Last week during the NFL owners meeting, teams discussed whether they should change current playoff seedings to no longer give division winners an automatic home game—a rule proposed by the Detroit ...

Only two (2) total teams can earn a first-round bye week in the NFL playoffs: the No. 1-seeded team in the AFC, and the No. 1-seeded team in the NFC. Those seeds go to the teams with the best ...

The goal is to make more late-season games interesting. But there’s no guarantee that will happen. In 2024, for example, the ...

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is considering the Lions' rule change that would revamp the playoffs seeding system.

The Lions proposed changing the seeding structure of the league's playoffs to favor a team's overall record over its place in ...

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 ...

Mike Florio and Chris Simms explore the idea of major changes to NFL playoff seeding to help make late-season games more ...

With the NBA season nearing its conclusion, it is time to start thinking about the playoffs, so here is the potential playoff ...

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 ...

It’s Tuesday, the NFL draft is just a little more than two ... element of the Detroit Lions’ proposal for open playoff seeding (regardless of whether a team won its division), and commissioner ...

After clinching a playoff berth with their victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday, the Los Angeles Lakers are on the ...

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