{"id":111010,"date":"2021-03-31T16:35:49","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T16:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=111010"},"modified":"2021-03-31T16:35:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T16:35:49","slug":"opinion-17-game-nfl-season-will-force-players-teams-to-prepare-for-heavier-toll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/opinion-17-game-nfl-season-will-force-players-teams-to-prepare-for-heavier-toll\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion: 17-game NFL season will force players, teams to prepare for heavier toll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the&nbsp;longest-running debates in&nbsp;modern times on the NFL landscape is over. The NFL has officially flicked the switch on a 17-game season.<\/p>\n<p>No, the support from the rank-and-file poised to collect a few more bruises is hardly unanimous. As&nbsp;Alvin Kamara, the&nbsp;explosively versatile New Orleans Saints&nbsp;running back, expressed in a recent Tweet:&nbsp;&ldquo;(Expletive) dumb&hellip;as hell.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Just don&rsquo;t say you&rsquo;re surprised, Alvin. NFL owners&nbsp;and the NFL Players Association hammered out the expanded schedule last year as an essential element to the 11-year extension of their labor deal. We&rsquo;ve seen this coming for some time.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s why Richard Sherman, the savvy veteran cornerback who so often reflects the conscience of NFL players&nbsp;&mdash; and has railed&nbsp;in the past against 17 games&nbsp;&mdash; was rather mellow after NFL owners voted in the measure during their virtual meetings on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No reaction other than this is what we agreed to, smh,&rdquo; Sherman texted to USA TODAY Sports.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>17-GAME SEASON: <\/strong>Ranking best new matchups and explaining new scheduling formula<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>MORE: <\/strong>Six famous NFL records further jeopardized by 17-game season<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2021\/03\/31\/USAT\/093ba3fb-97d2-4fda-b924-f00b0884e81f-USP_NFL__Cleveland_Browns_at_San_Francisco_49ers.jpg?width=540&amp;height=&amp;fit=bounds&amp;auto=webp\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/columnist\/bell\/2021\/03\/31\/nfl-17-game-regular-season-leaves-question-player-toll\/4819304001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the&nbsp;longest-running debates in&nbsp;modern times on the NFL landscape is over. 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