PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Even though he was the new guy at the NFL meetings, Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy chimed in during a pair of discussions Wednesday.

When the competition committee's idea of re-seeding the playoffs so a wild card team with a better record could get a home game over a division winner -- an attempt to make late-season games more relevant -- Murphy spoke up. And when the owners considered giving the winner of the opening coin toss the option to defer, Murphy shared his thoughts again.

In the end, Murphy was on the "winning" end of both issues: Support for re-seeding was so scant it never came to a vote, and deferring on the coin toss passed by a 28-4 margin.

"I think you have to be careful. I'm new, so I don't want to presume I know all the issues," said Murphy, who came to the Packers after serving as athletic director at Northwestern and Colgate, and who played eight years in the NFL as a safety for the Washington Redskins. "But I think on a couple of these issues, my experience at the collegiate level and having played in the league allowed me to speak to some of these issues."

Re-seeding, which competition committee co-chairman Rich McKay called "an idea we wanted to push this year," went down in flames because most teams agreed that winning your division should be rewarded.

"The focus (of the clubs) was on the postseason, while my focus was really on the regular season," commissioner Roger Goodell said.

"I think that was the feeling around the league -- they didn't want to change something that's working," Murphy said. "The concern is that there are games at the end of the year that have no meaning, (which is) not good for TV, not good for our fans. But there's only a handful of games (like that)."

As for being able to defer the coin toss, Tennessee Titans coach and committee co-chair Jeff Fisher said, "It's going to be interesting to see what the philosophy will be." Murphy said "the vast majority of college teams defer. The theory is you're getting that extra possession in the second half rather than the first. And that extra possession could make a difference in the game -- more likely at the end of the game."

Other rules changes that passed included eliminating the force-out rule on passes (passes to receivers forced out before getting two feet down will simply be incompletions), which passed 31-1; being able to review field goals via replay passed unanimously; and eliminating the 5-yard facemask (incidental grasping of the facemask will not be a penalty, as long as the defender lets go right away), which won by a 28-4 margin.

The Packers were in the majority on all the votes.

Meanwhile, the Packers' preseason schedule is expected to be announced later this week. The Denver Broncos revealed that they'll play host to the Packers in Week 3 of the preseason, but no date has been set.