Run-of-the-mill owners meeting today and tomorrow in New York, and we’re off and running from there …
• NFL owners are scheduled to vote on a proposal this afternoon that would push the coach-hiring cycle back, essentially delaying head coach interviews of candidates working for NFL teams (coaches that are out of work or in college wouldn’t apply) until after the divisional round.
The proposal comes two years after the Bills submitted a similar, albeit more aggressive, plan that would have barred front office and coach interviews until after the conference title games and hires until after the Super Bowl. The thought then, and now, is to be fair to candidates whose teams are still in the playoffs, and to the teams who are competing in the playoffs, too. And that part does make some sense.
