Comments on: Should Division Winners Get Home Field? http://www.footballperspective.com/should-division-winners-get-home-field/ NFL History and Stats Fri, 21 Feb 2014 15:19:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Justin http://www.footballperspective.com/should-division-winners-get-home-field/#comment-81080 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 15:19:41 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=16713#comment-81080 Another suggestion that is worth looking into is trying to delay intra-division playoff games as long as possible. In the pre-1994 expansion of the playoffs, a wild card team could only play its division champion in the Conference Championship game. For example, if an NFC East team won the wild card game and the NFC East champion was the No. 1 seed, the NFL simply sent the NFC East wild card team to play at the No. 2 seed and sent the No. 3 seed team to the NFC East champion / No. 1 Seed. This format resulted in some classic title games between heated rivals. Unfortunately, this would be impossible to guarantee under the current format, but there are several times when a slight tweak here and there would delay intra-division games. In my mind, this is the best possible change to the current playoff rules.

]]> By: EranUngar http://www.footballperspective.com/should-division-winners-get-home-field/#comment-81075 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 14:16:00 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=16713#comment-81075 I tend to agree with you that if a team finishes 2nd in it’s division and is still more then 1 game ahead of a division champion it should host the wildcard game.

However, as for your logic you missed a strong argument against it. It’s not only the inter division games that effects the strength of schedule it’s also which other conference division your division faces. Next year the best division of the AFC plays the best of the NFC west against – AFC west. You’ll find 5 playoffs teams plus another team with 10W that didn’t make the playoffs. After such a season winning your division even at 9-7 is a big thing and should award you home field advantage.

Also, it would make winning your division practically meaningless.

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