It’s already kinda goofy, let’s be honest. Realistically is adding 2 more teams that egregious?
I’ve seen too many people say the regular season just doesn’t matter and that’s just factually not even close to true. Yes it no longer matters for MAKING the playoffs, but seeding is arguably more important than ever.
We as fans get more meaningful football to watch. What’s better than a final week game that decides playoff seeding? Maybe 4 final week games that decide playoff seeding. Which is essentially what this first week is, it’s less an extra playoff week and more a game that decides who gets the bye, and a game that decides who makes the wild card spot, on each side of the bracket.
All I’m asking here is people discuss the changes rationally before calling for the commissioners head. I’d love to discuss with some people who are against the change, but I haven’t had anyone actually have a civil argument with me.