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Post by Philadelphia Eagles (Andrew) on Nov 26, 2018 9:39:07 GMT -5
Obviously this would not be implemented this year but what if we did a little draft before the playoffs each year where the top 4 seeds in each conference got to select which of the wildcard teams they would match up against in the 1st round. This would reward teams for doing well in the regular season since right now there really is no reward (i.e. a bye).
So for example, the top 4 in the NFC are SEA, PHI, CAR and DET, and the wildcard teams are MIN, LAR, ATL and TB.
SEA would get first pick since he’s the #1 seed so let’s say he chooses LAR based on matchups or maybe LAR’s QB just got hurt or whatever. Then PHI would be up next as the #2 seed and PHI could choose any of the remaining 3 wildcard teams.
Idk it seems like it could be kind of fun and easy to implement. Anyone agree or disagree?
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Post by Jacksonville Jaguars (Jordan) on Nov 26, 2018 9:58:36 GMT -5
Who would you pick?
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Post by Philadelphia Eagles (Andrew) on Nov 26, 2018 10:08:21 GMT -5
Like in the hypothetical? Or who would I actually prefer to play in real life? I think LAR is the weakest team so I would want to play them in the hypothetical. But since I said SEA would choose them, I guess I would go with ATL. ATL is the lowest scoring team but they’ve been missing fournette for most of the year so LAR would likely be the lowest scoring if Fournette had been healthy.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2018 10:13:51 GMT -5
There is a reward, it’s playing the weakest wildcard team- aka the 8 seed...
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Post by Philadelphia Eagles (Andrew) on Nov 26, 2018 10:43:29 GMT -5
There is a reward, it’s playing the weakest wildcard team- aka the 8 seed... Ahh see that’s where you’re wrong because the #8 seed isn’t the weakest team. TB is the #8 seed and he’s 14th overall in scoring. But the #6 and #7 seeds were 19th and 20th in scoring respectively. So SEA is actually worse off for earning the #1 seed. Listen I want to see SEA lose as much as anyone else but it also seems like it’s not quite fair to him.
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Post by Philadelphia Eagles (Andrew) on Nov 26, 2018 10:46:22 GMT -5
It just seems like a more fun solution as opposed letting teams “rest their starters” to get specific seeding (which is currently not allowed in this league). Some of the control that is afforded real life teams has been stripped away by our rules so it seems reasonable that we would give some control back in a different way.
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Post by Detroit Lions (Christian) on Nov 26, 2018 10:54:07 GMT -5
I like the concept. But I think we can make it even more interesting!
The four wildcard teams get to chose a single player from any of the teams that didn't make the playoffs for their first round matchup. You wouldn't be able to keep the player beyond that first game, however.
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Post by Detroit Lions (Christian) on Nov 26, 2018 11:07:28 GMT -5
I like the concept. But I think we can make it even more interesting! The four wildcard teams get to chose a single player from any of the teams that didn't make the playoffs for their first round matchup. You wouldn't be able to keep the player beyond that first game, however. Who doesn't like an added layer of chaos?
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Post by Philadelphia Eagles (Andrew) on Nov 26, 2018 11:12:11 GMT -5
Thank you, DET, for that very helpful addition to this conversation.
I don’t really see how this would be chaotic at all. It’s just one week of people choosing their matchups and then you go off the seeding after that. The GMs of the top seeded teams are always active owners so it wouldn’t take long to do.
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Post by Jacksonville Jaguars (Jordan) on Nov 26, 2018 11:28:26 GMT -5
I’m old school I guess. I like a nice clean 1-8, 2-7, etc. matchup.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2018 11:48:35 GMT -5
There is a reward, it’s playing the weakest wildcard team- aka the 8 seed... Ahh see that’s where you’re wrong because the #8 seed isn’t the weakest team. TB is the #8 seed and he’s 14th overall in scoring. But the #6 and #7 seeds were 19th and 20th in scoring respectively. So SEA is actually worse off for earning the #1 seed. Listen I want to see SEA lose as much as anyone else but it also seems like it’s not quite fair to him. LOL, Seattle isn't losing... his team is embarrassingly stacked... the closest team to him in PF is 400 pts under him (that's like 2-3 extra weeks of scoring over any team)... too many lopsided trades over the years.
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Post by Philadelphia Eagles (Andrew) on Nov 26, 2018 12:16:16 GMT -5
Ahh see that’s where you’re wrong because the #8 seed isn’t the weakest team. TB is the #8 seed and he’s 14th overall in scoring. But the #6 and #7 seeds were 19th and 20th in scoring respectively. So SEA is actually worse off for earning the #1 seed. Listen I want to see SEA lose as much as anyone else but it also seems like it’s not quite fair to him. LOL, Seattle isn't losing... his team is embarrassingly stacked... the closest team to him in PF is 400 pts under him (that's like 2-3 extra weeks of scoring over any team)... too many lopsided trades over the years. Nothing is going to change mid season on this so whether or not SEA will win is irrelevant. We’re looking toward next year with this. What if you’re the #1 seed and you get matched up with someone who was the #8 seed but they’re significantly better than some of the wildcard teams? We’ve had this happen before where the #8 seed was significantly better than other playoff teams.
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Post by Philadelphia Eagles (Andrew) on Nov 26, 2018 12:19:17 GMT -5
Also I just used the NFC as an example because the bracket is set but in the AFC there isn’t a team as dominant as SEA. In fact the best team from a scoring perspective is CIN who is a wildcard team. Further proving my point here.
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Post by Cincinnati Bengals (Chris) on Nov 26, 2018 12:27:51 GMT -5
There is a reward, it’s playing the weakest wildcard team- aka the 8 seed... Ahh see that’s where you’re wrong because the #8 seed isn’t the weakest team. TB is the #8 seed and he’s 14th overall in scoring. But the #6 and #7 seeds were 19th and 20th in scoring respectively. So SEA is actually worse off for earning the #1 seed. Listen I want to see SEA lose as much as anyone else but it also seems like it’s not quite fair to him. I guess it depends for me. Which TB are you getting? The one who attempts to start only 7 or 8 players, or the one who lucks into his lineup being automatically set for that week? Because the former Tampa Bay is what got him the #1 overall pick, and the latter Tampa Bay is...a guy who lucked into the #1 overall pick. I'm sorry, are we supposed to pretend that we live in a world where that guy isn't horrible and doesn't know what he's doing?
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Post by Philadelphia Eagles (Andrew) on Nov 26, 2018 12:39:32 GMT -5
Haha you gotta read the room on that one. If the #5 seed is someone who is bad at setting his lineup then you might wanna play against him.
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