NashvilleNinja Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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headhunter Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 Literally nobody wants this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreepingDeath Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 A few wrinkles I've heard discussed around this in the past: 1 - a second BYE week to extend the regular season two extra weeks (BYE + 17th game) 2 - 17th game is a cross-conference geographical rival (ex: Dal vs Hou, Bal vs Was, Phi vs Pit) that alternates who hosts Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somedude Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 I wish the season was 14 games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
headhunter Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 1 minute ago, JakePA_Titan said: Other than the players, what group wouldn't? I think people realize itll just cause more injuries and lower the product on the field. At least with people with common sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackjack Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 Zero preseason games would be the best part. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleEye Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 Corporate America trying to squeeze every ounce of blood from the "workers". NFLPA should sue these owners. Another joke is Thursday games. If they truly cared for the players, only teams coming off a bye can play it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
headhunter Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 Just now, 8MM said: Corporate America trying to squeeze every ounce of blood from the "workers". NFLPA should sue these owners. Another joke is Thursday games. If they truly cared for the players, only teams coming off a bye can play it. Thursday Night games are low in quality. Its been a mess for years Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titans279 Posted September 27, 2019 Report Share Posted September 27, 2019 Wait why wouldn't we want to drop the pre-season games and add another real game??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rns90 Posted September 27, 2019 Report Share Posted September 27, 2019 8 hours ago, 8MM said: Another joke is Thursday games. If they truly cared for the players, only teams coming off a bye can play it. Most of the TNF games are kind of bad and snoozefests. Plus the 2 games in 4 days is not good for the health of any player (aside from maybe P or K). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scine09 Posted September 27, 2019 Report Share Posted September 27, 2019 I think adding a 2nd bye, dropping the preseason to two games, adding the 17th game and expanding the playoffs to 14 teams (to give the #1 seed an even bigger advantage while keeping more timed alive late in the season) would be a great idea. And the 17th game could either be a neutral site game for all teams or hosted exclusively by one conference. What I mean by that is one year the AFC hosts 9 games and plays 8 away and the next year the NFC teams get to host 9 games with 8 away. That keeps things equal for all teams in conference. It also would expand the season to 19 weeks, which would make the Super Bowl the day before Presidents' Day. The one thing I don't like are the yearly rivalry games. If they're going to go 8 home games, 8 away games and 1 neutral site game then I'd say stay in conference since you're ultimately battling for the playoffs against conference teams and play one of the 6 teams not on the schedule. The 1st place team would play one of the other 4th place teams, 2nd place teams against one of the other 3rd place teams, etc, to continue to balance the schedule (since the 1st place team is already playing the other 1st place teams, you'd balance it with 4th place). So the Titans this year would play either Miami or Pittsburgh. And if it's going to be 9 home/8 away or vice versa then play one of the teams in one of the other divisions in the other conference that you didn't face. For example, this year the Titans would play the extra game against San Francisco. 3rd place against 3rd place (since, unlike within conference, the teams don't play other teams that finished with a like result so you can continue to have them play the team with the same standing) in the division that you played 2 years ago and won't play for another 2 years. If you're going to have the rivalry game then you put certain teams at a disadvantage because they have to play the same top team every year. I'd assume Philly would have to play the Patriots while the Giants would play the Jets. One of the great things about the NFL schedule is how mostly equal the opponents are for all division teams. That would seem to skew it toward the franchise with the weaker rival. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepingTitan Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 It will only dilute the product. I'd like to get rid of Thurs night games except on special occasions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denali Posted September 29, 2019 Report Share Posted September 29, 2019 If it were up to the fans, the football season would last all year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff.Fisher Posted September 29, 2019 Report Share Posted September 29, 2019 I once had my team take a bye week during a week 6 game in new england. We came out of that bye strong, best move i ever made Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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