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More NFL: Expanding playoffs 'likely to happen,' Roger Goodell says

Expansion of the NFL playoffs is coming, it's a matter of when not if, commissioner Roger Goodell suggests.

Goodell, speaking at a recent Q&A session in Jacksonville, Fla., gave this response to a question about the size of the playoff field:

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“It’s a tough one. And the reason I say that is it works so well right now. We have 12 teams that qualify for the playoffs and what it does is it’s not just the number of teams in the playoffs, it’s what it does to our regular season.