The proposal by the Lions would allow a wild-card team with a superior record to be seeded ahead of a division winner.

The Green Bay Packers have formally proposed a rule change to ban the tush push and the Detroit Lions proposed that playoff seeding be done based on record instead of automatically placing division winners in the top four spots.

It's hard to think of a more exciting time in sports than the NFL playoffs where the best football teams in each division duke it out for a chance at Super Bowl glory. However, there has been some criticism of the format over the years,