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  • Chrisksaint
    $$$
    • Apr 2010
    • 19127

    #661
    Re: NFC Wild Card: Saints @ Seahawks

    Thousands of Saints Fans are expected to be at the airport at 3 am to welcome our team home, I love our fans
    Saints, LSU, Seminoles, Pelicans, Marlins, Lightning

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    • Dog
      aka jnes12/JNes__
      • Aug 2008
      • 11846

      #662
      Well, I was SEVERELY wrong...
      Eagles | Phillies | Sixers | Flyers
      PSN: JNes__

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      • coogrfan
        In Fritz We Trust
        • Jul 2002
        • 15645

        #663
        Re: NFC Wild Card: Saints @ Seahawks

        Originally posted by muggins
        Why? They won their division.
        Seattle = 7 wins
        New Orleans = 11 wins

        I have no problem with allowing a team with a losing record into the playoffs, but giving them home field is ludicrous.

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        • iAM-IncReDiBLe-
          Next Miami Great
          • Dec 2008
          • 4285

          #664
          Re: NFC Wild Card: Saints @ Seahawks

          The Saints don't deserve it. If their kicker didn't miss a FG against Atlanta an if they didn't get taken behind the woodshed by the Bucs then maybe they would have homefield advantage.

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          • coogrfan
            In Fritz We Trust
            • Jul 2002
            • 15645

            #665
            Re: NFC Wild Card: Saints @ Seahawks

            Originally posted by kng23rich
            The Saints don't deserve it. If their kicker didn't miss a FG against Atlanta an if they didn't get taken behind the woodshed by the Bucs then maybe they would have homefield advantage.

            ...and Seattle lost nine games by 15 or more points. There is no reasonable argument to be made that they more this season than New Orleans did.

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            • ProfessaPackMan
              Bamma
              • Mar 2008
              • 63852

              #666
              Re: NFC Wild Card: Saints @ Seahawks

              They did more than New Orleans to get a home game in the playoffs and that can't be argued or disputed.

              Again, there is no reason to change anything about it when there is a very, EASY, solution to avoid that:

              WIN. YOUR. DIVISION.
              #RespectTheCulture

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              • ThePPL
                MVP
                • Jun 2008
                • 1030

                #667
                Re: NFC Wild Card: Saints @ Seahawks

                Well the way I see it, you should get all the prize and glory when winning your division. Prize = Make the playoffs and home field advantage. If you still manage to make the playoffs then it would be because you are a wildcard entry and as a wildcard team, you should receive the leftovers and just be happy you're in the playoffs.

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                • Chrisksaint
                  $$$
                  • Apr 2010
                  • 19127

                  #668
                  Re: NFC Wild Card: Saints @ Seahawks

                  Originally posted by ProfessaPackMan
                  They did more than New Orleans to get a home game in the playoffs and that can't be argued or disputed.

                  Again, there is no reason to change anything about it when there is a very, EASY, solution to avoid that:

                  WIN. YOUR. DIVISION.
                  Umm I really don't care that this was a road game as said previously cause we should have won either way but failed to. But this statement can be argued, so having a 7-9 record is doing more then New Orleans who had a 11-5 record?
                  Saints, LSU, Seminoles, Pelicans, Marlins, Lightning

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                  • s.gamernut20
                    Rookie
                    • Apr 2007
                    • 140

                    #669
                    Re: NFC Wild Card: Saints @ Seahawks

                    Originally posted by ThePPL
                    Well the way I see it, you should get all the prize and glory when winning your division. Prize = Make the playoffs and home field advantage. If you still manage to make the playoffs then it would be because you are a wildcard entry and as a wildcard team, you should receive the leftovers and just be happy you're in the playoffs.
                    I agree. Regardless of record if you when your division you host. Other wise whats the point of having divisions.

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                    • coogrfan
                      In Fritz We Trust
                      • Jul 2002
                      • 15645

                      #670
                      Re: NFC Wild Card: Saints @ Seahawks

                      Originally posted by ProfessaPackMan
                      They did more than New Orleans to get a home game in the playoffs and that can't be argued or disputed.
                      Of course it can, all one has to do is apply common sense:

                      11 wins > 7 wins.

                      See how easy?

                      Originally posted by ProfessaPackMan
                      Again, there is no reason to change anything about it when there is a very, EASY, solution to avoid that:

                      WIN. YOUR. DIVISION.
                      If the two teams had equal records, sure. But when one team was four games better than the other, that team should have home field advantage.

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                      • ryan36
                        7 dirty words...
                        • Feb 2003
                        • 10139

                        #671
                        Re: NFC Wild Card: Saints @ Seahawks

                        This is a circular argument. The argument that the Saints are SO MUCH BETTER than the Seahawks and shouldn't have homefield advantage is negated by the fact the Seahawks won.

                        So then you say well the Seahawks wouldn't have won in NOLA. Ok, but if the Saints were SO MUCH BETTER, they could've won on the road, as everyone expected them to.

                        The only time homefield advantage matters is when both teams could conceivably win.

                        There is no way Seattle should have won this game no matter where it was played.

                        New Orleans didn't show up.

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                        • iAM-IncReDiBLe-
                          Next Miami Great
                          • Dec 2008
                          • 4285

                          #672
                          Re: NFC Wild Card: Saints @ Seahawks

                          New Orleans did show up...and they got beat. It's not like they are some juggernaut looking team that's on a tear ala the Patriots. If you learned anything from watching the NFL this season is that every team can beat any team. Its a league of parity right now an frankly the Seahawks are much more comfortable playing at home, its been like that for years with them.

                          I really hope they don't change anything at all regarding the playoffs. You earn homefield by winning your division.

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                          • coogrfan
                            In Fritz We Trust
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 15645

                            #673
                            Re: NFC Wild Card: Saints @ Seahawks

                            In a sport where you don't play a series of games to decide who advances in the postseason the importance of home field is magnified. Awarding any sort of advantage based on something as arbitrary as winning a division makes a mockery of the regular season.
                            Last edited by coogrfan; 01-09-2011, 12:21 AM.

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                            • ProfessaPackMan
                              Bamma
                              • Mar 2008
                              • 63852

                              #674
                              Re: NFC Wild Card: Saints @ Seahawks

                              Originally posted by kng23rich
                              New Orleans did show up...and they got beat. It's not like they are some juggernaut looking team that's on a tear ala the Patriots. If you learned anything from watching the NFL this season is that every team can beat any team. Its a league of parity right now an frankly the Seahawks are much more comfortable playing at home, its been like that for years with them.

                              I really hope they don't change anything at all regarding the playoffs. You earn homefield by winning your division.
                              I agree but knowing Goodell and the microwave society we live in, I wouldn't be surprised if he makes some changes to it.

                              Another case of fixing something that ain't broken and doesn't need improvements.
                              #RespectTheCulture

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                              • ProfessaPackMan
                                Bamma
                                • Mar 2008
                                • 63852

                                #675
                                Re: NFC Wild Card: Saints @ Seahawks

                                Awarding any sort advantage based on something as arbitrary as winning a division makes a mockery of the regular season
                                Mockery of the regular season?

                                Come on, now you're just overreacting about this.
                                #RespectTheCulture

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