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Two More NFL Playoff Teams? Some Are Pushing for It

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  • Two More NFL Playoff Teams? Some Are Pushing for It

    A proposal to let two more teams into the NFL playoffs could have a chance at passing at the league meetings after all.

    The Kansas City Chiefs will propose this week an increase in postseason qualifiers from 12 to 14. The NFL Competition Committee is against it, and the committee carries much sway.

    But several team officials said Sunday they would like to see more playoff teams.

    "I'm for anything that gives my team a better chance to make the playoffs," San Francisco 49ers coach Dennis Erickson said.

    "I think two more teams in the playoffs would increase the excitement in those cities," added Miami Dolphins president Eddie Jones.

    Bob Kraft, owner of the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots, co-sponsored the proposal a year ago, when it was voted down. He's indicated he still favors it.

    But Rich McKay, co-chairman of the competition committee and general manager of the Atlanta Falcons, doesn't expect passage of the proposal.

    "We feel like the current system has worked very well," McKay said. "The playoff number at 12 is a good number and, for competitive reasons, we don't recommend expansion."

    The biggest concern is that with 14 teams, only the team with the best record in each conference would get a first-round bye.

    "Yes, that would create a potential unreasonable advantage for the No. 1 seed," McKay said. "When you look at the advantage for the bye of the one and two seeds, certainly you see it. To then give it to the No. 1 seed alone definitely is a concern to all of us."

    Increasing the playoff field requires 24 of 32 votes.

    Source: AP

  • #2
    F*cking Joke!!!

    Dennis Erickson says, "I am for anything that will improve our playoff chances." This was in reference to the (very bad) idea of adding two more playoff teams. What does he think this is, the NBA or NHL??? Baseball used to have the perfect playoff system: finish first or go home.

    Because of their unnecessary "Wild Card," the World Series saw snow for the first time (Cleveland vs. Florida, 1997). And it was already bad enough that the basketball and hockey finals must be played in sweltering heat of May and June! What's next: the Super Bowl on the same day as the Boston Marathon?

    Why don't we do away with the regular season and just let every team in the playoffs.

    What a joke!! All for tv money.

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