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Originally Posted by troutman
More than re-seeding, I think the NFL has to look at the unbalanced schedules. Every year a few teams sneak into the playoffs due to weak schedules, and better teams miss the playoffs because of brutal schedules.
Teams with good records are punished, and weak teams are rewarded.
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I'd agree with this. A good chunk of the teams with better records in each conference feasted on bad teams. KC, New York, Indy, Pittsburgh, New Orleans, Seattle, and Chicago all got in while only beating 3 or less teams with better than .500 records.
If you break that down percentage-wise it looks like this:
KC (10-6; 1 win against >.500 teams) - 90% of wins came against losing teams
New York (11-5; 2 wins against >.500 teams) - 81%
etc., etc.