Comments on: Steelers Would Benefit From A Playoff Reseeding Rule Change http://nicepickcowher.com/2011/12/30/steelers-would-benefit-from-a-playoff-reseeding-rule-change/ A Pittsburgh Steelers Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more. Sun, 30 Dec 2012 06:16:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: craig.nicepickcowher http://nicepickcowher.com/2011/12/30/steelers-would-benefit-from-a-playoff-reseeding-rule-change/comment-page-1/#comment-2052667 craig.nicepickcowher Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:28:59 +0000 http://nicepickcowher.com/?p=11653#comment-2052667 @daddeeekip Like I said in the article, I would want this reseeding even if it meant the Steelers lost a home game to a team with a better record and had to play on the road. As a fan I should have enough faith that this team could roll into any stadium during the playoffs and win - we all have to do it this season. That 2006 playoff run that you speak of would probably have benefitted the Jags the most. Steelers would still have played an away game against the Bengals and throughout. However, the Jags would have played a now 6th seeded Pats in Jacksonville instead of in New England. But putting the Pats as a sixth seed as the worse off 10-6 record (but divisional winners) would have meant no home games in New England. Which is a big deal to that team. Should the Pats still win against the Jags, they would then be off to the Colts while the Steelers would have headed to Denver. Different scenarios that could have ended up with a different Championship game based on home field advantage.... or not. I still think the Steelers were destined to win out in the playoffs and take home the Lombardi. @daddeeekip Like I said in the article, I would want this reseeding even if it meant the Steelers lost a home game to a team with a better record and had to play on the road. As a fan I should have enough faith that this team could roll into any stadium during the playoffs and win – we all have to do it this season.

That 2006 playoff run that you speak of would probably have benefitted the Jags the most. Steelers would still have played an away game against the Bengals and throughout. However, the Jags would have played a now 6th seeded Pats in Jacksonville instead of in New England. But putting the Pats as a sixth seed as the worse off 10-6 record (but divisional winners) would have meant no home games in New England. Which is a big deal to that team. Should the Pats still win against the Jags, they would then be off to the Colts while the Steelers would have headed to Denver. Different scenarios that could have ended up with a different Championship game based on home field advantage…. or not. I still think the Steelers were destined to win out in the playoffs and take home the Lombardi.

]]> By: craig.nicepickcowher http://nicepickcowher.com/2011/12/30/steelers-would-benefit-from-a-playoff-reseeding-rule-change/comment-page-1/#comment-7639 craig.nicepickcowher Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:28:59 +0000 http://nicepickcowher.com/?p=11653#comment-7639 @daddeeekip Like I said in the article, I would want this reseeding even if it meant the Steelers lost a home game to a team with a better record and had to play on the road. As a fan I should have enough faith that this team could roll into any stadium during the playoffs and win - we all have to do it this season. That 2006 playoff run that you speak of would probably have benefitted the Jags the most. Steelers would still have played an away game against the Bengals and throughout. However, the Jags would have played a now 6th seeded Pats in Jacksonville instead of in New England. But putting the Pats as a sixth seed as the worse off 10-6 record (but divisional winners) would have meant no home games in New England. Which is a big deal to that team. Should the Pats still win against the Jags, they would then be off to the Colts while the Steelers would have headed to Denver. Different scenarios that could have ended up with a different Championship game based on home field advantage.... or not. I still think the Steelers were destined to win out in the playoffs and take home the Lombardi. @daddeeekip Like I said in the article, I would want this reseeding even if it meant the Steelers lost a home game to a team with a better record and had to play on the road. As a fan I should have enough faith that this team could roll into any stadium during the playoffs and win – we all have to do it this season.

That 2006 playoff run that you speak of would probably have benefitted the Jags the most. Steelers would still have played an away game against the Bengals and throughout. However, the Jags would have played a now 6th seeded Pats in Jacksonville instead of in New England. But putting the Pats as a sixth seed as the worse off 10-6 record (but divisional winners) would have meant no home games in New England. Which is a big deal to that team. Should the Pats still win against the Jags, they would then be off to the Colts while the Steelers would have headed to Denver. Different scenarios that could have ended up with a different Championship game based on home field advantage…. or not. I still think the Steelers were destined to win out in the playoffs and take home the Lombardi.

]]> By: daddeeekip http://nicepickcowher.com/2011/12/30/steelers-would-benefit-from-a-playoff-reseeding-rule-change/comment-page-1/#comment-2052665 daddeeekip Sun, 01 Jan 2012 08:15:46 +0000 http://nicepickcowher.com/?p=11653#comment-2052665 @craig.nicepickcowher Here is why I disagree with you and Kimmy on this. Lets say the Steelers finish 10-6 and win the AFCN, but the Colts finish 11-5 but are wild card team. With the reseeding you are talking about would you want to play away game against Peyton in the dome or would you want him in the cold of a noisy Heinz field. Right now when your on top of the fence its easy to want the change but sooner than or later it will come back to haunt you. Leave the system alone and keep it so the strong has to survive. Remember it was the STEELERS to be the 1st 6th seed to win the SB. @craig.nicepickcowher Here is why I disagree with you and Kimmy on this. Lets say the Steelers finish 10-6 and win the AFCN, but the Colts finish 11-5 but are wild card team. With the reseeding you are talking about would you want to play away game against Peyton in the dome or would you want him in the cold of a noisy Heinz field. Right now when your on top of the fence its easy to want the change but sooner than or later it will come back to haunt you. Leave the system alone and keep it so the strong has to survive. Remember it was the STEELERS to be the 1st 6th seed to win the SB.

]]> By: daddeeekip http://nicepickcowher.com/2011/12/30/steelers-would-benefit-from-a-playoff-reseeding-rule-change/comment-page-1/#comment-7637 daddeeekip Sun, 01 Jan 2012 07:15:46 +0000 http://nicepickcowher.com/?p=11653#comment-7637 @craig.nicepickcowher Here is why I disagree with you and Kimmy on this. Lets say the Steelers finish 10-6 and win the AFCN, but the Colts finish 11-5 but are wild card team. With the reseeding you are talking about would you want to play away game against Peyton in the dome or would you want him in the cold of a noisy Heinz field. Right now when your on top of the fence its easy to want the change but sooner than or later it will come back to haunt you. Leave the system alone and keep it so the strong has to survive. Remember it was the STEELERS to be the 1st 6th seed to win the SB. @craig.nicepickcowher Here is why I disagree with you and Kimmy on this. Lets say the Steelers finish 10-6 and win the AFCN, but the Colts finish 11-5 but are wild card team. With the reseeding you are talking about would you want to play away game against Peyton in the dome or would you want him in the cold of a noisy Heinz field. Right now when your on top of the fence its easy to want the change but sooner than or later it will come back to haunt you. Leave the system alone and keep it so the strong has to survive. Remember it was the STEELERS to be the 1st 6th seed to win the SB.

]]> By: Kimmy http://nicepickcowher.com/2011/12/30/steelers-would-benefit-from-a-playoff-reseeding-rule-change/comment-page-1/#comment-2052662 Kimmy Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:53:55 +0000 http://nicepickcowher.com/?p=11653#comment-2052662 @craig.nicepickcowher@daddeeekip I'm not sure if you're even remembering 2008 correctly. The Pats missed the playoffs with an 11-5 record and EVERYONE cried. That was all anyone could talk about during those AFC playoffs was the travesty of the Patriots not getting in with an 11-5 record. Craig wasn't saying that division winners weren't entitled to a playoff spot, just that they shouldn't be entitled to a home playoff game. Winning a division is a major accomplishment, no matter how crappy or difficult that division may be so it should be rewarded with a playoff spot. Even with re-seeding, the Pats would have still missed out that year. There's no reason to keep things the same just because that's how it's always been done. If it can improve the quality of the playoffs and make the end of the regular season more meaningful, it's worth considering. @craig.nicepickcowher@daddeeekip

I’m not sure if you’re even remembering 2008 correctly. The Pats missed the playoffs with an 11-5 record and EVERYONE cried. That was all anyone could talk about during those AFC playoffs was the travesty of the Patriots not getting in with an 11-5 record. Craig wasn’t saying that division winners weren’t entitled to a playoff spot, just that they shouldn’t be entitled to a home playoff game. Winning a division is a major accomplishment, no matter how crappy or difficult that division may be so it should be rewarded with a playoff spot. Even with re-seeding, the Pats would have still missed out that year. There’s no reason to keep things the same just because that’s how it’s always been done. If it can improve the quality of the playoffs and make the end of the regular season more meaningful, it’s worth considering.

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