I'm not following your argument
Better teams that weren't good enough to get in the torney...would have faired better?

Chargers Lost to LAV in a Win and your in game...
Colts and Minny were in the same situations...no?

They choked... but would've done better against playoff teams?

They also would've been low seeds playing considerably better teams

Look...I get it...extra week... extra teams...extra games is more money for the league

But that was bad football.