There are no bad ideas in a brainstorm.
Keep that in mind today as you Log On and see everyone making fun of the Lions. It's unfortunate, but expected. History's greatest thinkers were never truly appreciated in their time. The Lions are trailblazing – the rest of the NFL world just can't see it yet. But just know: they're on the right side of history.
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We're in that fun, pointless stretch of the NFL calendar when everyone's trying to fill the time between free agency and the draft. And frankly, of all the things NFL teams could do with this time, I appreciate that they chose "suggest the most wild rule changes possible and see what sticks." This year's choice? Rearranging how the entire NFL playoff system is seeded. It's both wildly ambitious and also very silly; I can see why Dan Campbell loves it.
Lions' proposed seeding rule change would be a massive change to NFL playoff format
"A big one: The Lions have proposed a postseason format to allow Wild Card teams to be seeded higher than Division Champions if the Wild Card team has a better regular season record," Ari Meirov (and lots of others) reported on Wednesday morning. "The Lions proposal is that the team with the best record secures the No. 1 seed and a bye, while seeds 2-7 are ordered strictly by record. Under this system, the Lions would have been the No. 1 seed last season, and the Vikings, who had 14 wins but dropped to No. 5, would not have had that issue."
You're not wrong, Ari. That is a big one. I can't entirely blame people for rolling their eyes at this –especially after how the Lions' season went last year – but I also don't hate the idea of rewarding teams that, you know, win the games they play. I imagine the NFC South feels particularly attacked by this suggestion.
My guess is that the Lions know this will never pass and just want to take the temperature of an idea *like* this for future suggestions, but who knows. I appreciate that they're trying to innovate, even if it comes off a tad cringey. And it could be worse: at least they're not trying to get rid of the Tush Push.