An idea for a 17th NFL game. Adding a yearly neutral site "rivalry" game. How would you set this u

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A college stadium that was just in use the previous day? Trying to negotiate a neutral site game and also work around the college schedule sounds awful. Plus, many college stadiums don’t sell alcohol nor do they have the arrangements with the official NFL team hot dog supplier or all the team affiliations written into the contracts. Plus, many college stadiums wouldn’t have the parking or tailgating facilities. While it’s usually a wink and a nod, many campuses prohibit open containers of alcohol.

I just don’t like the expansion of the NFL schedule in general. The Redskins were using quarterbacks that weren’t even in the league at the end of the last season. I remember the Browns were starting nobodys after the Manziel blowup a few years ago.

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I like the idea of adding an extra week, and have two bye weeks per team. Drop a preseason game. You still have 16 regular season games per team but the meaningful football season is a week longer.

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They tried two bye weeks before, and as I recall it was quite unpopular with the fans.

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I got bored at work so I wrote a script to get the distance for every NFC to AFC team. Here’s my 17th game based on adding the least distance traveled (I went ahead and moved Raiders to Vegas)

Jets vs. Giants 0 miles
Chargers vs. Rams 0 miles
Ravens vs. Redskins 28.97 miles
Browns vs. Lions 90.16 miles
Colts vs. Bears 163.67 miles
Jaguars vs. Buccaneers 171.79 miles
Texans vs. Cowboys 229.84 miles
Raiders vs. Cardinals 247.39 miles
Patriots vs. Eagles 251.03 miles
Steelers vs. Panthers 363.28 miles
Titans vs. Saints 469.61 miles
Bills vs. Packers 479.2 miles
Dolphins vs. Falcons 593.96 miles
Bengals vs. Vikings 603.71 miles
Broncos vs. Seahawks 1020.06 miles
Chiefs vs. 49ers 1486.56 miles

Average Distance 387.45

If someone wants to see if they can find a lower average, here’s the data.

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Yeah, they pretty much have it perfect now with being able to start the season right after Labor Day and often the conference championship games fall on MLK weekend. The Super Bowl falls in early February, right when most people have given up Dry January and their eat healthy resolutions, but before Ash Wednesday.