NFL owners did not approve a rules proposal by the Lions to eliminate an automatic first down as part of the penalty for ...

New kickoff rules that went into effect on a trial basis last season are now permanent, but NFL owners tabled the Detroit Lions' proposal to overhaul the seeding of playoff teams. Rich McKay ...

Is Will Johnson going to help the Cardinals' defense level up? Did the Bucs hit home runs at cornerback? What will the ...

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell believes owners ... saying he believes there could be a modification to the proposal from Detroit to seed the playoffs by record instead of guaranteeing the division ...

Last week during the NFL owners meeting, teams discussed whether they should change current playoff seedings to no ... finale with the NFC’s No. 1 seed on the line. The loser of the game would ...

Only four teams have done it, with the last time coming when the Boston Celtics dug themselves out of a 0-3 hole to force a ...

An ambition of the NFL's for more than a decade, that grail was "not a focus of our discussions by any stretch of the imagination" over the two-day meetings, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said. In ...

During the NFL's annual league meeting last week, the Detroit Lions made a proposal to change the league's playoff format.