Some would consider this news coming from the “not breaking” news desk. Everyone who has been paying attention knew the NFL owners would approve the proposed 17-game regular season schedule, and that is exactly what happened on Tuesday.
There are some key talking points to this expanded schedule. First, the season will have a 17th game, obviously, but also an abridged preseason, only three games for 30 of the 32 NFL teams. For the Pittsburgh Steelers and Dallas Cowboys they will have four preseason games thanks to the annual Hall of Fame game.