Calls Mount Against NFL Owners’ Petition to Make Major Playoff Changes as $4.9B Franchise Forces Roger Goodell’s Hand

Calls Mount Against NFL Owners’ Petition to Make Major Playoff Changes as $4.9B Franchise Forces Roger Goodell’s Hand

Picture this: It’s Week 18 of the 2024 season. The Minnesota Vikings, armed with a résumé glittering like a Super Bowl ring, trudge into L.A. to face the Los Angeles Rams—at SoFi Stadium—because the current rules gift division winners home turf, even with worse records. Indeed, the Lions, fresh off a franchise-best 15-2 season, watched from their bye week throne as chaos unfolded. Now, they’re tossing a ‘Hail Mary’ to fix what they see as a brok…

Revolutionary Paradigm Shift Looms Over NFL Playoff Structure - Real News Now

Anticipation is mounting over an imminent vote among NFL owners. This vote, if passed, is projected to herald a remarkable shift in the method used to allocate teams to respective slots during playoff periods. Notably, this resolution originated from the collective thought of the Detroit Lions in a meeting held in March, stipulating that the playoff teams seeding should correlate solely with their records and not their division-winning achieveme…

NFL Facing Severe Backlash To Proposed New Playoff Format That Would Make Divisions Irrelevant

The NFL is set to vote on a new playoff format that could well make winning your division irrelevant. All 32 owners are expected to vote on a proposed change next week at the league’s annual meeting in Minneapolis. The new format would still see division winners automatically qualify, but seeding would be done strictly by record. The proposal, which comes from the Detroit Lions, would see seven teams continue to make the playoffs. All four divis…

NFL To Vote On Radical Playoff Seeding Change Next Week

The NFL playoff format could undergo a major change that would radically shift how teams are seeded in the postseason. Tabled in March, owners will vote on a resolution set forth by the Detroit Lions that would seed the seven playoff teams in each conference by record. Meaning, simply winning your division would no longer […]