Why an Expanded NFL Postseason Is a Good Thing

Shut up nerds, letting another team into the postseason is a good thing.

ESPN reported on Wednesday night that under the new collective bargaining agreement, the NFL would allow a seventh team into the playoffs for each conference, which would give only the top seed in each division a bye. The changes would likely take effect this season.

In the immediate moments of a major format change, we often reveal our hypocritical duality. We beg the stagnant professional sports leagues that command our attention to do something interesting and then the moment they do, we become defenders of some traditional set of values that have, all of a sudden, become integral to our lives like some kind of…