NFL fans rip drastic changes that could happen to playoff format this year

The NFL playoffs could look a lot different next January if a report by Adam Schefter on the upcoming new CBA proves to be true.

Schefter reported Wednesday night that under the current CBA proposal the NFL playoffs would expand to seven teams in each conference and that only one team would get a bye week.

Those would be some huge changes, as we’ve been used to seeing the top two teams in each conference get rewarded with a bye.

This is just a proposal and isn’t official but it could get passed soon. Owners also want a 17-game season, which players have balked at in the past, and just three preseason games.

I personally think the NFL should just stick with what they have with the playoff format (do we really need two more bad teams in the playoffs) and stay with 16 games because player safety should be a thing, but I’m not the NFL.

Here’s more details from Schefter:

Under the current transformational CBA proposal that NFL owners are pushing for, there would be more drama at the end of the regular season…and six – six! – games on wild-card weekend. Imagine three wild-card games on Saturday, then three more Sunday.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 20, 2020

Twitter sounded off on these possible changes:

Precisely zero people asked for this @NFL

— Brett Bosse (@brett8055) February 20, 2020

Honestly my biggest gripe with the new NFL playoff format is we’re almost guaranteed to get an under .500 team in the playoffs every year and that just makes it feel lesser.

— Adam Powell (@powelladam02) February 20, 2020

“You know what would make this already perfect playoff system work even more perfecter……giving the most average teams a better chance at making it! Yeah!!!”

-NFL 2020 pic.twitter.com/vK2BViO5rR

— Trai Essex (@TraiDay79) February 20, 2020

14 teams into the NFL playoffs. https://t.co/V5i4qf0a0Q

— Stoke Burner (@StokeBurner) February 20, 2020

No one:

Not a Single person that watches the NFL:

The NFL: https://t.co/QLFqJ1qUhq

— DEEZUS ☄️🎡 (@D_eezus) February 20, 2020

New strategy for the XFL: just hold on long enough for an NFL lockout https://t.co/zcTnEwv8jO

— Tyler Bostedor (@ganorfagorf) February 20, 2020

The more NFL and MLB screws themselves over, the more i stop watching

— C.V. (@Christv1994) February 20, 2020

Leave the playoffs alone @NFL @nflcommish

— Matthew Young (@youngmc1026) February 20, 2020

So. You no longer have to be good, just good enough. Right @NFL ? Baseball is about to screw everything up and NASCAR already has. Leave it alone. https://t.co/RYmaB1sEEv

— AnotherGuinness (@AnotherGuinness) February 20, 2020

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the current NFL playoff format.

— Pranø 💎 (@pranobeats) February 20, 2020

The NFL

Hey do you wanna see Mason Rudolph in a playoff game?

Rest of the world pic.twitter.com/m9ZJUCndDy

— God ShamWow (@HouseSacco) February 20, 2020

14 teams in nfl playoffs. Looks like the cowboys are winning the super bowl 🤪🤩

— Kennedy (@iamWesK) February 20, 2020

Why is every league trying to expand the postseason?

The Postseason should be exclusive in every sport

If the NFL is going to modify the format–make it so crappy division winners (Cowboys & Eagles this year) aren't allowed to host playoff games. https://t.co/NedGBqheTd

— Mike Mayer (@offthemike28) February 20, 2020