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

The World Series was the only playoff format. Second-place teams stayed home while the pennant winners competed for the ...

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

The Lions have codified the thing about which many have complained over the years: Division champions hosting wild-card teams ...

Under the proposed rule change, the Los Angeles Rams would've had far-different paths in the 2023 and '24 playoffs.

The NFL's Football Operations department outlined some major changes that will be discussed at the annual league meeting ...

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

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 ...