Play 18? NFL, NFLPA talking expanded regular season

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An 18-game regular season could be closer to reality than initially thought with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and NFLPA executive director Lloyd Howell in the early stages of setting the groundwork for expanding the current season schedule.

Goodell said before the Super Bowl that he envisioned a shorter preseason of two games, an 18-game regular s