Detroit has also suggested excluding any player from the 90-player roster limit if they are placed on season-ending injured ...

A change to how the NFL seeds teams in the playoffs was among the eight rule proposals submitted by teams ahead of the Annual ...

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

The proposal by the Lions would allow a wild-card team with a superior record to be seeded ahead of a division winner.

The current structure of the NFL often results in teams with lesser records hosting playoff games, because every division ...

The Lions have proposed a significant change to NFL playoff seeding that would largely use regular-season records as the ...

NFL team owners will consider proposals to ban the tush push and for a change to playoff seeding format this off-season, the ...

The Green Bay Packers have formally proposed a rule change to ban the tush push and the Detroit Lions proposed that playoff ...

Under the Lions' proposal, wild-card teams could have first-round home playoff games instead of division champs.

Will the NFL playoff seeding format change? The Minnesota Vikings were hoping that would happen before this past season.

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. The Lions are asking the NFL “to amend the current playoff seeding format to allow Wild Card teams to be seeded higher than Division ...