Starting on Thursday, September 9, the NFL begins something it hasn’t done since 1930: play more than 16 regular-season games in a year.
The 18-week, 17-game season will begin with the Dallas Cowboys on the road against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday Night Football. Three days later, the Kansas City Chiefs will open their season against the Cleveland Browns with a fairly rare 3:25 p.m. start at Arrowhead Stadium.
The way some tell it, the lengthened regular season will be a disaster. More players will be injured, they say.