The NFL could easily fix their playoff problem by creating two divisions with 8 teams in each conference (teams would still play those in their current division twice and the rest of the division once). Here are the final standings if the NFL adopted this solution.
NFC East and South
1) Carolina 12-4
2) New Orleans 11-5
3) Philadelphia 10-6
4) Dallas 8-8
5) NY Giants 7-9
6) Atlanta 4-12
7) Tampa Bay 4-12
8) Washington 3-13
NFC West and North
1) Seattle 13-3
2) San Francisco 12-4
3) Arizona 10-6
4) Green Bay 8-7-1
5) Chicago 8-8
6) Detroit 7-9
7) St. Louis 7-9
8) Minnesota 5-10-1
The playoff seeding would look like this:
1) Sea, 2) Car, 3) SF, 4) NO, 5) Phi, 6) Ari.
So the Wild Card round would look like this:
6) Arizona [10-6] at 3) San Francisco [12-4] and 5) Philadelphia [10-6] at 4) New Orleans [11-5]
instead of:
6) New Orleans [11-5] at 3) Philadelphia [10-6] and 5) San Francisco [12-4] at 4) Green Bay [8-7-1].
AFC East and North
1) New England 12-4
2) Cincinnati 11-5
3) Pittsburgh 8-8
4) Baltimore 8-8
5) NY Jets 8-8
6) Miami 8-8
7) Buffalo 6-10
8) Cleveland 4-12
AFC South and West
1) Denver 13-3
2) Indianapolis 11-5
3) Kansas City 11-5
4) San Diego 9-7
5) Tennessee 7-9
6) Oakland 4-12
7) Jacksonville 4-12
8) Houston 2-14
The playoff seeding would look like this:
1) Den, 2) NE, 3) Cin 4) Ind, 5) KC, 6) SD.
This is the same seeding as the actual playoffs, however, Kansas City rested their players in week 17 because in the current format, they had already locked up the 5th seed. But in this format, they could have been as high as a 3 seed, giving the Chiefs a home game in the Wild Card round.
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