FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Are you ready for some MORE football? Good, because for the first time in decades, you'll get it. And that's not the only change to the revamped National Football League schedule formula announced today that will impact the Patriots.
Starting this coming season, every club will play a 17th game that counts in the standings, and it will feature an opponent from the opposing conference. So, in New England's case, the AFC-based Patriots will take on an NFC team that, under the old formula, they normally wouldn't see for at least four years.