I for one, have no problem letting the division champs (regardless of how strong the division is in said year) go to the playoffs. The old adage "what goes around,comes around" applies. The NFC-west may not be strong this year, but over the long haul, they will rise up, and another division will weaken....... Hell..... my hometown team (the Falcons) use to be in the crappiest division in football at one point, sharing the division with inept teams like the Saints and Panthers not to mention the Falcons themselves. But in recent years have sent the Bucs and Panthers to the Dance...... the ups and downs of the division is just a part of the NFL.