There has been talk of moving up week 1 a week and only playing playoffs on Friday nights instead of Friday (last regular season game),Wednesday, Monday, Friday.
From my conversation with high school coaches, this will be the plan for next year. Start a week early. All playoff games on Friday.
As for a 2-7 team making the playoffs, welcome to district football in 4A. You have 46 team and need to fill a 32 team bracket. Actually, our team was one of the 2-7 teams that qualified......and we defeated a 7-2 team in the 1st Round of the playoffs.