The National Football League tends to strike gold with the decisions it makes. The world is dealing with a global pandemic? Go ahead with free agency and the draft anyway. Some questioned those moves at the time, but last year’s draft was one of the most-watched sports events during that period of time and it gave football fans – and sports fans in general – something to take their minds off of COVID-19.
Increase the number of playoff teams to seven in each conference? It sounded a bit absurd at the time, but then we were treated to Super Wild-Card Weekend and six games on the opening slate, and as people often find, the more football, the better.