NFL owners are gathered this week to vote on another round of rule changes after meeting to do the same back in March. Hours before the votes were set to occur, however, one proposed change got taken off the table.
Earlier this offseason the Detroit Lions proposed the NFL change its seeding rules around the playoffs. Detroit's change would make it so the postseason teams are reseeded based on record and record alone after the conclusion of the regular season. As it stands the first four seeds belong to the division winners and the last three to the wild card teams with no exceptions. The Lions wanted to change that so the teams with the best records get the highest playoff seeds, no matter whether they won the division or not.
