Sheil Kapadia

So I almost wondered if the NFL just wants a little space between that hire and that news and news of an 18 game season.

So what did we hear about an 18 game season?

And then we can get into the international slate and what their plans are with that aspect.

Yeah, a matter of when, not if, it feels like for sure, even though there are steps to take to get there.

Current CBA is not set to expire until 2030.

So that part is interesting, right?

Because it's like, are the owners going to wait that long or is there going to be some way to get this house?

I'm surprised they didn't just take advantage of that situation.

Very unlike them.

There had to be some reason why they didn't do that that works in their favor.

Robert Kraft said he would like to see, as you mentioned, with the 18th game, a second bye week.

So now we would be talking about a 20-week season.

Whereas back in the day, it felt like you get to week 10, 11, all right, we're reaching the stretch run.

Now it would be like, all right,

You've reached the halfway point, week 10 of the NFL season.

So again, it feels like a matter of when, not if, that 18th season gets added.

In addition to that, the push for international games, Lindsay, with the 49ers going to Washington.

to open the season against the Rams.

This year, speculation about, hey, there's going to be one international game for every team, every season.

Just kind of what you were hearing or what you were observing on that front.