Chiefs Schefter: **New NFL Playoff Structure - 1 BYE, 7 Teams per Conference** - Page 14

NFL playoff structure is about to be changed. Under the current CBA proposal, seven teams from each conference will make the playoffs, with only bye per conference, sources tell ESPN. It would go into effect this upcoming season. More coming on https://t.co/rDZaVFhcDQ.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 19, 2020

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Eight playoff teams and no bye is a better idea
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Do season ticket holders get charged for a ticket to the new venue?

Do they now when the game is in London or Mexico City?
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Originally Posted by Rain Man:
If it's all domestic neutral sites, I'd go with Richmond, Charleston (SC), Birmingham, Memphis, Columbus (OH), San Antonio, El Paso, Omaha, Salt Lake City, Portland (OR), Sacramento, Albuquerque, Honolulu, Hartford, Little Rock, and Tucson. Maybe Denver since we no longer have an NFL team.

There are a lot of huge college stadiums. Ann Arbor, Baton Rouge, Columbus, University Park, College Station, and Tuscaloosa, to name a few.

The tricky part would be scheduling a game between non division teams and have it be a neutral site for both teams. Carolina Panthers and Tennessee Titans might play in Knoxville? Also would need to be set up to sell lots of tickets.

It still sounds like a scheduling and fairness problem.
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What about scheduling games in a neutral city such as New England and the Chiefs playing in Miami? That would be attractive to go to during cold weather months. If the Bears played Cowboys in Kansas City during the fall, during Chiefs bye week, they might get Bears fans, Cowboys fans, and Chiefs fans buying tickets.
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Do division winners still apply or not? I don't see any thing that says it's gone
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Originally Posted by CarlosCarson88:
Do division winners still apply or not? I don't see any thing that says it's gone

It matters in terms of seeding
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Originally Posted by Wilson8:
What about scheduling games in a neutral city such as New England and the Chiefs playing in Miami? That would be attractive to go to during cold weather months. If the Bears played Cowboys in Kansas City during the fall, during Chiefs bye week, they might get Bears fans, Cowboys fans, and Chiefs fans buying tickets.

Home game owners keep profit from concessions and box seats sales. It's the nfl rewarding it's owners with profit, even if they lose the game. No reason to give that up
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Originally Posted by MAHOMO 4 LIFE!:
It matters in terms of seeding

Oh, so, if you win division at 8-8 , you'd still have to travel to a 9-7 wild card team?
OK lol that's cool
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I hate the one bye addition.
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So , now, The SB could be on like, Feb 15, 16,17..
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Originally Posted by CarlosCarson88:
So , now, The SB could be on like, Feb 15, 16,17..

Na, they're removing a preseason game, so the regular season will start a week earlier.
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Originally Posted by DaFace:
Na, they're removing a preseason game, so the regular season will start a week earlier.

But if they add a playoff game with an additional season game?
Plus the extra bye week,if?
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Originally Posted by CarlosCarson88:
But if they add a playoff game with an additional season game?
Plus the extra bye week,if?

There isn't an added playoff round. Just more teams in the first round.
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Originally Posted by CarlosCarson88:
Oh, so, if you win division at 8-8 , you'd still have to travel to a 9-7 wild card team?
OK lol that's cool

No, the 8-8 divisional champ would host the 9-7 wc team. Divisional winners are locked into homefield for the the 1st rd of the playoffs.
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I'm coming around to the 7th playoff team. Mainly because there have been 5 teams miss the playoffs with a 10-6 record the last 10 years. 10-6 is deserving. I don't like the 8-8 teams getting in, but those teams should rarely win anyway.
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