Remember back just over a year ago when the NFL and NFL Players’ Association ratified a new Collective Bargaining Agreement? The largest change from the previous agreement was the addition of a 17th game to the NFL schedule beginning in 2021. This week’s game between the Buffalo Bills and Washington Football Team, friends, is that 17th game for both teams.
In previous years, your schedule was set on a rotation with the rest of your division. You play your divisional opponents in a home-and-home (6 games), you play one entire AFC division (4 games), one entire NFC division (4 games), and then the same-placed team from the other two AFC divisions (2 games) to form your 16-game schedule.