On Tuesday, NFL owners authorized the vote to formally broaden routine season video games from 16 to 17 starting this season.
The 17-game season belonged to the brand-new cumulative bargaining arrangement in between the NFL and the NFL Players Association, which was validated last March. The incorporation of the extra video game comes precisely 44 years to the date of when the NFL embraced the 16-game schedule from the formerly set up 14 video games in 1977.
The season will now include 272 video games (from 256), with each of the league’s 32 groups playing 17 video games throughout an 18-week duration with a basic Bye week. Provided the growth of the routine season, Super Bowl LVI will now be pressed one week later on, from Feb. 6 to Feb. 13, 2022.
Furthermore, with the included 17th video game, the basic four-game preseason has actually been lowered to 3 video games.
Of note, the league is aiming to take this brand-new stock of video games worldwide in the future also. All 32 groups will play worldwide a minimum of when in an eight-year duration start in 2022.
” This is a significant minute in NFL history,” stated NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. “The CBA with the gamers and the just recently finished media arrangements supply the structure for us to boost the quality of the NFL experience for our fans. And among the advantages of each group playing 17 regular-season video games is the capability for us to continue to grow our video game worldwide.”
So, what does this mean for the 49ers? With the addition of the 17th video game, the 49ers will now include a roadway video game versus the Cincinnati Bengals onto their slate of routine season matches in 2021.
According to the league’s formula, the 17th video game will be in between 2 inter-conference groups who played one another 2 seasons prior and ended up in the exact same area in their own department the year prior.
This year, AFC groups were granted the additional house video game. House video games will turn conferences each season.
In addition to San Francisco’s divisional challengers (Arizona Cardinals, Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks), the 49ers will likewise deal with the NFC North and AFC South in 2021. The 49ers will likewise see the Atlanta Falcons and Philadelphia Eagles, as both groups likewise ended up last in their particular departments last season. Click here to see a complete breakdown of the 49ers 2021 challengers.
The main 2021 schedule, with playing dates and times, will be revealed later on this spring on NFL Network, NFL.com and 49ers. com.
