After six months have passed without a single NFL game being played, even preseason games can garner significant interest from football-starved fans. And then after about two preseason games, everyone is ready for the regular season to start.
Green Bay Packers president Mark Murphy recognizes that the length of the preseason is somewhat problematic. However, there doesn’t seem to be an obvious way to fix it.
“I think with all the concern about player health and safety, it would be difficult to go from 16 regular-season games to 18,” Murphy said, via Rob Demovsky of ESPN.