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Since the league has decided to add an extra playoff team from each conference to the 2020-21 postseason (14 teams in all), I thought it would be interesting to see from week to week how the playoff 'chips' will fall and which two teams will be holding that coveted #1 Seed in order to get the only Byes on the playoff schedule. Yes it's ridiculous and foolish to start looking at the playoffs so far in advance (Coach Mora Sr. please forgive me), but what else are we going to do during these long days of pandemic isolation??? I'm planning to update this list after each week of games are concluded. Hopefully we'll get some added excitement (if not a few chuckles) as we watch the deck shuffle all season long.
In this new system, only the #1 seeds in each conference get a Bye. The first playoff week plays out this way: #2 hosts #7; #3 hosts #6; #4 hosts #5. Each successive week the lowest seed travels to the highest seed just as before.
***WEEK 1 - NFC Playoff Standings***
#1 Bye - Arizona Cardinals
#2- New Orleans Saints
#3- Washington Football Team
#4- Green Bay Packers
#5- Los Angeles Rams
#6- Seattle Seahawks
#7- Chicago Bears
***WEEK 1 - AFC Playoff Standings***
#1 Bye - Buffalo Bills
#2- Baltimore Ravens
#3- Kansas City Chiefs
#4- Jacksonville Jaguars
#5- San Diego Chargers
#6- New England Patriots
#7- Las Vegas Raiders
This crazy list begs the question: How many weeks of games have to be played before the list becomes official in the event the remainder of the regular season needs to be cancelled? Welcome to the 2020 NFL football season.
Edit: After further review... it seems that there isn't enough stats and data for the above seeding to be completely accurate. In fact several sports websites are applying the tiebreaker rules differently and showing the list in a slightly different order. It will likely take another week of stats to the tiebreaker rules to be correctly applied in order to determine the correct seeding. So stay tuned for Week 2 to get the updated list.
In this new system, only the #1 seeds in each conference get a Bye. The first playoff week plays out this way: #2 hosts #7; #3 hosts #6; #4 hosts #5. Each successive week the lowest seed travels to the highest seed just as before.
***WEEK 1 - NFC Playoff Standings***
#1 Bye - Arizona Cardinals
#2- New Orleans Saints
#3- Washington Football Team
#4- Green Bay Packers
#5- Los Angeles Rams
#6- Seattle Seahawks
#7- Chicago Bears
***WEEK 1 - AFC Playoff Standings***
#1 Bye - Buffalo Bills
#2- Baltimore Ravens
#3- Kansas City Chiefs
#4- Jacksonville Jaguars
#5- San Diego Chargers
#6- New England Patriots
#7- Las Vegas Raiders
This crazy list begs the question: How many weeks of games have to be played before the list becomes official in the event the remainder of the regular season needs to be cancelled? Welcome to the 2020 NFL football season.
Edit: After further review... it seems that there isn't enough stats and data for the above seeding to be completely accurate. In fact several sports websites are applying the tiebreaker rules differently and showing the list in a slightly different order. It will likely take another week of stats to the tiebreaker rules to be correctly applied in order to determine the correct seeding. So stay tuned for Week 2 to get the updated list.
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