NFL Commitee Proposed Playoff Changes

One of the most time-sensitive by-law proposals is to change seeding for NFL playoffs, Atlanta Falcons vice president Rick McKay, co-chairman of the NFL's competitive committee said.
Each of the four division winners in each conference would earn postseason berths, but only the two division winners in each conference with the best records would get automatic home games. The division winners with the lower two records, plus the two wild-card teams, would compete for seeds three through six based on record. The goal would be to "motivate coaches to have more games that matter," McKay said. The league wants to avoid the situation in the Tennessee-at-Indianapolis game on Sunday night, Dec. 30, in which the Colts rested their regulars because they were already locked into a seed. The Titans won and eliminated Cleveland from contention. Source: Cincinnati Enquirer