NFL Expands Regular Season To 17 Games
By: KDKA-TV News Staff
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - The NFL is expanding the regular season to 17 games.
The NFL says clubs approved an enhanced season structure at a virtual league meeting Tuesday. There will now be 17 regular-season games and three preseason games for the first time starting in 2021.
.@NFL Season To Feature 17 Regular-Season Games Per Team: https://t.co/aaamJxq9C3 pic.twitter.com/txLUL26H6V
— NFL345 (@NFL345) March 30, 2021
The Steelers say with this expansion, the Seattle Seahawks have been added to their list of 2021 home opponents.
The NFL is expanding to a 17-game regular season starting in 2021.
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) March 30, 2021
The Seattle Seahawks have been added to our list of 2021 home opponents.
The NFL-NFLPA collective bargaining agreement signed last year allows the league, with the approval of the union and its players, to make the move to 17 games.
The NFL says it's the first change to season structure since 1978.