Owners are discussing a change on the timing of certain NFL head coaching hires that would allow teams to agree upon deals but not announce them until their incumbent teams are out of the playoffs.

If the change is approved, it will alter the timing of when teams can officially hire coaches still in the playoffs and allow those organizations to begin assembling coaching staffs so they will not be playing catch-up later.

The Falcons have experienced it on both ends, with waiting to hire now-head coach Dan Quinn away from the Seattle Seahawks during the 2014 postseason and having the San Francisco 49ers court then-offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan while they were marching through last season's playoffs.