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New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft told Boston.com that NFL owners did not pass a playoff reseeding proposal that would have made it possible for a division winner to not host a first-round playoff game. Under the proposal, which was portrayed as a way to avoid some teams that have clinched playoff spots from resting their regulars in the final weeks of the season, if a wild card team finished with a better record than the division champion it was slated to play in the first round of the playoffs then that wild card team would host the game.

As things stand now, the two division winners with the best record receive first-round byes and the third division winner is guaranteed to host a home playoff game even if the wild card team it is seeded against finishes with a better record. Kraft said he felt strongly about keeping the current playoff format to reward fans of the division winners.

"I mean there is something to be said about competition at the end of the year, but if you look back at our game against the Giants, Tom Coughlin he didn't hold back and we had something we were playing for," Kraft said.

Source: Boston.com