> **coolbeanz**
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> I thought that 17 games was one too many.
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> **PatsHowYouDoIt**
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> Absolutely. Play 20 games. These guys are well compensated for whatever risks or work they have to put in. Add time, players, cap space, whatever it takes.
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> **Luckufukikentucky**
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> Cut a preseason game to make it 18. But that’s the last squeeze of the lemon. It’s too physically punishing a game that a human body cannot be realistically expected to go more than that. There’s a limit and that’s it players need to rest and recover.
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> **Oelex**
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> This is bottomless stupidity. 20 games, another round of playoffs, two more teams, four more international games … oh uh player safety is paramount yup yup yup
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> **Ricky Hot Pants**
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> Look, despite the lip service from NFL, this is going to be harder on the players. So it will happen because the owners really don’t care about that. When it happens, there should be bigger game day rosters and a second bye week.
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> **Frankie S.**
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> If the players are for it, I am for it. It is their bodies on the line, not the owners.