Make no mistake, whenever the NFL moves to an 18-game schedule, everybody involved will make more money. Player salaries will rise by the equivalent of an extra week. They will just have to play an extra week of football in order to get it. That is an extra week of abuse on the body, and of risk of injury.
Pittsburgh Steelers S Miles Killebrew isn’t worried about that so much as he is about other aspects of their plans. The NFL may not have an 18-game schedule this year, but they will have Christmas Day games on a Wednesday.