and i'm saying 8-8 teams shouldn't make the playoffs, they all get "bounced" as you like to say
i don't care if they win one game, having .500 teams in the playoffs hurts the regular season
No, it doesn't. In the regular season, you either win your division or you earn a wildcard spot.
How did St. Louis and Minnesota making the playoffs as wildcards with 8-8 records hurt the regular season?
Were they not the best two teams in the NFC of the non-division winners?
the chargers got dominated today, they didn't belong
the colts would've kept it closer
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But, the Colts got eliminated by that same 8-8 Charger team. Saying that a 12-4 team belongs in the playoffs but the team that BEAT THEM in postseason does not is utterly ridiculous.
it is "tough shit" and that's a shame for teams like the pats
but it does make it easier for my team to advance in the playoffs
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It ain't a shame for the Pats.
Were they the best in their division? NO! Miami was (11-5 with a better conference record).
Were they the best of the wildcards? NO! Indy was 12-4 and Baltimore was 11-5 with a better conference record.
So, they don't make the playoffs, period. What San Diego's record was has no bearing. The winner of the AFC West gets a playoff spot. San Diego won the AFC West; they make the post-season.
The "weak division" argument doens't hold water. The NFC West is "weak", on paper; yet its champions, the Cardinals, are in the NFC title game, defeating the 11-5 Falcons and 12-4 Panthers in the process.
The AFC West is "weak", on paper, too; yet its champions, the Chargers, made it to the divisonal round, at the expense of a 12-4 Colts team.