The Detroit Lions may not have been along in their push to change the NFL's seeding rules, according to a report Sunday by ...

Troy Vincent, the NFL's executive vice president of football operations, pushed for the Detroit Lions' proposal to change the ...

NFL owners did not approve a rules proposal by the Lions to eliminate an automatic first down as part of the penalty for ...

During the NFL's annual league meeting last week, the Detroit Lions made a proposal to change the league's playoff format.

Roger Goodell tabled the vote on the issue until May. Plus, notes on plans for new Rams’ headquarters, the Commanders’ hiring of Wes Welker and more.

For years (actually decades), the Competition Committee has served as the primary generator of potential NFL rule changes.

The Lions proposed changing the seeding structure of the league's playoffs to favor a team's ... "So we made a proposal." The league didn't officially put a stamp on the proposal, but it is ...

The NFL playoffs have always been as American as Thanksgiving leftovers and heated debates over ref calls. The post Kevin ...

Mike Florio and Chris Simms spell out why they don’t foresee the playoff seeding format proposal passing even if it is ...

The league has tabled the Lions' proposal to determine playoff seeding solely by record, according to multiple reports.

While the proposal was ultimately tabled this year without a vote, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell called it a "very healthy ...

The NFL began using record-based home-field advantage in the playoffs in 1975, but it took until 1990 for every division ...