Bengals making the playoffs is looking brighter!

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(02-20-2020, 02:31 PM)BengalChris Wrote: It's actually 7 teams from each conference.

This will open the door for a team with 500 records or worse to make the playoffs in some years. If Andy Dalton played under the same playoff format as Kenny Anderson he'd have only made the playoffs twice in his 9 years, instead of 5.

 

I don't think this is going to allow more teams with losing records to be in the playoffs.  As it is, the only real way for a losing team to make the playoffs is if they win their division. The likelihood of a losing team getting a wildcard still won't be that great.

Each of those years that Dalton made the playoffs as a wildcard, the team still had a winning record.