Get ready for an 18 game season

[MightyGiants]

https://x.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1815724761038598252

[uconnjack8]

It's a matter of when, not if.  18 games makes a lot more sense than 17 tbh.

[T200]

Should have left it at 16. The greed knows no bounds.   

[killarich]

It's a matter of when, not if.  18 games makes a lot more sense than 17 tbh.

While I would love more football , considering Injuries do happen..... Is this really a good thing ? We go what to a 2 game preseason ? Starters will be extremely rusty the first 2-3 weeks of a a season

[President Rick]

at least playing in a 'real' game v.s. PS counts for something.   anyway, we all saw this coming.  remember the 12 game season?   where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio....I mean Jim Brown!

[WheresDayne]

Not to mention a watered down final month of the season while teams try to rest starters and a watered down playoffs due to added injuries sustained in the longer season.  4 game preseason and 16 games seemed perfect.

Baseball- 162 games  (16 x 10)
Hockey and basketball-  ~80 games (16 x 5)

Common denominator for all is 16....not sure why they changed it, other than greed 

[MightyGiants]

The problem is the NFL is a victim of their own success.  The more popular and profitable the NFL became, the more franchises became viewed as money-making businesses rather than a hobby for the well-off.   Business is all about growing revenue and that is what the NFL is focused on, even if it harms the game, the players, and the fans.

[EDjohnst1981]

As with the last expansion of games, any cut down to the pre-season (which is where the 18th regular season game will have to come from) will hurt the bubble and depth players on the roster.

[uconnjack8]

While I would love more football , considering Injuries do happen..... Is this really a good thing ? We go what to a 2 game preseason ? Starters will be extremely rusty the first 2-3 weeks of a a season

I dont think it's a good thing.  I agree with Tim that it should have been left at 16.  My comment was more about an even # of games makes more sense because teams at least have the same # of home and away games (minus the international games).

[President Rick]

good point about = home and away games.  Maybe not a big deal for some teams, i.e. with a less erratic wind situation in met life than in the old Giants Stadium, we don't ever seem to have a home advantage, but home field is very important for some teams  [dallas, SFran, vikes, to name just three]..

[GloryDays]

While I would love more football , considering Injuries do happen..... Is this really a good thing ? We go what to a 2 game preseason ? Starters will be extremely rusty the first 2-3 weeks of a a season

Preseason football is undervalued and even hated by some!
I personally enjoy preseason games as much as regular games. you get to watch draftees and other signings try hard to get noticed, make plays and advance in their careers; you also watch some new schemes by coaches, some players trying other positions and the team trying to shed the rust and play as a unit, ready for when it counts. They should not increase the number of regular season games at the expense of preseason.
If you ask me, they must increase the rosters by 3-4 extra players.

[DaveBrown74]

Great news.

The season flies by too quickly as it is, and this way you can just push everything out by a week and have the Super Bowl on the Sunday before Presidents Day.

Win win!

[Jolly Blue Giant]

It's going to happen. The stars are aligned. What it tells me is the need and importance of a good bench, because the starters will need to ration their work load to get through a full season without breaking down towards the end. They should also expand the practice squad and also expand the number that can be protected. That is just my opinion

[uconnjack8]

Great news.

The season flies by too quickly as it is, and this way you can just push everything out by a week and have the Super Bowl on the Sunday before Presidents Day.

Win win!

This part would be a big win.....Even though I dont wake up at 5 AM for work anymore.

[coggs]

Love it.  Pre-season bites.