NEW ORLEANS -- NFL Players Association executive director LLoyd Howell Jr. pushed back against NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's recent statement that safety data favors 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.