Key Highlights
- Jason LaCanfora of Sportsboom. com explains that the league would eliminate one preseason game and add a second bye week to allow players more rest. Nov 30, 2017; Arlington, TX, USA; General overall view of AT&T Stadium with the Dallas Cowboys logo on the video board during an NFL football game between the Washington Redskins and the Cowboys at AT&T Stadium.
- Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY SportsAdditionally, an extra game would alter the playoff structure.
- The top seeds wouldn’t have an extra bye week anymore. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“All of this is obviously very preliminary, but I don’t think the structure of the playoffs would change in a significant sense,” a league source said.“The most likely outcome would be that no team receives an extra playoff bye, the top teams in each conference would play on the first weekend.
- So there wouldn’t be an extra week of the playoffs, but those teams playing on the opening weekend would create additional inventory.”MORE: Every NFC teams final NFL report card grade from A+ to FThe NFLPA still needs to agree to a new NFL scheduleThe NFLPA logo at press conference at the Super Bowl LIX media center at the Ernest N.
- Morial Convention Center.