The Kansas City Quarterback and Two-Time NFL MVP is not in favor of the league expanding its regular season schedule

By Mike Florio for Pro Football Network | July 11, 2025

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Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is the face of the NFL. He’s not the face of the NFL’s push for an inevitable 18th regular-season game.

In an interview with CNBC Sport, Mahomes addressed the topic of another game that counts.

“I think that you’d have to find a way to have more bye weeks, more time spread out,” Mahomes told Alex Sherman of CNBC. “Because, I mean, you’ve seen the amount of injuries that have kind of piled up there at the end of seasons, and you want to have the best players playing in the biggest games. And so if there were a way to get to 18 games, I’m not — I’m not a big fan of it. But if there were a way, I think you got to add some bye weeks in there to give more time for guys’ bodies.”

Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow previously has argued that, if there’s another regular-season game, there should be a second bye… Read More HERE

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