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Lions' proposal to dramatically alter playoff seeding withdrawn

Amon-Ra St. Brown

Detroit Lions receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown is tackled during a game at Ford Field in Detroit.

For the second time this offseason, the Detroit Lions� proposal to dramatically restructure NFL playoff seeding has failed to gather enough momentum.

The Lions on Wednesday reportedly withdrew a bylaw proposal to seed playoff teams 1-7 by record instead of giving division winners the top four seeds, a format that’s been in place since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970.





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