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transplant99 · 01-04-2011, 07:45 AM

Interesting point made on M&M on ESPN this AM.

Every game this weekend has the team with the worse record at home except the Packers/Eagles who both finished at 10-6 but the Packers have beaten head to head already this year.

Pretty good reasoning for re-seeding after the season/teams are determined. If that happened, the byes would go to Atlanta and NO this weekend with Seattle playing in chicago and Green bay hosting the Eagles. Seems like a better idea than the current one actually and makes the liklihood of year end games mean so much more.

As per their example..the eagles were playing a meaningless game as they were locked in to the 3rd seed, but if this other system was in use they would of been playing to keep home field and not been able to rest guys like they did. Also the Bears would have been needing a win on Sunday to maintain the 2nd seed as they would have a worse conference record than New Orleans which is why the Saints would get the bye.

Just some things to ponder about.

01-04-2011, 07:45 AM	#21
transplant99 Fearmongerer Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign. Exp:	Interesting point made on M&M on ESPN this AM. Every game this weekend has the team with the worse record at home except the Packers/Eagles who both finished at 10-6 but the Packers have beaten head to head already this year. Pretty good reasoning for re-seeding after the season/teams are determined. If that happened, the byes would go to Atlanta and NO this weekend with Seattle playing in chicago and Green bay hosting the Eagles. Seems like a better idea than the current one actually and makes the liklihood of year end games mean so much more. As per their example..the eagles were playing a meaningless game as they were locked in to the 3rd seed, but if this other system was in use they would of been playing to keep home field and not been able to rest guys like they did. Also the Bears would have been needing a win on Sunday to maintain the 2nd seed as they would have a worse conference record than New Orleans which is why the Saints would get the bye. Just some things to ponder about.