Troy Vincent, the NFL's executive vice president of football operations, pushed for the Detroit Lions' proposal to change the ...

For years (actually decades), the Competition Committee has served as the primary generator of potential NFL rule changes.

Now that the buzz from free agency has mostly worn off, let's dive into where each team sits and how roster movement over the ...

This would have shaken things up tremendously in this year’s playoffs, as the NFC North was extremely competitive with the Lions, Vikings and Packers all reaching the postseason. The division ...

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

The NFL began using record-based home-field advantage in the playoffs in 1975, but it took until 1990 for every division ...

Under the Lions' proposal, the playoffs would simply be seeded 1-7 by record. Had that been in place last year, the Vikings would've been the No. 3 seed (based on losing a strength of victory ...

which fielded three playoff teams last season -- the Lions (15-2), Minnesota Vikings (14-3) and Green Bay Packers (11-6). The Lions received the NFC's No. 1 seed, but the Vikings were seeded No. 5 ...

Speaking at the AFC coaches breakfast during the NFL’s annual meeting on Monday, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin pushed back on ...

Sean Payton, in theory, should have every reason to back the Detroit Lions’ rule proposal that would change the NFL’s playoff ...

The Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings shared the best record in the NFC when they met in a winner-take-all game in Week 18 of the regular season last year. The winner got the No. 1 seed ...