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

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

New kickoff rules that went into effect on a trial basis last season are now permanent, but NFL owners tabled the Detroit Lions' proposal to overhaul the seeding of playoff teams. Rich McKay ...

Though the stats say the league had its most competitive year ever when it comes to close games, the 2024 NFL season saw many bad matchups down the stretch as playoff seeding was more or less ...

No change in the NFL’s playoff structure occurred at the league meetings this week, but the Detroit proposal was not voted ...

However, he had a lot of other things to talk about as well. One of those things was about the current push to change the playoff format. A rule change proposal from the Detroit Lions would ...

The NFL will revisit a proposal to change the playoff seeding guidelines. On Tuesday, NFL owners tabled a vote on a new rule ...

The exact wording of the Lions’ proposal was, “to amend the current playoff seeding format to allow Wild Card teams to be seeded higher than Division Champions if the Wild Card team has a better ...

Also pushed back (or tabled) was a vote on the Detroit Lions' proposal to seed playoff teams strictly by record without regard to division winners. Under the proposed bylaw, the NFL playoff ...

NFL team owners had been set to vote Tuesday ... As for changes that did pass, regular-season overtime rules now will match those in the playoffs and both teams will have a chance to get a ...

NFL overtimes can no longer be won on a coin ... It means the 2021 Buffalo Bills would have had the chance to extend one of the greatest playoff games of this generation instead of keeping Josh ...