Fans who have pined to have the day after the Super Bowl declared a holiday may soon get their wish.
Appearing on "The Pat McAfee Show" on Friday, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said he sees a future with more international games, an 18-game regular-season schedule and a Super Bowl that falls on Presidents' Day weekend.
Goodell said that his 18-game plan, which would likely feature a second bye week, would see teams play two preseason games, one fewer than the three-game preseason schedule that began in 2021.
"I think we're good at seventeen games right now but we're always looking at how we continue.