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Originally Posted by ChaosTheory
Yep, brutal. I always think of the 2010 Saints. I don't feel bad because I hate them, but they went 11-5 and had to travel three time zones to Seattle because the Seahawks won the NFC West with a 7-9 record. Seattle ends up beating them because it's football.
Then there's lesser examples like the '08 Colts going 12-4 but the Titans decided to start the season 10-0 and took the division.
Etc., etc...
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For the Colts, they had 2 examples that were bad, and one was just horrific.
1) ) The 1967 Colts were undefeated going into the final game of the season ......
UNDEFEATED !!! They lost the final game of the regular season, and
DID NOT make the post-season because Pete Rozelle's set-up was absurd. There were 16 teams in the NFL, and instead of dividing them into 2 divisions with 2 Wildcards, Rozelle had 4 divisions with no Wildcard. So the Colts ...... with a record of 11-1-2 ...... did not qualify for the playoffs because they were in the same division as the Rams (who also had a record of 11-1-2, but won the tiebreaker.) So the team that was tied for the best record in the entire NFL was sitting home for the post-season that year.
https://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/r...Teams/1967-bal
2) ) The 2008 Colts were also royally screwed. They had a record of 12-4
AND they also beat the Chargers on their homefield in San Diego ...... but because the 8-8 Chargers won their division, their playoff game was held in San Diego.
https://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/r...Teams/2008-ind
I believe that they ought to make a clause in regard to division winners getting to play on their homefield with a significantly worse record than their opponent. They should make it so that you have to be at least within 2 full games of the team that you are playing in order to maintain the homefield advantage ...... so a team that won their division with a record of 10-7 would still be able to host a playoff game against a Wildcard team that had a record of 12-5. BUT, if a team won their division with a record of 9-8 (or 9-7-1) was playing a Wildcard team that finished with a record of 12-5, then the Wildcard team would then host the playoff game.
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