New NFL Setup Update

Last week I talked about how fixing the NFL playoff seeding to make it fairer is very easy.

Here are the updated standings: actual and new.

If the playoffs began today, the AFC playoffs would look like this:
Byes: 1) Den 11-2; 2) NE 10-3.
Home playoff games: 3) Cin 9-4; 4) Ind 8-5.
Road playoff games: 5) KC 10-3; 6) Bal 7-6.

AFC playoffs in the new format:
Byes: 1) Den 11-2; 2) NE 10-3.
Home playoff games: 3) KC 10-3; 4) Cin 9-4.
Road playoff games: 5)  Ind 8-5 ; 6) Bal 7-6.

If the playoffs began today, the NFC playoffs would look like this:
Byes: 1) Sea 11-2; 2) NO 10-3.
Home playoff games: 3) Phi 8-5; 4) Det 7-6.
Road playoff games: 5) Car 9-4; 6) SF 9-4.

NFC playoffs in the new format:
Byes: 1) Sea 11-2; 2) NO 10-3.
Home playoff games: 3) Car 9-4; 4) SF 9-4.
Road playoff games: 5) Phi 8-5; 6) Ari 8-5.

See how the playoff seeding (and who makes the playoffs) is much fairer that the way the NFL does it now? Also, in the AFC, we would have two division races: Between Denver and KC and between New England and Cincy. In the NFC, we'd have one division race: Between New Orleans and Carolina, but the race for a home playoff game and to just make it into the playoffs would be far more exciting and fair.