By ALEX RASKIN
Published: 09:51 EDT, 21 May 2025 | Updated: 09:51 EDT, 21 May 2025
The Detroit Lions have dropped their proposal to change the way the NFL seeds playoff teams after seeing a divisional rival forced to play against on the road in the postseason against a team with an inferior record.
The now-dead playoff change proposal would have led to significant changes last season when Minnesota had to go on the road for a wild-card game against the Rams despite winning four more games than Los Angeles in the regular season. The Vikings would have hosted a game as the third seed under the proposal.
The Chargers also went on the road as a wild-card team against division-winning Houston despite having one additional win.
Under the abandoned proposal, the first tiebreaker among tied teams would have been based on winning the division.