Olympic participation will be one of the key items on the agenda for the upcoming owners meeting in Minneapolis. Another one will pertain to a potential tweak in the way playoff teams are seeded moving forward. 
In January, it was learned the NFL would look into changing the playoff format. In particular, seeding the postseason-bound teams from each conference based solely on record has received consideration. Such an arrangement would still see division winners assured of a playoff spot but not necessarily home field during the wild-card round.
Owners will have the opportunity to vote on a proposal from the Lions which would seed the playoff teams from 1-7 next week, Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated writes. Questions were raised earlier this offseason about removing the guaranteed home game from division winners and thus the likelihood of such an alteration receiving sufficient support for it to be passed. Breer adds a change has since been made to the proposal which would see teams reseeded after the opening round of the postseason.
Division winners would also receive the tiebreaker over wild-card teams under this proposal (regardless of the outcome of head-to-head matchups), per Breer. While that would lend even further credence to the significance of topping a division, passing the resolution – or at least some form of it – would constitute a notable departure from the status quo in how the playoff bracket is arranged. A strong possibility therefore exists less than the required 24 yes votes from owners will exist in the coming days.
On that note, CBS Sports’ Jonathan Jones reports it is considered unlikely the current proposal will pass if it is brought to a vote. He adds, however, that opinions on the matter could begin to shift once an 18-game regular season schedule (long seen as an inevitability) is put in place. As both Breer and Jones note, the changes being floated would create more opportunities for teams to move up and down the playoff order through to the end of the campaign even after clinching their division. That, in turn, would presumably lead to more starters remaining on the field for otherwise meaningless (or at least less meaningful) matchups in the closing weeks of the year.
Of course, the fact a proposal is set for discussion and potentially a vote illustrates the support it has among some in the league. Jones writes that commissioner Roger Goodell is among the advocates for altering the playoff seeding. Whether or not that helps sway the view of enough owners next week will be worth monitoring.
Lions have a couple of good years and want to propose playoff change haha
Oh boy
The revised playoff structure will be a 32 team playoff.
At this point they might as well. Just play 30 game schedules and whoever has the most players left healthy wins.
I think with one exception the SB has always been a neutral site game for teams so the simplest solution would be to have every playoff game played at a neutral site. Any team unable to win on the road when it matters really isn’t deserving of a championship anyways.
No way this will ever happen. Cities and owners would not want to see the gate revenue along with merchandise and concessions split for a neutral site. Cities with teams would lose out on major tax dollars from hotels, dining etc.
Super Bowl is enough for a neutral site
If Roger Goodell is successful with his master plan to export the NFL to foreign markets then a greater number of neutral site games is probably inevitable. We’re already seeing NFL cities forfeiting home games and the trend seems likely to continue.
I agree..they would never give up those extra game revenues. Super Bowl is a event now…takes lots of planning and yhe city has to be able to handle it.
Also those home playoff games are reward to the fans.
The Bucs and Rams sure had home-field advantage for the SB.
Stupid idea. NFL divisions matter bigly.
The NBA basically eliminated divisions because their schedule was so balanced. The NFL’s home-and-away divisional play necessitates the league value divisions. If this proposal passes, the NFL should also eliminate home-and-away divisional play.
Due to the NFL never allowing a completion of the Bills at Bengals game from 2022(Hamlin) the Bengals got screwed and had to go to Buffalo for the playoff game. Some speculated a neutral-site game solution but the Bengals whipped them anyway.