The NFL has been hellbent on additional games for many, many years. It’s just that they couldn’t quite get the players to agree to them until now, and thus you should not be surprised to learn a 17 game schedule is moving ahead quickly.
Per NFL insider Peter King, who is about as tapped into the crane game full of very rich old man hands trying desperately to pick up money as anyone, league schedulers and television partners are operating as though there will be 17 games. That final game will pit the NFC against the AFC one more time, and per King, will likely mean another road game for our beloved Falcons.