close to perfect as we can get. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 431029, member: 4300"] [FONT=Tahoma]Interesting initial post but I agree with SpartaChris, I like the current system. The complaint I hear most about the current system is the emphasis it places on division winners which can result in a division winner making the playoffs over a team with a better record. But I like the rivalries created by the divisions. And the current system rewards the winner of a particularly competitive division in which the teams beat up each other resulting in a worse record than if they had been in an "average" division. The drawback is it also rewards the best team in a crappy division but I'm willing to make that trade-off since no system created by man can be perfect and in order to preserve what I see as the advantages of the divisions. [/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma]IMO the NFL has arrived at the nearly perfect number of regular season and playoff games and unfortunately I think they're about to screw that up by adding more regular season games. I also think it would be a mistake to add additional playoff games. [/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma]The subtext of the initial post for Packers fans [I]could be[/I] the Packers were the best team in the league this season and the current playoff structure unfairly eliminated them. However the counter to that argument is last season when the Packers won it all after not being the "best" NFC team over the course of the regular season. [/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma]The bottom line for me is there is no "best" team over the long course of a season and playoffs. By that I mean different teams take on the mantel of being "the best" over the course of the season. Clearly the Packers were that team during parts of this season. But as long as the determination of "the best" occurs at the end of the season, and of course it has to, timing is crucial. The team playing the best ball at the end of the season is almost always crowned the champion and I'm fine with that. IMO no team can legitimately use the structure of the regular season or playoffs to claim they were denied a championship. And that's as close to perfect as we can get. [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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