As the NFL continues to try to work out a new collective bargaining agreement, the league continues to push for an expanded schedule of some sort. While the idea of an 18-game regular season is essentially dead, the NFL has now reportedly switched to a new idea: a 17-game regular season.

According to a report from The Athletic’s Daniel Kaplan, during committee meetings in Houston this week, owners were made aware of this. Speaking to a source, Kaplan reported that not enough owners were behind the idea of an 18-game season, and that players likely wouldn’t go for it either.

Should the NFL change scheduling to allow an extra game, the current proposal would see the preseason scale back from four games to either two or three. Of course, all of this is speculative for right now, and it will take some hashing between both the NFL and NFLPA before any agreement is made.

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As it stands, the idea of an 18-game season was simply too much for most people to agree on. Not only did the NFLPA strongly oppose it, but many owners also didn’t support it. However, an expanded schedule is still a goal of the NFL’s, and the financial reasoning behind it is fairly obvious.

The current CBA is set to expire after the 2020 season, and while many have wondered if a lockout could occur, it seems as if both sides are trying their best work on something before it expires. Negotiations for things are expected to continue later this year, or earlier in 2020 when the deadline draws nearer.