Lions propose change in the way the playoffs are seeded

fdl16 said

Having to play two games vs. three is major. You want every advantage you can get.

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I'd have to concur here. Our 2019 team could attest to that. And the 2011 one, too. Winning 13 games but still having to play in that first round absolutely stinks. It happened again in 2020, but that was a function of the league adding another wild card team.

Thinking back a ways, the 1987 team that was the team's first playoff appearance would've been seeded quite differently with a straight-up system not based on finishing first in a division. The Saints and 49ers would've gotten byes the first week and not the 49ers and Redskins.