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Roger Goodell: 18-Game Regular Season Schedule 'Is a Logical Step' for NFL

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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell reiterated the possibility that the NFL could expand its regular season to 18 games at some point in the future.

Appearing on Bloomberg TV's The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations (h/t Matthew Townsend of Bloomberg.com), Goodell said adding an 18th game is a "logical" next step for the league.

Goodell explained the framework of the season would remain 20 weeks, with the preseason schedule being reduced from three games to two.

"We would keep within that 20-game framework," Goodell said. "We went to 16 and four, and now 17 and three.