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NFLPA on schedule - 'No one wants to play an 18th game' - ESPN

NEW ORLEANS — NFL Players Association executive director Lloyd Howell Jr. pushed back against NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's recent statement that safety data doesn't discourage expanding the regular season.

«Frankly, we're not sure how he's reaching that conclusion based on the data we've been given access to,» Howell said during the NFLPA's annual news conference Wednesday.

Howell was asked about the NFLPA's current stance on an 18-game season two days after Goodell's state of the league news conference. Goodell said Monday that 18 regular-season games and two preseason games «might be a possibility,» citing safety data that put concussions at a historically low level during the 2024 season.

Howell said players are against another regular-season expansion after adding a 17th game in 2021.

«No one wants to play an 18th game. No one,» Howell said. «Seventeen games is already, for many of the guys, too long. Seventeen games is also so lengthy that you're still dealing with injuries going into the next season. So, there are a variety of issues that hang off of the length of the season before any formal negotiations.»

Howell and Goodell said this week that any discussions regarding 18 games has been informal. The current CBA, which was ratified in 2020, expires after the 2030 season. The length of the season is written into the CBA and would have to be voted on and agreed to by both the owners and the players.

«Any commentary outside of a formal negotiation is just commentary,» Howell said. «It's a players' decision as to what they will agree to do or not.»

Howell said several issues would have to be addressed before any true negotiations could be opened into expanding the season. He cited the number of bye weeks, roster

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