“NFL’s Schedule Expansion Brings High Workload, Five Players to Test Limits with 18-Game Season”
Five NFL players traded mid-season are on track to play an 18-game season without a bye week, mirroring Leonard Williams’ feat in 2022. This situation highlights the potential strain of a proposed 18-game regular season, echoing the demanding schedules of early NFL seasons, like the 18 and 19-game seasons played by the Frankford Yellow Jackets in the 1920s.