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Images  NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, with fresh egg still on
his face from the bungled Bountygate fiasco, discussed plans for
a potential playoff expansion this week. But if reaction from a
number of players is any indication, then the idea is about as
popular with the players as Goodell himself.  Among the critics
was Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen, who lambasted
the idea of expanding the postseason field when talking to
reporters, according to ESPN.    Allen isn't the only veteran
player who isn't crazy about the idea, although according to
Mark Maske of The Washington Post, Redskins linebacker London
Fletcher wasn't quite as dead set against the idea as Allen
appears to be.  Sometimes that can dilute, I guess, the special-
ness, the specialty of ma