NFL and NFLPA begin talks on 18-game season

This news should not surprise anyone, an 18 game season was always Goodell’s plan way back in 2019.
It’s part of his international expansion plans.
It actually goes back to Tagliabu days. The CBA that ended in 2012 had a clause that would allow the owners to impose a 17 or 18 game season. That was removed in the 2012 CBA.