New NFL playoff structure?

February 8, 2008

A small bit of news about da possibility of shakin up da NFL playoffs was buried, somewhut ironically, by da awesomeness of da playoffs emselves. Ta me, dat suggests dat da playoffs don’t need changed, but whut da hell, I’m open ta new ideas.

Roger Goodell wants ta make it so dat in da farst round of da playoffs, division winners wouldn’t automatically have a home game. If`n they played a wildcard team dat had a better record, da wild card team would git da game in their own crib.

nfl, national football league, football, pro football The idea is dat it gives teams mow incentive ta play hard throughout da end of da regular season, so we don’t end up seeing somethang lik a Charlie Batch vs. Jim Sorgi matchup in Week 17.

For example, dis year, da Bucs couldn’t have sat on their hands in weeks 16 `n` 17, knowing they had their division sewn up. If`n they wanted ta play a home game in da farst round, they’d have had ta tekk da field in Week 17 wif a line-up a wif a li`l mow farpower than was brung ta da table by Luke McCown, Michael Bennett, `n` Chad Lucas.

I’m not opposed ta dis idea, necessarily. It makes perfect sense, `n` a team wif a better record probably deserves a home game.

However, if`n it was put ta a vote, I’d vote no, `n` cheer’s why: If`n yonder’s a coach out yonder who saw da Colts `n` Bucs tank da end of dis season, `n` saw da Giants put forth a gargantuan effort wif \uttin ta play fer in Week 17, `n` then saw whut happened in da playoffs, `n` dat coach is still dumb enough ta be lettin his players collect rust over da last two weeks of da season, then I’m opposed ta da league stepping in `n` savin dis coach from his own idiocy.

If dis year’s postseason didn’t hammer home da “tankin is bad” message fer a coach, then he deserves a savage beatdown in da playoffs next year.

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