Football Updates regarding the 17 Game Schedule in 2021 from Peter King - Page 3

FloridaMan88 · 03-01-2021, 10:27 AM

From his column today:

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

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- The 17-game schedule is highly likely in 2021. No surprise there. TV partners and NFL schedulers are working under the assumption that the 17-game schedule (the way was paved for it last March when players approved a new CBA) will debut in 2021.

- The league calendar gets pushed back one week, with a likely Feb. 13 Super Bowl in Los Angeles. No extra bye—17 games in 18 weekends. Super Bowl LVI, originally scheduled for Feb. 6, 2022 and airing on NBC, has not been officially moved yet. The league hasn’t said a word about moving the game to officials in Los Angeles. But the NFL won’t start the season on the ratings-quashing Labor Day Weekend, and the league doesn’t want to add an extra regular-season bye week. So that adds up to Feb. 13, which would be the latest Super Bowl in history.

- The best game of 2021, Aaron Rodgers versus Patrick Mahomes, is on track. Really, only one game in 2021 would rival Green Bay-Kansas City. That’s Tampa Bay at New England, with Tom Brady’s return to Foxboro. Pittsburgh at Green Bay is interesting too, with the very likely last meeting of Ben Roethlisberger and Rodgers. Brady in Foxboro is great theater, of course. But Rodgers-Mahomes is a much better game, with two passers at the peak of their powers.

- A note about how the league configured the extra game: When the NFL was choosing options, the formula that prevailed—follow me now—was AFC versus NFC, cross-conference matchup from two years ago, 2021 matchup based on 2020 standings. Now that you’re totally confused, here’s an example: The four AFC West teams played the four NFC North teams in 2019. In 2020, Kansas City finished in first place in the AFC West, Green Bay first in the NFC North. So in 2021, it’s AFC West against NFC North, and 1-versus-1 from ‘20 becomes Green Bay versus Kansas City. I will bet you a Kroll’s West cheeseburger with an ice-cold Spotted Cow that the networks will brawl over this ratings-gold game. This game alone is reason enough for the league to rush the 17th game onto the 2021 schedule.

- Hearing it’s most likely to be AFC hosting all 16 newly invented games in 2021. Then NFC teams hosting in 2022. If that’s how it goes, it’s the fairest way. Competitive equity is the key. You don’t want three NFC East teams playing eight at home and the fourth playing nine at home.

Chief Pagan · 03-01-2021, 02:58 PM

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 ?

Mecca · 03-01-2021, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by GoForIt

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

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

Why Not? · 03-01-2021, 03:02 PM

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.

**DaneMcCloud** · 03-01-2021, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by KChiefs1

So I assume you don’t like watching football.

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

**DaneMcCloud** · 03-01-2021, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by displacedinMN

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

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.

displacedinMN · 03-01-2021, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

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.

1 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?

**DaneMcCloud** · 03-01-2021, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by displacedinMN

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...

htismaqe · 03-01-2021, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

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".

Yep.

**HemiEd** · 03-01-2021, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Mecca

It's about money.

That is all you needed to say

tyecopeland · 03-01-2021, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

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.

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

Gary Cooper · 03-01-2021, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by htismaqe

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

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.

Mecca · 03-01-2021, 04:41 PM

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

Deberg_1990 · 03-01-2021, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by tyecopeland

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

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

**DaneMcCloud** · 03-01-2021, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by tyecopeland

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

**BigRedChief** · 03-01-2021, 04:51 PM

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.

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