New NFL Format

 AFC

Current format
1. KC 13-1
2. Buf 11-3
3. Pit 11-3
4. Ten 10-4
5. Cle 10-4
6. Ind 10-4
7. Mia 9-5

New format
1. KC 12-1
2. Buf 11-3
3. Pit 11-3
4. Cle 10-4
5. Ind 10-4
6. Ten 10-4
7. Mia 8-5

The landings look similar except in the new format, everything would be wide open. Two divisions are clinched in the current format. In the new format, Buf and Pit be battling for the division. Currently, Ten or Ind will finish in at least 4th place. Cle is really only competing with Pit for a spot 4th or better. The tie-breaker would change in the new format because three teams would be tied and not for the division lead.

NFC
Current formant
1. GB 11-3
2. NO 11-4
3. Sea 10-4
4. Was 6-8
5. TB 10-5
6. LAR 9-5
7. Ari 8-7

New format
1. GB 11-3
2. NO 11-4
3 Sea 10-4
4. TB 10-5
5. LAR 9-5
6. Ari 8-7
7. Chi 7-7

The NFC is why the NFL needs to adopt the new format. There is absolutely no reason with Was should be the 4th seed. They objectively have a worse record than the next four teams. Winning the NFC East doesn't take any special skill. If anything, it's much easier than coming in the 3rd or 4th in the NFC West because all four teams in the East are terrible.

But it gets worse. Of coruse, the current format is completely unfair to TB, LAR, Ari, and Chi. While Sea or LAR will finish with the 5th seed at best, Phi could grab the 4th seed. Sea is 10-4 while Phi is 4-9-1. How does that make any sense? It gets more bizarre. The 9th & 10th seed teams in the NFC have been eliminated, but not the 11th, 12th, or 14th seeds. How in the world does that make any sense?!