NFL playoffs could expand from 12 to 14 teams this season, with only the top seed getting a bye under new CBA

The new collective bargaining agreement in the NFL could also move the regular season to 17 games, and teams that get a first-round bye would get playoff pay for that first round. Here's how the Wild Card weekend would have looked last season with two extra teams.

The NFL could expand its playoff field from 12 teams to 14, starting as soon as this fall, when a new collective bargaining agreement is finalized, which could happen before February ends, ESPN reported.

The new system would not add any more weeks to the playoff schedule, just two more games during the first playoff weekend—likely three games on Saturday and three more on Sunday. The winners would advance to the Divisional Round the following weekend.ESPN NFL reporter Adam Schefter."There wasn't a lot of disagreement to that issue."

Under the current transformational CBA proposal that NFL owners are pushing for, there would be more drama at the end of the regular season...and six - six! - games on wild-card weekend. Imagine three wild-card games on Saturday, then three more Sunday.

"The new CBA's not done, there's no term sheet yet, there still are issues being negotiated, but I'd be very surprised if there's not a new CBA for the new league year," the source old ESPN's Schefter.

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