This offseason, for the first time since 1978, the NFL increased the duration of the regular-season slate. Teams will now play 17 games each year as opposed to 16 — the previous total for each club.
But a further enlargement of the regular season’s length could be en route, per NBC Sports’ Peter King.
In his Football Morning in America column from this week, King wrote “Whoever succeeds [Commissioner Roger] Goodell is going to have another job to do. The bell will continue to toll on health and safety, and the NFL’s ramrodding of the 17-game schedule this year leads most observers to think 18 games is on the way.