The Detroit Lions are proposing a change to the NFL's playoff format that is long overdue. If it passes, no more rewarding mediocrity.

There's still a chance that the playoff format could undergo a major change for the 2025 season and a big reason that might ...

The winner got the No. 1 seed, a first-round bye and homefield advantage, the loser got a wild-card spot and road trips likely for the duration of the playoffs ... for the NFL's annual meeting ...

For years (actually decades), the Competition Committee has served as the primary generator of potential NFL ... Card round was tabled until May, the placement of the subject on the owners’ radar ...

One of the best things the NFL has always had going for it was how important its regular season feels. The nature of a condensed schedule means every weekly game carries extra meaning. On a deeper ...

The Detroit Lions have proposed a change to the NFL ... playoff game. Instead, home field would be based on records. The impact is such that four games would have been affected during wild-card ...

The NFL released a list of potential rule changes Wednesday and among them was the proposal to change NFL playoff seeding to ... No. 5 seed or lower as a wild-card team and have to go on the ...

the NFL has announced its list of proposed ... If approved, the league would allow wild-card teams to leapfrog division winners in playoff seeding based on wins and even put an end to the ...

The Detroit Lions proposed a change to the NFL playoff seeding format ... including one that would "amend the current playoff seeding format to allow Wild Card teams to be seeded higher than ...