This could be an advantage for the Atlanta Falcons as they have been around average to mediocre in the last two seasons and looking to get back to the playoffs.
The Atlanta Falcons would have been the new seventh seed a couple of times during Matt Ryans‘s career giving him eight playoff appearances. With the new rule changes, the two seed would no longer have the bye week and would play the seven seed on wildcard weekend.
If this proposed playoff format was in place earlier, how would this benefit from the Atlanta Falcons? In the new playoff format, the Atlanta Falcons would have made the playoffs as the seven seed during the 2009 and 2015 NFL seasons.