Originally posted by DeanOfSelection:
Carolina sadly wins round 1 next week
And this is exactly what's wrong with the NFL playoff system. Not only does Carolina, with 7 frickin' wins, make the playoffs, they get a home game! What BS.
Here is the list of teams that won more games than Carolina and are NOT going to the playoffs:
1. Buffalo - 9 wins
2. Miami - 8 wins
3. Houston - 9 wins
4. Kansas City - 9 wins
5. San Diego - 9 wins
6. Philadelphia - 10 wins
7. Dan Francisco - 8 wins
All four wild card teams won more games and have to go on the road and Arizona and Detroit both won four more games.
The NFL needs to get rid of Tampa Bay and Jacksonville. Those organizations are a joke. Then you would have 30 teams, 15 in each conference. You could then have three divisions like they used to. You could play the same old format. Eight division games. Two conference games with each other division in your conference and four others in the other conference within one division. That worked well.
This is the second time in the last five seasons this crap has happened. It wasn't happening when you only had three divisions. The Carolina Panthers have no business being in the playoffs, just like the Seattle Seahawks didn't belong in the 2010 playoffs.