The Detroit Lions withdrew their proposal to change playoff seeding earlier than a vote was taken by homeowners in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
The proposal known as for seeding the playoff area based mostly on document, thus eliminating the automated residence sport for division winners no matter regular-season document.
NFL homeowners had been scheduled to vote on the proposal Wednesday. As a substitute, the workforce pulled the pitch from the desk attributable to an absence of help, NFL Community reported, speculating the concept may very well be revisited ought to the league broaden to an 18-game schedule.
Beneath the present format, 4 division winners in every convention are assured a house playoff sport. Wild-card entrants journey to play the division champions, which might yield a matchup between a house workforce with a document worse than the wild-card workforce.
Final season, for instance, the 14-3 Vikings had been pressured to journey west to satisfy the 10-7 Rams within the wild-card spherical. Minnesota completed behind the Detroit Lions (15-2) within the NFC North, making the Vikings a wild card. Los Angeles received the NFC West. The Rams prevailed to advance.
Within the postseason adopted the 2023 season, the Eagles (11-6) completed second on the NFC East and as a wild card went on the street to play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (9-8) within the opening spherical.
The Lions had proposed solely the division winner with one of the best document in every convention would play at residence. The remaining playoff groups can be seeded by document with no regard to division standing.
–Discipline Degree Media