5 for Friday: Proposal to mess with playoff format lacking

Dale Lolley

The NFL released a list of rule proposals suggested by teams in advance to the annual Spring Meetings that will take place at West Palm Beach April 30.

Some of them make a lot of sense, such as the Steelers suggestion that teams be permitted to have one phone call or video conference with pending free agents during the league's two-day legal tampering period before free agency begins. Currently,