1 minute ago, Wentz_Era said:

You play the schedule you have…both teams did that.  Better than 2 teams that made the playoffs that sat home watching tonight.  FSU and Liberty aren’t Air Force loading their schedule with cupcakes to inflate the record either.  They both played the schedule as best as they could.

 

You aren’t wrong but at the end of the day the committee’s job is to put the best four teams in, Liberty and FSU would have been dog walked in the semis. We could debate it for hours but they simply were not better than the teams that went in.

Based on that logic what’s the incentive to play in a tough conference? Those tough conferences should be rewarded for playing multiple ranked opponents every year vs beating UTEP in conference, or Marshall or ULM.

2 minutes ago, Joe Ball said:

I like the 6 team format, top two teams in conference get a bye. Seemed more balanced and fair, plus it rewards good conference play for two teams. Worked well for a long time.

The beauty of the NFL is the intensity of the regular season.

If the Eagles were magically the 2 seed right now and Dallas 5...would that even change anything?  HFA isn't quite what it used to be either.  Dallas would still have the 2nd best odds in the NFC to get to the SB and the Eagles would still be left for dead.  

And from that perspective, what really happened in the regular season that mattered?  SF/Dallas game and that's about it.

2 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Can’t wait for the in-season tournament 

Those fields are going to look fly.

UGA should finish ranked #2.

6 minutes ago, Joe Ball said:

You aren’t wrong but at the end of the day the committee’s job is to put the best four teams in, Liberty and FSU would have been dog walked in the semis. We could debate it for hours but they simply were not better than the teams that went in.

Based on that logic what’s the incentive to play in a tough conference? Those tough conferences should be rewarded for playing multiple ranked opponents every year vs beating UTEP in conference, or Marshall or ULM.

Leave Liberty out of it…FSU is a ‘Power 5’ conference team that went 13-0.  Nothing will make it right…funny that Michigan is clearly the best team in the NCAA after 2 of the 3 years that changes happened with determining the national champion.  Only this time it’s clearly undisputed.  Oddly enough…they’re the team that forced the BCS to end by being left out.

2 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

UGA should finish ranked #2.

At least #3

4 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

SF/Dallas game and that's about it.

I don’t know that that game mattered…well, depending on how postseason goes for either DAL or PHI. Will either team have PTSD against SF after the beat downs they gave both?😆

1 minute ago, Joe Ball said:

I don’t know that that game mattered…well, depending on how postseason goes for either DAL or PHI. Will either team have PTSD against SF after the beat downs they gave both?😆

I think SF will make it to the SB mostly unchallenged.  The Eagles don't deserve to be in that discussion and I think Dallas really carries too much mental baggage to march into SF and win in the playoffs.  

I still see Detroit as an overrated team, but they are the only option I see in the NFC to maybe go in there, get a couple lucky bounces, land a lucky sucker punch, and somehow get a win.  Wouldn't bet on it, but I think they have the best shot.  

2 minutes ago, Iggles25 said:

At least #3

Does it matter…everything after 1 is a loser under the new construct.  They’re #5 at best.  Michigan > Wash > Texas > Alabama > Georgia.  There’s still a team that didn’t lose a regular season game in the mix.

23 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

Too many teams make the NFL playoffs.  It's a small move towards the NBA and NHL where the regular season is completely meaningless background television.  

2 elite teams in the entire league get the coveted bye.  And the rest of the teams that care more about winning than their draft pick end up with an anticlimactic regular season that really didn't matter much, as they end up in a morass of wild card weekend games.

No one needs to see the Cowboys and Bills annihilate the Packers and Steelers.  Then people get to say Dak wins in the playoffs.  That's not a playoff win.  That's a 1pm regional game in October where they pull their starters in the 4th quarter.

But they need the money of the extra game.

 

I think the Packers will be competitive, but I agree with your overall point.  It’ll be a rarity that a #7 seed beats a #2 seed on the road.

3 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

I think the Packers will be competitive, but I agree with your overall point.  It’ll be a rarity that a #7 seed beats a #2 seed on the road.

I see it as a lose/lose proposition.  If it's a rarity, then watching a 2 vs. 7 playoff game is bad.  If it's NOT a rarity, then what's the point of the regular season?  Then watching that is bad.

 

1 minute ago, eagle45 said:

I think SF will make it to the SB mostly unchallenged.  The Eagles don't deserve to be in that discussion and I think Dallas really carries too much mental baggage to march into SF and win in the playoffs.  

I still see Detroit as an overrated team, but they are the only option I see in the NFC to maybe go in there, get a couple lucky bounces, land a lucky sucker punch, and somehow get a win.  Wouldn't bet on it, but I think they have the best shot.  

I think DET is done. I think the Rams are familiar enough with SF to pull the upset and they are playing really well right now.

Yeh, I rarely bet on anything and if I do it’s with friends for small $. 
 

As far as DAL goes, just gonna try and be positive, that’s all I can do. They are either going to crap themselves or finally figure out January.

5 minutes ago, Wentz_Era said:

Does it matter…everything after 1 is a loser under the new construct.  They’re #5 at best.  Michigan > Wash > Texas > Alabama > Georgia.  There’s still a team that didn’t lose a regular season game in the mix.

My thoughts exactly…

9 minutes ago, Wentz_Era said:

Does it matter…everything after 1 is a loser under the new construct.  They’re #5 at best.  Michigan > Wash > Texas > Alabama > Georgia.  There’s still a team that didn’t lose a regular season game in the mix.

Was just entertaining the poster.

There is #1

And everyone else is a loser indeed.

1 minute ago, Iggles25 said:

Was just entertaining the poster.

There is #1

And everyone else is a loser indeed.

Not me, I’m DJ Khaled…😆 

6 minutes ago, Joe Ball said:

Not me, I’m DJ Khaled…😆 

I'm more Bloodhound Gang.

3 minutes ago, Iggles25 said:

I'm more Bloodhound Gang.

I’ll look’em up tomorrow. 

15 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

So basically everything…

 

They've not managed to get it right in the past 18 weeks so why would they now?

I want to see a Browns v Lions SB. 

Admittedly I don't watch a ton of Washington games, but for someone that's been playing college ball since the Prohibition I wasn't overly impressed with Penix

7th Seeds are 0-6 Vs #2 Seeds since the format changed.   I think a 7th Seed is due for a victory so Packers or Steelers could win an upset this weekend.  

1 hour ago, KINGnabb said:

7th Seeds are 0-6 Vs #2 Seeds since the format changed.   I think a 7th Seed is due for a victory so Packers or Steelers could win an upset this weekend.  

I’ll be a cheesehead this weekend. 

4 minutes ago, Outlaw said:

I’ll be a cheesehead this weekend. 

The Packers are 4-0 All Time at AT&T Stadium (Including a playoff win).  Cowboys are 16-0 at Home over the last two seasons (Even though we all saw the Lions win that game). I guess something has to give.  They are a young team that nobody expected to be here. So many in media wrote Jordan Love off earlier in the season.   All the pressure is on Dallas.  

7 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

My bigger point wasn’t all this is that the Jaguars aren’t some poverty stricken franchise on offense. They have good weapons. Evan engram just had a great season. He led all tight ends in receptions and was 3rd in tight end receiving yards. Acting like the jaguars don’t have good offensive skill position players is Bs 

That’s fair enough.  I was just a little fired up yesterday.  Not a huge deal.  
 

Anyway, let’s hope we’re all wrong about this team and they make some sort of miracle run. 😅

5 minutes ago, KINGnabb said:

The Packers are 4-0 All Time at AT&T Stadium (Including a playoff win).  Cowboys are 16-0 at Home over the last two seasons (Even though we all saw the Lions win that game). I guess something has to give.  They are a young team that nobody expected to be here. So many in media wrote Jordan Love off earlier in the season.   All the pressure is on Dallas.  

Strictly QB stats for this past year, Jordan Love had kind of year I hoped Jalen Hurts would have and he did it with none of his WR going over 800 yards. I love Jaylen Reed, Romeo Doubs, Christian Watson, Tucker Kraft and Luke Musgrave. That's a fantastic young group and while none of them are the superstars that AJ Brown and DeVonta Smith are, it might be a group that is more sustainable for their cap moving forward. They should be able to hang on to them are more reasonable contracts. Add in their running game with Dillon and Jones and they could make some noise. 

Jordan Love: 372-579 for 4,159 yards, 32 TD 11 Int. 64.2% completion and 96.2 QB rating

Jalen Hurts: 352-538 for 3,858 yards, 23 TD 15 Int. 65.4% completion and 89.1 QB rating