Greg S Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Speaking of the schedule doesn't it usually come out around mid April. Unless this game 17 delays it and the schedule doesn't get released until May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBeaneBandit Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Like others have said I see 18 games being played. Me personally, Ima 16 game purist, but if 18 ends up happening they better have like a 75 player roster, cause guys are gonna be fubar'd after that many games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBuff423 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 I'm in favor of adding a 17th game by reducing the Pre-Season by one game. Mainly, because I love the game. That said, I think the most I would support is an 18th game, but not giving up another Pre-Season game because it takes those three games to get guys more into game shape and to evaluate the players which are on the fringe of the roster. Part of the attraction for the NFL is that each game has real, significant meaning so putting more games on the calendar is tricky for that purpose in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloFan68 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 I'm all for this but I think they should increase the roster size, not the active game day roster, just the overall size roster size. Go Bills!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BornAgainBillsFan Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 My favorite NFL stat of all time is this: The first QB to pass for 4000 yards in a season was Joe Namath, back in '67 for the Jets. And that was the last time a Jets QB exceeded the 4000 yard threshold! The streak is at 52 years, and as one who revels in the Jets' misery, I'd like it to last at least another 52. But if the greedy owners keep adding games to the regular season (and 18 is right around the corner), 4000 gets that much easier to attain for even below average QBs on below average teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msw2112 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 (edited) I'm a huge football fan. I love the NFL and watch as many games as my schedule allows for. I'm also against this move. For many of the reasons articulated above, and perhaps my own spin: 1) It dilutes the product. Enough is enough. 2) It increases the change of injury to players, particularly for those teams preparing for the playoffs. Look at the Bills WRs down the stretch this year, as an example. They were really banged up at the end of the season and it hurt the Bills a lot in the playoffs. Imagine if they had to tough it out for one more meaningful game to secure playoff seeding? 3) It throws off statistical comparisons to prior seasons for purposes of calculating records 4) As much as I love football and miss it during the off-season, I have a family and other things in life. I target "after the Super Bowl" as a time the year to start on some weekend projects that were put on hold, travel (maybe a ski trip that I don't want to take during football season), spend more weekend time with the kids, start my diet (I eat better and drink less when it's not football season - how about you?), etc. Pushing it back a week or 2 is disruptive for me personally. It's not the end of the world, but I'm against it. Edited March 29, 2021 by msw2112 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxcar Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 18 hours ago, Logic said: 1. It shows no care whatsoever for player safety or the quality of the games. As it is, by week 17 of the NFL season, many teams are the walking wounded and bear no resemblance to the team that began the season. 2. It makes 43 years worth of statistical records useless. 3. There is no evidence that fans actually WANT an extra week of football. Indeed, some polls that have been taken showed that fans were AGAINST expanding the season. 4. There are plenty of ways to continue to increase revenue other than trying to fix what ain't broke with regard to the schedule length. 5. The NFL would become the only major pro sport to have an odd number of games instead of an even number of games. 6. The NFL is the greatest sport there is. It's massively popular and rakes in billions of dollars. Why does the league continually insist on tinkering with it, when it's already the most popular sport in the country just the way it is? -- I'm all for getting rid of 1 or 2 preseason games. I don't like expanding the regular season. I don't see the need for it, and I worry that the NFL will just go on adjusting and tinkering with things in perpetuity with a league that doesn't really seem to need the alterations. I'm concerned that the NFL's never-ending greed will eventually mean the downfall of the game that we all love so much. They just don't seem to know when to leave well enough alone. Fair enough on the records. That's always awkward but this isn't the first time in history that the number of games in a season has changed. Baseball didn't always have 162 games. We adapt. On player safety, I consider that argument kinda null because this wasn't unilaterally imposed on the players, it was negotiated for in the CBA. If the players were staunchly against an extra game, they wouldn't have given the owners the option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KGun12TD Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 It the year of #17. This is the year #17 wins it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Bring it on WFT. 17-0 will be nice to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billykay Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 So, we play the NFC East this year and then play Washington in the 17th game. Does this mean that we play Washington twice ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 8 minutes ago, billykay said: So, we play the NFC East this year and then play Washington in the 17th game. Does this mean that we play Washington twice ? Bills play the AFC South and NFC South. Washington is the only NFC East team they play this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transplantbillsfan Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 9 hours ago, Doc Brown said: He said the extra game would be 1st vs. 1st place. I've seen no reports so far that those games would take place in week 17. My guess is we'll still pry get a divisional opponent the final game. https://www.nbcsports.com/northwest/seahawks/report-nfl-set-announce-17-game-regular-season-schedule Yes 1st place vs. 1st place. I'd guess you're right that the last week would be a divisional opponent. The wording was just murky and sounds as though it could be a week 17. But King seems pretty definitive on the specific opponents of each team and in the case of this upcoming season we get an extra home game and it's vs. Washington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollars 2 donuts Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 I've said this for awhile and I know I am in the minority, but there should be games labor day weekend and it should be the NFL's official kick off Holiday weekend. YES, I KNOW...FAMILY PARTIES. I HAVE A FAMILY, TOO! ...but the first weekend, with no work the next day...glorious. Simply glorious. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Boo Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 So unnecessary. 20 hours ago, nedboy7 said: They should also add a 5th quarter to the game. And don't forget to have a band play ***** music between each quarter of every playoff game. Don't give them any ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackFlutie Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 22 hours ago, Logic said: Yes, this was a formality. Everyone has known since the CBA was ratified that the league secured the right to expand the regular season to 17 games, and that they were highly likely to exercise that option. Nevertheless, today it was announced that they definitely WILL be exercising that option, beginning in 2021. Personally, I HATE that this is happening. I don't see any reason for it other than money. I get that the NFL is a business, but they're doing JUST FINE, thank you very much. There are many other ways to continue to increase revenue without lengthening the regular season. There were even polls done in recent years by PFT and other outlets asking if fans were in favor of expanding the regular season, and the majority of fans voted that they WERE NOT in favor of it. Yet here we are. Ugh. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/03/28/yes-the-nfl-will-expand-to-17-regular-season-games-this-week/ "Maybe it’s just a slow news day. Whatever the case, a report from ESPN that the NFL’s owners are expected to add a 17th regular-season game this week is not news. Anyone who has been paying any attention to the NFL over the past few months knew that it wasn’t just “expected” to happen, but that it is happening. The only question left is whether the NFL will reduce the preseason to three games or to two. The owners are expected (am I doing that right?) to reduce the preseason to three games." It's just a formaliteeee!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakrider Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 What if they had a 17 game schedule but players only can play in 16 games? 🤷♂️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo03 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 I wonder if people complained as much in 1978 when they expanded from 14 to 16 games as they do now going from 16 to 17. Not sure why people would hate this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirAndrew Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 21 hours ago, Doc Brown said: Some more preliminary information if interested. I apologize about the crudity of these tweets. Do we really need a MNF WC game? Nice job NFL for creating relationship tension by scheduling the Super Bowl on a day I could some wanting to celebrate Valentine’s. 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirAndrew Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 6 hours ago, dollars 2 donuts said: I've said this for awhile and I know I am in the minority, but there should be games labor day weekend and it should be the NFL's official kick off Holiday weekend. YES, I KNOW...FAMILY PARTIES. I HAVE A FAMILY, TOO! ...but the first weekend, with no work the next day...glorious. Simply glorious. I agree, and I’d be more adamant about this if I were a season ticket holder. I’d prefer the addition of an extra good weather game earlier in the season. This setup just adds another cold weather game. I’m only interested in attending January games in Buffalo if it’s a playoff game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njbuff Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 With a 17th game now, the NFL has no choice but to allow all 53 men on an NFL teams roster to be active on game days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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