Could the NFL’s 18-Game Season Become a Dangerous Game Changer for Player Safety?
On the flip side, there were four teams that placed fewer than 10 players on IR in a single season between 2017-20 and three between 2021-24. Not much of a difference.
And there doesnât appear to be evidence of a longer campaign leading to player health diminishing over the course of the season.
A look at the four seasons prior to having a 17-game schedule and the first four seasons with it give a sense of the expansionâs impact on injuries. There were actually more players on injury reports per league game from 2017-20 (8.93 on average) than there were in the 2021-24 seasons (8.37) despite there being one more week of games on the schedule.
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