So that means they won't reach the conference finals and blow it there as they usually do?
I'm not expecting much from next season to be honest. After the SB, I watched a bit of NBA and NHL and that was far more enjoyable. Bummer the Oilers blew it in the end, but not surprising with their injuries.
I guess if injuries are not deciding games or the whole season, the refs will do their best to push the Lions, Ravens and Eagles as far as possible to the point where it's so obvious they can't do it anymore or ref teams are suspended. The Cowboys will create a lot of hype and fail miserably, because they suck. Everyone will look to the Jets to see Rodgers fail yet another time, either due to an injury or doing something really stupid that costs them games. Or maybe they'll play sounds of dolphin sex whenever they're playing and that's giving them a boost.
The new rules are bad/stupid.
In the end, the 49ers will play the Chiefs in the SB. I'd like to see the Niners win this time, but there's the opportunity for the Chiefs to win the third title in three years... so I'm torn. Would like to see it happen, the Patriots were close. That record would take a looong time to be broken.