ProcessTruster Posted January 24, 2023 Author Share Posted January 24, 2023 22 minutes ago, Zerovoltz said: Love the irony here. the regular season is a grind and players get hurt and it pushes the season further into winter so let’s: play even more games and push it even further into winter. by the comments so far, not sure you guys know how a double elimination tournament works. whatever. it was just a thought. go bills 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appoo Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Why so the Bills can lose to the Bengals twice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Romes Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 denial. anger. bargaining. depression. acceptance. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo03 Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 There is a reason football is one and done in the playoffs. It's the most physically demanding sport there is. That's why there are only 17 games as opposed to the 82 you get with Hockey and Basketball or the 162 you get with Baseball. With double elimination in football, you're essentially asking these players to play upwards of 25 games a season. Football isn't made for that. Keep it the way it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prissythecat Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 58 minutes ago, Charles Romes said: denial. anger. bargaining. depression. acceptance. haha. a very apt application of the stages of grief 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 There are a lot of reasons why a single-elimination tourney isn't necessarily "fair," but the physical nature of football doesn't lend itself to anything else. I've resigned myself to the fact that the best team in the NFL isn't necessarily the one that wins the Super Bowl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low Positive Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 On 1/24/2023 at 8:03 AM, Xwnyer said: I’d rather see going back to 16 week season and a week off before playoffs. 8 teams in playoff four division winners n four wild cards. Division winners play at home first round after that reran led The OP's idea is not good, but this is what should be done. No team should get that bye. It's too big of an advantage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 On 1/24/2023 at 8:10 AM, HOUSE said: I will gladly spend another 2 grand on tickets. What, did you rob a bank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LABILLBACKER Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 If you're missing injured players in the first playoff game, you're probably going to be missing them in the next game. It doesn't solve the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prissythecat Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 On 1/24/2023 at 8:16 AM, Mr. WEO said: imagine how emotionally exhausted the Bills would be in a double elimination scenario. none of them would survive. pass. well the Bills should be in good shape since they apparently climbed the Himalayas this past season 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Formerly_of_Roch Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 On 1/24/2023 at 7:45 AM, ProcessTruster said: The way the NFL does the playoffs - Going later and later into the winter - One and done format and with injuries mounting due to the season getting longer and longer, I'm not sure that determining the Super Bowl Champion is becoming slightly more and more random. Von made the point that In other sports a team can come back in the playoffs and advance. In the NFL you get one shot, lose and you're out. Have a few key guys out at exactly the right time or some other one-off condition, and you're out. Fini Why not have a double elimination playoff tournament? Put 8 teams in from each conference. Two byes each. If you lose, you get a second game the next week. The NFL gets more playoff games, more revenue, blah blah, so can eliminate another preseason game or two (which no one watches and generate little rev for the league and are unnecessary/generate injuries). Move the start of the regular season up a couple weeks. Play playoff games with good teams instead of preseason games that are meaningless. This takes some of the randomness out of the playoffs and keeps fans engaged longer. I want teams playing with as full rosters as they can, so we can see who is the best, not just the best on a particular day. Plus you lose twice in a row in the playoffs and now you really know you have work to do. When will the SB be held, Easter Sunday? If only still playing one game per week a double elimination takes much longer. Also gives many teams a number of byes once past 1st round. It works well in baseball as the team who lost often plays a doubleheader game to get back to winners bracket and play on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Williams Available Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 (edited) This is the bargaining stage of grief. @Charles Romesbeat me to it. Edited January 25, 2023 by Best Williams Available Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Junction Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 8 teams. Single elimination. Every team has a bye between the regular season and playoffs. Eliminate a preseason game to make room for the bye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyBatty is alive Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 On 1/24/2023 at 7:05 AM, teef said: you're already a winner in the game of life my friend! No that was Damar Hamlin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milanos Milano Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 On 1/24/2023 at 5:05 AM, teef said: you're already a winner in the game of life my friend! Pretty sure he has boughten cloud and volcano insurance… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFunPolice Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 The season is already too long. By the time you get to the playoffs teams are decimated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleSammy Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 After we got thumped in both games, we would have twice the reasons to question Frazier's defensive scheme in big on-the-line playoff games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 7 hours ago, prissythecat said: well the Bills should be in good shape since they apparently climbed the Himalayas this past season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunsgoodtime Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 (edited) Since the Bills are never good enough to do it with whatever the current rules are, the league should just rotate Division winners each year where only 1 gets to move on from the Afc and Nfc to the playoffs, which will be bypassed because only 2 teams move on, sending them straight to the SB. Change which division leader moves in each year. Then swap each years winner being 1 year from the Afc, the next the Nfc, meaning no need to play the SB either, giving the random Division winner the SB title. Maybe the Bills will win one then. If that dont work, change the rules to where whatever team with the best record that regular season that has never won a SB gets the SB title. We will surely win one then eventually. Edited January 25, 2023 by Gunsgoodtime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatdrinks Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 Absolutely not. Single elimination is the beauty of the NFL playoffs. You truly only have to be better that gameday. Home field, bye week etc doesn’t guarantee you anything in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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