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The NFL dropped its official 2020 schedule Thursday with notes on contingency plans if the league is forced to delay the season due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Aside from those potential fixes, ESPN's Adam Schefter reported that the preseason schedule will assuredly change as soon as 2021, when the league plans to move from 16 to 17 regular-season games and drop one preseason matchup as a result.
"As for the preseason, the NFL is preparing to shorten it to three games as early as next season, when the regular season grows to 17 games.