In Flawed Playoff System, Saints Worthy of Hosting If They Win NFC South

December 16, 2014   ·   Brent Sobleski   ·   Jump to comments

The rules are the rules, and the NFC South is simply playing by the NFL's rules.
The New Orleans Saints currently own the No. 4 seed in the NFC playoffs by default. NFL rules stipulate that a division winner playing during Wild Card Weekend earns an extra home game. That team's overall record is inconsequential.
While the validity of the Saints potentially hosting a playoff contest continues to be discussed, Sean Payton's 6-8 squad has two games to prove itself.
Even if the Saints finish below .500 overall and still claim an NFC South crown, they'll be more than worthy of hosting that first playoff game. In the last 10 years, five teams with an 8-8 record or worse made the playoffs. The Saints compare favorably to all of them:
The argument surrounding playoff restructuring is usually built around teams that deserved a place among the other top squads in their conference, but they're left out due to a technicality.
This season, for example, the 9-5 Philadel...

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