The NFL and its Players Association recently came to an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement beginning with the 2020 season, and there will be some significant changes.
One of the big changes that will be ushered in in the coming years will be the addition of a 17th regular-season game, with the preseason going from four to three games.
In exchange, the players will be getting better health benefits as well as extra roster spots, which in turn is more money in their pockets.
One other change that was discussed was the expansion of the postseason from 12 to 14 teams. Under that change, there would be three Wild Card teams in each conference to make the playoffs and only the top team in the AFC and NFC, respectively, would receiver first-round byes.
The NFL owners voted on that change on Tuesday, and they approved it, so the postseason will be expanded beginning with the upcoming 2020 season, via Adam Schefter of ESPN:
Wild Card Weekend for the 2020 NFL season now will consist of three games on Saturday, January 9, and three games on Sunday, January 10, 2021. pic.twitter.com/UsZrrbDj1j
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 31, 2020
One team that this could benefit in 2020 is the Las Vegas Raiders as they seemed to be poised to make a run at the postseason.
They were in the mix until the final week of the season in 2019 despite having one of the youngest rosters in the league, so if they take the next step then they could be playing meaningful football in January this upcoming season.
The defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs are the favorites to win the AFC West once again, but with an extra Wild Card team now getting in, the Raiders odds of being one of them goes up.
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