Joe Flacco: What occurs after we go to 18 video games? Are they going to need 20, then 22?

Joe Flacco has performed 209 video games in his profession, and he’s again with the Bengals this 12 months on the age of 41. He has managed to maintain going regardless of the wear and tear and tear of 18 NFL seasons, however he has issues concerning the season getting longer.

Flacco stated that with NFL homeowners wanting so as to add a recreation to the common season, he questions whether or not the 18-game season will flip into 20, after which 22, and whether or not the fixed want for more cash will harm the gamers, and the product on the sphere.

“It’s got to stop at some point,” Flacco told Front Office Sports. “What happens when we go to 18? Are they going to want 20? Are they going to want 22? We used to play 14 games before I was born. At some point it has to stop.”

Flacco stated that he thinks gamers will finally go together with the longer season and the more cash that can include it.

“If we’re asked to play 18 games, I think you’re not going to see much difference, and it looks like we’re probably eventually going to play 18 games, and we’ll just have to do it, and it is what it is,” Flacco stated. “The revenue’s going to go up, and the salary cap is going to go up, and over time you are going to be making more money.”

Flacco thinks the standard of the playoffs has already been harm by taking part in 17-game seasons.

“Ultimately it seems like we’re going to go there and we’re going to be able to do it,” Flacco stated. “As a player I loved playing 16 games, and I think the NFL had an awesome formula for 16 games and four rounds of playoffs and it was super competitive. I don’t think people realize when you put guys through an 18-game regular season schedule, I think what could happen is the playoffs start to suffer. Teams are so beat up by that point in the year that they’re not at their best, so instead of getting top-level football you’re getting a couple teams going against each other at 75 percent.”