New Playoff Format
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2020 9:57 pm
Sounds like the NFL is updating their playoff format and adding a 7th seed to the mix so in honor of that change I present the following changes to our playoff format with a bit of fantasy twist!
1) We add a 7th seed so there are 4 division winners and 3 wild card teams in each conference.
2) The Wild Card Round in each conference will look like this:
1st seed - bye
2nd seed gets choice of which wild card team they want to play against (5th, 6th, or 7th)
3rd seed gets choice of the two remaining wild card teams
4th seed get the last remaining wild card team.
This does a few things...it give the top team a first round bye and it gives incentive to the higher division winners in that they get to choose their opponent from the wild card team pool. Plus oh the satisfaction it will bring when someone chooses you to play and then you beat them.
Currently, all division winners get awarded the same amount and there is nothing else that gives an edge to finishing higher other than you are traditionally matched up with the lower seed, but that doesnt necessarily mean the best match up for you. Being able to choose gives some weight to finishing 2nd, 3rd, or 4th among the division winners and ensures the best match up at least in your own eyes.
3) Now for the divisional round we could go two different routes. First we could stay with the choose your opponent theme and let the 1st seed choose their opponent among the three advancing teams from the Wild Card round. That would leave the other two teams to face off. Or we could just default to higher seed versus lower seed.
I actually have come to love the idea of picking your opponent and I think it promotes activity and engagement of league members so I would opt for that personally.
The conference championships and SB would remain unchanged.
1) We add a 7th seed so there are 4 division winners and 3 wild card teams in each conference.
2) The Wild Card Round in each conference will look like this:
1st seed - bye
2nd seed gets choice of which wild card team they want to play against (5th, 6th, or 7th)
3rd seed gets choice of the two remaining wild card teams
4th seed get the last remaining wild card team.
This does a few things...it give the top team a first round bye and it gives incentive to the higher division winners in that they get to choose their opponent from the wild card team pool. Plus oh the satisfaction it will bring when someone chooses you to play and then you beat them.
Currently, all division winners get awarded the same amount and there is nothing else that gives an edge to finishing higher other than you are traditionally matched up with the lower seed, but that doesnt necessarily mean the best match up for you. Being able to choose gives some weight to finishing 2nd, 3rd, or 4th among the division winners and ensures the best match up at least in your own eyes.
3) Now for the divisional round we could go two different routes. First we could stay with the choose your opponent theme and let the 1st seed choose their opponent among the three advancing teams from the Wild Card round. That would leave the other two teams to face off. Or we could just default to higher seed versus lower seed.
I actually have come to love the idea of picking your opponent and I think it promotes activity and engagement of league members so I would opt for that personally.
The conference championships and SB would remain unchanged.