Is the NFL moving to an 18-game schedule? Negotiations not expected to begin any time soon, per report

In NFL and NFL Players Association is expected to engage formal negotiations to expand at 18-game regular time to “at least 2026” Washington Post’s Mark Maske reported Tuesday.

Adding the 18th game has view is inevitableTo CBS sports NFL Insider Jonathan Jones reported a league’s annual concurrence back in April, though it was not “not a focus of discussions from any stretch to the imagination” time, Roger Loodell says.

Last Year, NFLPA Executive director Lloyd Howell revealed the association association with an 18-game schedule, but that Miske reports, the discussions are not led to formal business, which is unreasonable to change before the next morning.

Between now and, Howell plans to “team-per-team meeting with players to the NFLPA’s Peace Priorities,” a source of March after the player representative of the assembly.

NFL moving to 18-game schedule seems to be inevitable, breaking logistics, player health, playoff seeds more

Jonathan Jones

A 16-game to League at the game at 17-game time in 2021, one year after 2020 CBA approved such a change. Players received increased part of income and other benefits exchange for added to the game.

17 to be expanding to 18 to do not be up to 2028, maske marks, if a formal business will also begin to 2026. Some owners hoped for the 18th game institution of 2027.

As the Jones was in March Key issues and talking points He includes a player health, the calendar logistics more.