Buy/Sell: NFL parity sucks.

[Hanmudog]

I have never been much of a fan of parity because I think it is always better to have 4 or 5 dominant teams rather than 25 mediocre ones. However this year is an abomination. When your big game of the week is a 5-3 team versus a 4-4 team then there is TOO much parity.

I do not want to see the NFL become like baseball where a team that is not far above .500 wins the championship.

 

[RebelBruiser]

They make it really tough to go 14-2, and they make it really tough to build a dynasty. I get what you're saying in that fans seem to get into big match ups of 10-1 teams versus 7-3 teams, but the way the NFL does it gives every team a chance.

It really makes it come down to which team has the best management in the NFL.

I like that. The records don't bother me, because there will still always be teams to get to 12-4.

 

[Hanmudog]

They make it really tough to go 14-2, and they make it really tough to build a dynasty. I get what you're saying in that fans seem to get into big match ups of 10-1 teams versus 7-3 teams, but the way the NFL does it gives every team a chance.

It really makes it come down to which team has the best management in the NFL.

I like that. The records don't bother me, because<font color="#cc0000"> there will still always be teams to get to 12-4</font>.

I am not seeing many 12-4 type teams this year. In fact I think there will be a .500 or maybe even a losing team in the playoffs this season. I agree that some parity is good but there can be too much of a good thing. No one wants to see a 16-0 team beat the hell out of everyone but by the same token no one wants to see a 9-7 team versus an 8-8 team in the playoffs either.

 

[aTotal360]

Most of the good teams today were good 5 years ago. Most of the bad teams today were bad 5 years ago. And the mediocre teams are always mediocre.<div>
</div><div>Despite itsfinancialstructure, MLB seems to have the most parity year in and year out.</div><div>
</div><div>The cycle of power in the NFL seems to take a lot longer than any other sport. Seems to be about a 20 year cycle. I always harken back to Tecmo Bowl...</div>

 

[RobbieRandolph]

Playoff seeds
Seed AFC NFC
1 Indianapolis Colts (South winner) Seattle Seahawks (West winner)
2 Denver Broncos (West winner) Chicago Bears (North winner)
3 Cincinnati Bengals (North winner) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (South winner)
4 New England Patriots (East winner) New York Giants (East winner)
5 Jacksonville Jaguars Carolina Panthers
6 Pittsburgh Steelers Washington Redskins

I think 5 of the above teams will make the playoffs this year.

 

[aTotal360]

and you can could say 8 of the 12 playoff teams are the same as today.<div>
</div><div>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_NFL_playoffs</div><div>
</div><div>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_playoffs,_2004-05</div><div>
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[Hair of the Dawg]

it allows Jacksonville the opportunity to win just enough games to keep Del Rio and his ****** staff around the next year.

 

[Incognegro]

I just like competition. I've damn near given up on the season cause my Bengals can't seem to do **** on offense for whatever reason. Even though they still have a chance, I almost just want to get a good draft pick. But as far as the season is turning out, it's really interesting to me. Not one team is a true favorite, and then you have dark horse teams like the Raiders and Chiefs all of a sudden making some noise. It's boring to me when you can look and make an accurate guess as to who's going to make the Super Bowl.

 

[Dawgzilla]

Teams that make annual trips to the playoffs have quality QBs. I know a team can get to - and even win - the Superbowl with a marginal QB, but they cannot do it every year. Management (the GM and Head coach together) has to be good enough to recognize and obtain QB talent, and then build the rest of the team around them.

Parity helps the NFL put an entertaining product on the field, but its gotten crazy how important the QB is.

 

[RebelBruiser]

They make it really tough to go 14-2, and they make it really tough to build a dynasty. I get what you're saying in that fans seem to get into big match ups of 10-1 teams versus 7-3 teams, but the way the NFL does it gives every team a chance.

It really makes it come down to which team has the best management in the NFL.

I like that. The records don't bother me, because<font color="#cc0000"> there will still always be teams to get to 12-4</font>.

I am not seeing many 12-4 type teams this year. In fact I think there will be a .500 or maybe even a losing team in the playoffs this season. I agree that some parity is good but there can be too much of a good thing. No one wants to see a 16-0 team beat the hell out of everyone but by the same token no one wants to see a 9-7 team versus an 8-8 team in the playoffs either.

There are 5 teams at 6-2 at the midway point and another at 5-2 (Steelers) that plays tonight in a game they are favored to win.

I'm sure a couple teams will get to 12-4 at least.

There does seem to be more parity this year. I want to say the Chiefs were the last undefeated team standing, and I believe they had their first loss in Week 5, following a bye week, which dropped them to 3-1. That's not normally the case. Usually the 72 Dolphins have to wait until at least the middle of the season, if not the back half of it, to crack out their champagne.

I still like the parity though. 22 teams have at least 4 wins right now, and no one has more than 6 wins. You may not like that, but it's going to create one heck of a finish to the regular season.

And people still argue that a playoff takes the drama out of the regular season.

 

[Incognegro]

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