The NFL was able to conduct a little business yesterday, attending to some significant stray issues that were scheduled to be addressed at this time during the previously-canceled Spring owners meetings. In lieu of the event, which was scheduled to be hosted in Tampa, the owners held a conference call instead, during which they voted to approve the plan to expand the playoffs to seven seeds, with three wildcards in each conference, and stripping the second seed of a first-round bye.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are not typically the team to be the most enthusiastic about changes the league wants to make, truth be told, unless it is a matter of player safety, but they have seemed to be on-board with recent shifts, or at least have been willing to play the good sport about it.