The expansion of the NFL schedule can sometimes feel inevitable.
The league has already shifted from 16 to 17 games in recent years, and the move to 18 at this point feels like a matter of when, not if.
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Still, plenty of football minds are against the idea of adding even more games to the schedule, including longtime writer Peter King. Speaking as a guest on CBS Sports’ We Need to Talk while promoting his new book The Game, King called for the league to keep things where they are.
“I fired a little bit of a warning shot across the bow in this book, in which I said the NFL has got to stop trying to expand the product with the number of games,” King said. “If you really care about the health and safety of your players, just stop expanding the schedule and be happy with what you have.”
While King doesn’t want the league adding more games to the schedule any time soon, he’s not against all forms of expansion.
“But I also think that there will be a time where every team, every year plays an international game. I’m one of the few people in the media who really, really loves international football,” King said. “I was in Munich for the Brady game in ’22 against Seattle. Tampa and Seattle. That was one of the great events. Afterwards, Tom Brady walked off the field, and he goes, ‘When I retire, that will go down as one of the great games, great events that I have ever been involved in.'”
