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NFL committee considers changing playoff seeding rules

 
The NFL is considering changing the postseason so seeding would be based on records rather than division titles. That won't avoid instances like the one last season when Cleveland missed the playoffs and Tennessee made it by beating Indianapolis backups. But competition committee members agreed Thursday that changing the seeding guidelines would result in fewer such situations. (link)

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