Before wrapping up their annual spring meeting today, the NFL owners enacted a change in the draft process that will reseed the draft order from the 21st pick through the 30th depending upon how those teams finish in the postseason. According to John Clayton of ESPN.com, the change passed unanimously and will first take place in 2010. With the new procedure, the team with the worst record and other teams that don’t make the playoffs will be ordered based on won-loss record. As for wild-card losers, they will be seeded through No. 21 through No. 24 based on record and finishes. Divisional round victors are going to be seeded at No. 25 through No. 28 with conference title game losers seeded No. 29 and No. 30, the Super Bowl runnerup seeded 31st and the Super Bowl champion still picking last in the draft. Meanwhile, the NFL passed a rule that says if a fumble or backward pass goes out of bounds that the game clock will start again when the official places the ball. Plus, the league abolished a second chance to kick an onside kick if the first attempt goes out of bounds.
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