Thread: Jerry Jones wants playoff expansion

This is priceless.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap200...d-help-my-boys

The Dallas Cowboys have failed to qualify for the postseason each of the past four years. Could help be on the way?

Playoff expansion is set to be discussed at the Spring League Meeting this week, and, if Jerry Jones gets his way, the playoff field will be expanded.

In an interview with NFL Media's Kimberly Jones that will air Monday on "NFL Total Access," Jerry quipped a rule change "would help my Cowboys."

But would it really help? According to ESPN Dallas, the 'Boys would have missed postseason play over the past four seasons even if there were two extra playoff squads per conference.

Let's help average to get noticed. It's not like he's gonna get a home game at 8-8, which is what he cares about the most.

poor cowgurls

So does this mean that he going to expand to 10 teams per conference?

Dear Jerry Jones,

How bout you win your division and actually win the playoff spot.

I'm definitely not in favor of expanding the playoffs. I'm for tweaking the seeding a bit so you don't see something like a division with Seattle and SF where one team gets the 1 and the other gets the 5, but I don't think more teams need to be added.

Originally Posted by BroncoWave

I'm definitely not in favor of expanding the playoffs. I'm for tweaking the seeding a bit so you don't see something like a division with Seattle and SF where one team gets the 1 and the other gets the 5, but I don't think more teams need to be added.

I don't know man....I don't think 10-6 teams should be left out of the playoffs. Adding another playoff game would just add excitement, and you know it would bring ratings.

Originally Posted by Al Wilson 4 Mayor

I don't know man....I don't think 10-6 teams should be left out of the playoffs. Adding another playoff game would just add excitement, and you know it would bring ratings.

I agree it sucks that 10-6 and 11-5 teams get left out of the playoffs sometimes, but I still think that 12 is the perfect number of playoff teams. I would rather just dump divisions and let the 6 best teams in each conference in than expand, but I know that's a pretty radical suggestion that would never actually happen.

Jerrah thought Botox was a good idea too.

Originally Posted by BroncoWave

I agree it sucks that 10-6 and 11-5 teams get left out of the playoffs sometimes, but I still think that 12 is the perfect number of playoff teams. I would rather just dump divisions and let the 6 best teams in each conference in than expand, but I know that's a pretty radical suggestion that would never actually happen.

If that were to happen the nfc east would be devastated

Originally Posted by Pudge

If that were to happen the nfc east would be devastated

The NFC East would be the teams that would fight it. Every other division has been split up and moved around several times, although the AFC West teams and NFC North teams have been together since the beginning of the league, but they've had other teams added and subtracted with expansion and realignment.

It just came over the ESPN ticker that they are tabling the talks about the playoff expansion until fall

I am not sure I like the idea - just another game to get injured during

Originally Posted by BroncoWave

I agree it sucks that 10-6 and 11-5 teams get left out of the playoffs sometimes, but I still think that 12 is the perfect number of playoff teams. I would rather just dump divisions and let the 6 best teams in each conference in than expand, but I know that's a pretty radical suggestion that would never actually happen.

Depending on which conference teams are in, there is also a good chance that an 8-8 team makes the playoffs.

AND


NFL playoff expansion talks tabled
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/10...nsion-playoffs

Well, let's see. Don't know how you would have three teams getting bye weeks without making a mess so let's say the three division winners and the highest-ranking wild cards get first round byes. Team 8 at Team 5, Team 7 and Team 6. 8/5 winner at Team 4, 7/6 winner at Team 3. 8/5/4 winner at Team 1. 7/6/3 winner at Team 2. 8/5/4/1 winner vs 7/6/3/2 winner for conf title at higher seed's home field.

Plug that into last year's standings and the AFC would be:

Pitt* (8-8) at KC (11-5)
Miami** (8-8) at SD (9-7)
Pit/KC winner at Indy (11-5)
Miami/SD winner at Cincy (11-5)
Pit/KC/Indy winner at Denver (13-3)
Miami/SD/Cincy winner at NE (12-4)

(Pitt wins the tie-breaker over NYJ and Balt. based on better conf record and division record respectively. Miami wins tiebreaker over Pitt based on better conference record.)


In the NFC, it would be:
Chi* (8-8) at SF (12-4)
Ariz (11-5) at NO (11-5)
Chi/SF winner at GB (9-7-1)
Ariz/NO winner at Phil (10-6)
Chi/SF/GB winner at Sea (13-3)
Ariz/NO/Phil winner at Car (12-4)

(Although Dallas has a better conf record than Chicago, Chicago gets the playoff berth because they won the lone head-to-head matchup between the two.)

Therefore, no playoff for Jerry and the Cowboys even with a field of eight per conference.

You could scrap the byes altogether and have an eight-game first week (maybe Thurs nite, three on Sat, three on Sun and Monday nite) with the following:

Pitt (8-8) at Denver (13-3), Mia (8-8) at NE (12-4), SD (9-7) at Cincy (11-5) and KC (11-5) at Indy (11-5).
Chi (8-8) at Sea (13-3), Ariz (11-5) at Car (12-4), SF (12-4) at GB (9-7-1) and NO (11-5) at Philly (10-6).