The NFL Draft will commence on April 23rd as planned, and so will the league’s push towards an expanded postseason. Next week, owners will vote on the proposed 14-team playoff via conference call, as Judy Battista of NFL.com tweets.
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On the call, the owners will also hash out some other pending league matters. Potential changes to the in-game rules, however, will likely be held for a later date. That’ll likely take place at the league meeting, which is presently slated for mid-may in Los Angeles.
The proposed postseason would include seven teams from each conference, with only one bye being awarded in the AFC and NFC. The other three divisional winners, meanwhile, would partake in Wild Card weekend with home field advantage.
The new playoff system will almost certainly be ratified for the 2020 season. It’s one of many changes on the way, thanks to the brand new collective bargaining agreement. In the not-too-distant-future (perhaps as early as 2021), the league is also expected to add an extra game to the regular season.
Vote No
What’s in it for me?
Best record should determine home field, not division winner, but division winner should be the first tie-breaker.
Wrong
Whoever has the best record will also have won their division, so u make no sense.
Unless u mean in the wild card round, which I disagree with. Win your division, get rewarded.
technical it’s possible to have best record and lose ur division games enough to not win the division, depending on how the schedule is .
Vote yes
I was hoping the owners would compromise and offer a proposal where 6.5 teams from each conference make the playoffs.
The NFL should award the home game to the wild card team if it has the better record…..