The NFL decided to expand its playoff format ahead of the 2020 season, a decision that will pay dividends for the league, both in terms of revenue and quality of play. The disparity between the league’s elite teams and bottom-feeders has never been wider. Although numerous COVID-19 cases threatened to uproot the season, disrupting several games, while umpteen stars had to sit out, the NFL trudged through the pandemic and we’ve now arrived at a 14-team playoff format, which very well could be the league’s best decision in years.
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The juggernaut Kansas City Chiefs emerged as the AFC’s top seed, with Patrick Mahomes engineering a star-studded offense that can seemingly score at will, while Aaron Rodgers submitted an MVP-caliber season to lead the Green Bay Packers to the NFC’s No.