In comparison, when the NFL added a sixth seed to the playoffs in 1990, teams began 4-6 when they were the last team into the playoffs in their conference. While it took 16 years for a six seed to ...

the NFL had kept the playoffs very consistent for quite some time. In fact, it was the first time since 1990 that the playoff format had been altered, having gone from a 10 to 12 team format at ...