During the NFL's annual league meeting last week, the Detroit Lions made a proposal to change the league's playoff format. The interesting thing about the proposal is that it didn't get voted down. Although the NFL's 32 owners didn't approve the change,

The Detroit Lions may not have been along in their push to change the NFL's seeding rules, according to a report Sunday by Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio. The Lions proposed changing the seeding structure of the league's playoffs to favor a team's overall record over its place in the division.

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