By Rod Walker | The Advocate
The NFL schedule has been this way since before any players on the Saints roster, even Drew Brees, were even born.
Four pre-season games.
16 regular season games.
But if NFL commissioner Roger Goodell gets his wish, that could change.
Goodell, speaking earlier this week at a charity golf event in Buffalo, N.Y., reiterated that he thinks the preseason should be shortened. It's an idea Goodell first floated around back in 2008.
“I feel what we should be doing is always to the highest quality, and I’m not sure preseason games meet that level right now,” Goodell told the Associated Press. "I’m not sure, talking with coaches, that four preseason games is necessary any more to get ready for a season to evaluate players, develop players. There are other ways of doing that, and we’ve had a lot of discussions about that.”
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