Yahoo Sports · Feb 20, 2020
Report: New NFL CBA expected to include playoff expansion
Dramatic change to the NFL playoffs appears imminent. (Photo by Nick Tre. Smith/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)A new NFL collective-bargaining agreement could reportedly be approved in the coming weeks. And with it could come a dramatic new playoff structure for the league.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that the new CBA is expected to include a provision for playoff expansion.
Proposed new NFL playoff structure
Seven teams from each conference would make the playoffs as opposed to the six teams that make the postseason under the current structure. Only the top seed from each conference would receive a first-round bye.