18 Game Schedule.. Good or Bad?

Maybe we could have a 17 game season:
The 17th game's results would be the total points in the first quarter of all 4 preseason games....total points above the league average would get a win....total points under the league average get a loss....teams that hit the average exactly get a tie....a literal tie.

Especially with more divisional games/more important games moving towards the end of the season, just spells disaster.

I heard him (Goodell) say that with the current CBA, he could extend the season by 8 additional games right NOW if he wanted to. This sounded kinda shady, but I dunno. Can anyone shed light on what I heard? Is that true?

Of course, except during a Zorn year.

could not have answered that question better.

Maybe we could have a 17 game season:
The 17th game's results would be the total points in the first quarter of all 4 preseason games....total points above the league average would get a win....total points under the league average get a loss....teams that hit the average exactly get a tie....a literal tie.

Dan Patrick: With the first nine months of the Baseketball postseason out of the way, the playoff picture is starting to emerge.
Kenny Mayne: So, with last night's victory over Boston, next week the Milwaukee Beers must beat Indianapolis in order to advance to Charlotte. That's in an effort to reduce their magic number to three.
Dan Patrick: Right, and then the Beers can advance to the National Eastern Division North to play Tampa.
Kenny Mayne: So, if the Beers beat Detroit and Denver beats Atlanta in the American Southwestern Division East Northern, then Milwaukee goes to the Denslow Cup, unless Baltimore can upset Buffalo and Charlotte ties Toronto, then Oakland would play LA and Pittsburgh in a blind choice round robin. And if no clear winner emerges from all of this, a two-man sack race will be held on consecutive Sundays until a champion can be crowned.

2 game is not going to water down the product. I don't even think 20 would. I think that might be the threshold where it starts getting watered down. And I would just say out-of-conference games maybe?


Ok lets think about this....

Camp.......

2 Pre season games

18(plus the extra 2 weeks of practice) regular season games

2 or 3 playoff games .depending on if your a wild card befor you even play the Super Bowl, yes it will be water down their bodies can't take it .

I would love to see more football but I think the toll on the players would be bad. For sure, you'd have to increase the roster.

Increase roster, which means more money to players, which they're trying to reverse. Less offseason work..

Question: What value does having two extra games add to the game itself? In what meaningful way does it improve the product the NFL sells?

Question: What value does having two extra games add to the game itself? In what meaningful way does it improve the product the NFL sells?

none, they just sell more product