The NFL’s bogus playoff seeding system penalizes the more deserving
The 14-3 Vikings and 12-5 Commanders will open the playoffs on the road because the NFL insists on giving a home game to even the most middling of division winners
The injustice of the NFL’s playoff seeding system rears its ugly head once again.
Now that we know how the 2024 NFL playoffs are seeded from top to bottom, it’s time once again to complain about the league’s ugly secret: its system for awarding playoff position, and thus which teams will have postseason games at home or on the road, is seriously flawed.
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