Updates regarding the 17 Game Schedule in 2021 from Peter King
 

From his column today:

Link: https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...ia-peter-king/

Tampa / New England would be a terrible football game. It's not even close to the matchup of KC / GB.

Thanks for the update...still don't like it.

The only drama would be to see when/if Brady/Belichick embrace each other postgame.

I really don't need a 17th game. In fact, I don't even want one.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">every team&#39;s 17th game in 2021<br><br>SEA at PIT<br>LAR at BAL<br>ARI at CLE<br>SF at CIN<br><br>GB at KC<br>CHI at LV<br>MIN at LAC<br>DET at DEN<br><br>WFT at BUF<br>NYG at MIA<br>DAL at NE<br>PHI at NYJ<br><br>NO at TEN<br>TB at IND<br>CAR at HOU<br>ATL at JAX<br><br>*per Peter King who says a 17th game is &quot;highly likely&quot; in be added in 2021</p>&mdash; Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) <a href="https://twitter.com/SharpFootball/status/1366402919613034497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

You're going to get one. The NFL doesn't care what YOU want.

Carolina at Houston if Watson ends up getting traded to the Panthers will have some intrigue.

I agree- not a fan of 17 games. Seems like a shameless money grab.

It's a damn shame, too.

As much as I enjoy the NBA playoffs from April-June, I'll rarely tune into a regular season game, unless it's just an amazing matchup between two of the top 6 teams in the NBA, because they play 82 games in a season, which is just too many games, IMO, to determine the top 16 of 30 teams.

Now, the NFL is going to have 17 regular season games, in addition to three rounds of playoff games featuring 14 of 32 teams, in order to determine a champion? That's insane. The old system of 12 teams was just fine.

Plus, the good teams stand to lose more than the bad teams in a 17 game season with 7 playoff teams per conference.

It's much easier for a great team to stumble than it is for a middling team to win an "upset" but when you're designing the season AND the playoffs for upsets, why even bother watching until the playoffs?

I hate that they are pushing the season later. Go earlier when the weather isn't complete shit for half the country. If it's about Labor Day weekend, just make that weekend a bye after week 1. Or better yet play 2 games before Labor Day and actually move the end of season schedule up a week.

Yep.

Much like basketball (you talked about the NBA, but NCAA is similar) they're moving towards 2 seasons. One season for everybody, and another season just for the good teams. Wait until they expand the playoffs again.

It is hard enough keeping people healthy to the playoff's, adding another game makes it even more difficult. Plus the current schedule sort of makes sense. Right now there are 2 games difference between you and everyone in your division that are set up to help balance the scale for the lower finishing team from the previous year. Do we really need a third? Plus it means that there is a more likely chance that you will play the team in the regular season once before you see them in the SB.

You have to see the long game here. The eventual goal of all this is simple. 18 games, 18 games works because it makes expansion easier. The easy number you get with 18 games is 40 teams.

With that you probably get 2 byes a year, expanded playoffs etc. With that plan you lengthen the season and increase profit by alot.

It's about money.

We are getting very near to ‘load managing’ in the NFL.

Who cares about September and October games?


I’ll take a healthy team in December and January over winning home field advantage anyday. See Tampa Bay.

Every AFC team plays at home the last week?

I dont think theybare just throwing all these at the end. Id imagine they are going to mix them in somewhere.

They'll put DAL @ NE on prime time, because ya know....**** the fans.

I fully expect in 20 years we'll talk about how the NFL has a 22 week regular season, expanded playoffs and his the season starts in August and ends in March.

Roster sizes to jump to 85 players like the NCAA?

I think they'll increase, it's an easy way to get the union on board, more jobs. It's why the union loves expansion.

Yup, we could end up with teams resting start players a bit more often to lower their risk. I doubt it will happen with one game, but the next logical step will be adding 2 or 3 more games, either play all equal seeds in the other conference or play another full division in your own conference.

They will almost certainly have to increase. I guess they did this year right?

And yes teams will have to think about managing playing time amongst certain players.

Which would lead to lower quality games. But the NFL doesn’t care about that.

With legalized sports betting coming to all US states by 2025, the NFL won't give a shit about its onfield product and will relish in an NCAA-style tournament to end their season because their revenue stream will increase exponentially.

So much for "The good of the game".

Me neither.

I want 18 games.

So I assume you don’t like watching football.

NBA and NHL seasons are too long now. Adding time to the NFL seems just dumb.

We already get to watch the Chiefs play 19 games a year.

Now it's gonna B 20

Yes. The plan, at least according to King, is to alternate 17th week hosting by conference. So AFC in 2021, NFC in 2022 and so on. Whether that sticks or they actually eliminate inter divisional games during the final week, I guess we’ll see.

Eventually the bye will go away too once they expand the playoffs to 16 teams.

They are going to intentionally bump the SB one week later at this late date?

I would think people that have booked flights and hotel rooms already might be a bit annoyed ?

I disagree if anything I could see them adding byes to extend the season, more weeks more tv money.

It’s the NFL. They’ll do whatever they want. We’ll complain about it and come the first week of September through the second week of February, we’ll all be on the couch.

I've had Sunday Ticket since 2003 so you're wrong, as usual, once again.

I wouldn't mind it so much if there weren't so many truly bad football teams. I mean, the very first year the NFL decides to expand the playoffs, a team made it with a sub .500 record, which is utterly ridiculous.

I watch the NFL to see great games and matchups, not so I can see shit teams like the Lions, Jets, Jaguars, Bears, Giants, et al, upset a great team.

One more regular season game will not only dilute the talent on field due to injuries but the overall quality play will decrease, not increase, because there's only so much trauma the human body can endure without breaking down.

And it's going to totally **** the record books.

Nice.

Also, with the injury thing. Would they consider adding more to the roster and upping the cap.

Or is that diluting the product?

Well, the NFL increased the Practice Squad from 10 to 16 due to COVID this past season and allowed teams to call up guys due to injury without forcing them to go on waivers in order to return to the PS.

But as we all saw, there was a shortage of available offensive lineman and I don't recall any Practice Squad players on any team making a huge breakthrough. So yeah, I expect the product to be diluted because there is a limited number of men who can play in the NFL with even average competitiveness.

Good depth is going to be of paramount importance, which isn't exactly easy...

Yep.

That is all you needed to say

To be fair, even without expanded playoffs that sub .500 team was making the playoffs.

Here's the million dollar question. Will this game (or any game) be in front of a sold out stadium? If not, Tom Brady returning to Boston doesn't mean as much.

You guys are gonna be so pissed when they expand out to 40 teams.

Yea, the whole thing is out of whack already. There were 3 teams better than the Washington football club left out of the playoffs.

Well, that's true because they won their division.

But it still sucks and perfectly illustrates why an expanded playoff format only hurts the better teams.

The NFL should seed the playoffs based on record, not "Divisional Champ" but it'll probably never happen.

I thought if they got a 17 game schedule the players got a 2nd bye? So you push the super Bowl back another week? WTF if going to clash with the SB in Feb.? It’s sports dead time.

Everyone who wants a vaccine will have had a chance to get one by the first NFL game in Sept. I expect full stadiums. But..... may have to prove you have been vaccinated?

Yep, was same for 7th team in playoffs. Don't like it, they don't care. Why not just go to 8 for crying out loud. We already know they'd go to 18 regular season games if they could.

NBA All-Star game? Yeah, I don't care either.

That it is, ALL STATS ARE IN PLAY TO BE BROKEN, AGAIN! :shake:

Chiefs Planet circa 1978 damn NFL why you switching to a 16 game schedule.

and there goes the record books...

2022 Winter Olympics are supposed to start February 4, 2022... and NBC is scheduled to broadcast the Super Bowl and the Olympics.

There's no way Tampa wins all those road games with full stands... The were lucky as **** to win against NO and GB, even the WFT gave them a game. They then got lucky with the Chiefs losing Fisher, Brit Reid and the officials...

I will take home field all day long in a normal season, last year was the exception.

Hmmm don't like the 17 games at all, but silver lining...

Now we can see what Patrick can do when playing 16 full games instead of sitting week 17 he will probably play and then can sit week 18.

They may have to consider letting teams make substitutions or a certain number of time outs for it. The game will stretch out

Yep. Never thought Id say it but it's becoming even more watered down.

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So ****ing stupid

Unfortunately it will be a Chad Henne and backup game. That I’m sure.

But really these players need to demand a 2nd bye week being added to the schedule. One in the first half of the season and one in the second half.

Would really help, especially with rookies.

The NFL can go **** itself after that SB scam. WWE has more credibility.

Mahomes will be the first QB to hit 6000 yards in a single season.

Will the added game being the salary cap up?

Well to be sure, the added game was part of the broadcasting rights negations, as were any discussions of adding an 18th game (or more) so indirectly, I would guess the answer is "yes".

So more football is bad huh? :thumb:

I know...what a bunch of ****ing morons. :facepalm:

More $$$$$$$ for everyone!

It's bad though. :thumb:

Good lord I hope not. That would mean he’s playing way too much, throwing too much and the defense and run game sucks.

It’s a 17th game, doesn’t mean it’s week 17.


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