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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Footballtalk" data-source="post: 431044" data-attributes="member: 6271">Well you just kind of touched on the point. The regular season "clearly" produces the top 4 teams in the league that should qualify for the playoffs in each conference. One of the reasons for that is that we have double round-robin within the divisional rounds. Each divisional team must face each other twice so it leaves very few questions unanswered when a team sweeps a strong division. Who gets to play in the playoffs is rarely cloudy. Now I am not saying the Packers were the best team in the NFC this year. I'm saying it's possible, but we don't know. I just don't believe losing your first playoff game is enough to say a team that's 15-1 shouldn't continue. If in a particular year it just so happens that the absolute 2 best teams in a conference are the #3 and #6 seeds or #4 and #5, one of them would go home no matter what in the wildcard round. Somebody has to lose. So one of the top 2 teams would get eliminated first. That would weaken competition in the later levels. And yes it could have changed the faith of the Packers last year, but it's unlikely. If the Packers were indeed the best team last year, round-robin or a similar system solidifies that(double elimination for example), and they would still be the team to play in the Championship game. The only thing that may have changed this year is the opponent in the Championship game. The Giants would still have to face the Saints, whom they lost to earlier settling that question, but regardless of the outcome of that third game for them, they would still likely move on to the Championship game because they beat both GB and the 49ers. They won two games. If they are the best team in the NFC, it wouldn't have put them at risk. It would only help teams like GB or the Saints recover and get a second shot, as well as teams that may be new to the playoffs, like the 49ers, Texans, by allowing them to play 3 games. Get over their nerves. Personally I believe it would raise the excitement in the playoffs and also increase the value of the Championship game and trophy. Imagine Aaron Rodgers vs Drew Brees after they both accomplished what they did in the regular season. That, to me, would be huge. Something we never got a chance to see. It would also highly increase the image of each of the teams playing, as well as revenue.</blockquote>

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