Not sure about the extra game but cutting preseason to 3 was the right move. There is no need for more.

Game 1- warm up
Game 2 - game plan close to real game
Game 3 - players fight for the last few active roster spots

Frisco86 said:

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17 games is a lot. I remember when it was 14 game season.

Do the players feel this is a pay cut, or does the extra game allow for additional revenue and thus wages can keep going higher. Does average length in NFL change over time? Do players thus want more guaranteed money? After all, it is all about money.

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Now that's a memory - the NFL extended to 16 game regular seasons in 1978.

Frisco86 said:

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17 games is a lot. I remember when it was 14 game season.

Do the players feel this is a pay cut, or does the extra game allow for additional revenue and thus wages can keep going higher. Does average length in NFL change over time? Do players thus want more guaranteed money? After all, it is all about money.

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According to the article, the players will now get 48.5% of all shareable revenues.

The new broadcast / streaming contracts alone will contribute $156.25m each year to the salary cap for each team (assuming it stays @ 32 teams) starting in 2023.

Frisco86 said:

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17 games is a lot. I remember when it was 14 game season.

Do the players feel this is a pay cut, or does the extra game allow for additional revenue and thus wages can keep going higher. Does average length in NFL change over time? Do players thus want more guaranteed money? After all, it is all about money.

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I am sure they will feel they should be paid more, although it likely will help do just that going forward-or at least keep things static if viewership/attendance drops.

I do know the players (veterans) despised the pre-season games so dropping a few for 1 real game may seem like a good trade off for many.

They need to now make the super bowl the Day before MLK day

HunterAggie said:

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Frisco86 said:

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17 games is a lot. I remember when it was 14 game season.

Do the players feel this is a pay cut, or does the extra game allow for additional revenue and thus wages can keep going higher. Does average length in NFL change over time? Do players thus want more guaranteed money? After all, it is all about money.

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Now that's a memory - the NFL extended to 16 game regular seasons in 1978.

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well I am 57

Frisco86 said:

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HunterAggie said:

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Frisco86 said:

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17 games is a lot. I remember when it was 14 game season.

Do the players feel this is a pay cut, or does the extra game allow for additional revenue and thus wages can keep going higher. Does average length in NFL change over time? Do players thus want more guaranteed money? After all, it is all about money.

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Now that's a memory - the NFL extended to 16 game regular seasons in 1978.

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well I am 57

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I am slightly older. I couldn't believe when I read that it had been that long.

One less ridiculous season ticketholder shakedown game. One more real one. I like it

How many bye weeks does each team have with 17 game schedule?

skelly02 said:

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They need to now make the super bowl the Day before MLK day

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Too early. Needs to be the day after Presidents' Day.

Shagga said:

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Marketing 101 - if your can't maintain your margins (viewers), you might try increasing your volume (opportunity to view). To me it's just one more game I won't watch.

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he said on the nfl thread on the nfl board.

And the Cowboys get the Patriots away in winter...

I liked the 16-game format: 6 division games, 4 intra-conference games (ie NFC West vs NFC East), 4 inter-conference games (NFC West vs AFC East), and 2 remaining intra-conference games based on finish. I also liked the NFL playoff format of 6 teams per conference with 2 first round byes. In the first year of expanded playoffs, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers managed to win 3 straight road playoff games to become the first NFL team to play a Super Bowl on its home field and then won it all.

Commissioner Roger Goodell tried to make his case for an 18-and-two structure indirectly, by repeatedly questioning the quality of preseason games. That never really gained any footing. Then came the 2020 labor deal. As talks commenced, the league made it clear to the NFL Players Association that the next Collective Bargaining Agreement would be based on a 17-game regular season. Sensing the league's resolve, the union opted to negotiate the deal on that basis. Otherwise, 2021 would have featured another offseason lockout and another deadline-driven early-August deal in which the players, unwilling to miss games and forego game checks, would have given the owners what they wanted all along, an extra game. Actually, the players should regard their longstanding resistance to expansion of the season as a partial, albeit temporary, success. The league didn't want 17 games; it wanted 18. And it still does.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/03/31/nfl-finally-gets-17-games-when-will-the-league-get-18/

If every team played the extra game at neutral site, that might be pretty cool. As is, you might be competing with division foe that has more home games than you.

And the NFL can never say with a staright face they are concerned with player safety.

I'm happy with this, but we'll have to see if injuries become more of a problem. At the very least we get to rid ourselves of that completely worthless fourth preseason game. I wonder if this means starters go for a half in the second game and then sit the third.

What does this mean for fantasy playoffs? Do we make the championship game week 17 now?