Super Wild Card Weekend

[Chapow]

There were 6 games. 4 out of those 6 games were blowouts, and the average margin of victory in the wild card round was 17.2 points.

Both of the seven seeds, the 9-8 Eagles and the 9-7-1 Steelers, weren't even competitive. Which makes sense, because they are only slightly above mediocre and they were playing very good teams.

IMO, this new format is going to lead to a lot more non-competitive playoff games in the wild card round in the future. The 2 seed is almost always going to be a very good team. The 7 seed is almost always going to be a mediocre to slightly above mediocre team. That's a recipe that's usually going to produce what we saw this weekend. Some not very entertaining games.

 

[KinesProf]

That's okay though.

It's extra football in January. Watch or don't watch. Provided more opportunities for winning money if you wanted to bet Tampa or KC ATS, or include either in a parlay.

Without the 7th seed you don't get that highly entertaining LAC/LV/PIT scenerio in week 18.

 

[Stud]

Agreed. The Eagles were not good and had no business being in the playoffs. They were in a weak division and didn't have a single win against a team with a winning record until the last game of the year (when the Saints won their game). It's all about money.

 

[flv]

I'm fine with a weak #7 seed being blown away. It's better than having a good #7 seed sitting at home just so the #2 seed can have a week off. A lot of people watched games late in the season because their team was in contention for that #7 seed. It generates a lot of valuable revenue for just 2 extra games.

The change i'd like to see would be to bump a potentially strong #8 seed from 1 conference over to the other conference in preference to a weak #7 seed. (The team would have to be at least 1 win better). That would be more in line with what happens in the CFL. That wouldn't have happened this year but last year the 10-6 Dolphins would have replaced the 8-8 Bears at the #2 seed Saints. That would have made for better tv.

 

[Cyrus12]

Worst wild card weekend in recent memory. The divisional rd looks good though

 

[olyfan63]

Worst wild card weekend in recent memory. The divisional rd looks good though

Naw, the 49ers beating the Cowgirls made the entire weekend worthwhile.