Only 15 of the 32 teams in the NFL completed the regular season with a winning record. The low number of teams with winning records is not new and is well within the average per season. This year no team in the south division of the national conference finished with a winning record and one team, Tampa Bay will make the playoffs with a losing record of 8-9. In the American conference only one team, Jacksonville finished with a winning record of 9-8 in their division.
And once again, the NFL has many very poor coached teams with very poor records, year in and year out. That is nothing new either and there are too few good quarterbacks in the NFL. In fact, many do not like to admit it, but Tom Brady is still as good as the top rated quarterbacks despite his age. The big problem is too many teams in the NFL for the available talent and a playoff system that allows teams who win nothing during the regular season to make the playoffs, including those with losing records. Under the present system only the teams who win their division should be allowed to make the playoffs.
A more realistic competitive system would be an NFL with 24 or less teams with two divisions where the division champions would face each other in the Super Bowl. That probably will not take place because money drives the system for the owners and the league. So, the non-competitive NFL will continue to exist with lousy coaching and lousy teams.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
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