The traditional 12 team NFL playoff field could be no more, according to Adam Schefter. The current CBA proposal would see the NFL will expand its playoffs to allow seven teams from each conference into the postseason, creating a 14 team field.
This would create just one bye for each conference, which would be awarded to the No. 1 seeds from each side. Per Schefter’s report, this would begin in the upcoming season.
If this system were in place last year, both the Rams and the Steelers would have been added to the playoff field.