re: 12 Team Playoff

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The flaw in that thought process is that the difference between the easiest and most difficult schedule in the NFL is about like the difference in an SEC West and SEC East schedule.

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A lot of people don’t seem to grasp that there is a massive difference. I’ve gotten into arguments with so many people trying to point out of a 7-9 and 8-8 team has made the NFL playoffs. As if that’s somehow equal to a unranked 9-4 G5 team making it in. That G5 will probably get blown out by 24+ pts by a top 10 P5 team 8/10 times. That 7-9/8-8 NFL team might get blown out like 2/10 versus a high seed playoff team.

Even the 0-16 Browns and 0-16 Lions teams had competitive games against playoff teams. You’ll rarely if ever see a 2-10 Vandy or Kansas team doing that. They’ll be lucky to keep it within 20 points.