>>OK, Tamar, you win...you convinced me...the mere thought of the 7-9 Seahawks getting in, with two 10-6 teams (G-Men and Bucs) sitting at home next weekend, is pathetic.
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>>It's bad enough that a 7-9 team is in the playoffs - but they have a negative net point differential of -97!!! What a joke.
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>>The Seahawks SUCK - the Giants walked into their stadium months ago and put a 40-burger on them, and the Chiefs whacked Seattle right after that. I'm neutral on the Saints, but I hope they walk into Seattle next weekend and kick the ever-loving you-know-what out of Seattle.
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>Okay, so since we know the NFL is going to be checking in here at the UT to get ideas for how to avoid this problem in future <s>, what do we propose? Seems to me the options are:
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>1) an extra bye--great for my Eagles, but no way the NFL will give up the TV revenue;
>2) an extra wildcard--this year, that would be the Giants and presumably they'd be the 6th seed, and it would set up quite the match-up for next week. (Would the Giants be set for revenge or totally dispirited?)
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>Any other ideas?
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I say leave it the way it is. Sure, there are anomalies like the Seahawks who probably don't deserve to be there. (Then again, that is what was said about the Cardinals a couple of years ago). But they did win their division. And who would replace them? Some borderline team like the Giants, who finished the opposite of strong?

In the NFC I say watch out for two wild card teams, the Packers and the Saints. The Saints eased off the gas yesterday but have been as strong as any team in the conference the past two months. The Packers are deadly on both sides of the ball.

This is sort of throwing it open for general discussion, probably of more interest to most readers. I know you and Marshal just got back from Renaissance Weekend. What was the most striking presentation you heard, and why?